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EY US announces winners for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Southeast Award

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) proudly announces the winners of the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Southeast Award, honoring visionary leaders of high-growth companies driving innovation, growth and prosperity for future generations.

Ranjana Choudhry Takes Retail Media to New Heights

Aki Technologies named Ranjana Choudhry as SVP of media and data platforms, replacing Scott Swanson, signaling a shift to a data-enabled, self-serve approach to media buying. Choudhry previously built Wakefern Food Corp.'s first retail media network, for operators including Fairway and ShopRite, and later served as chief client officer and managing director at Red Fuse Communications, the WPP unit for Colgate-Palmolive brands. She also teaches graduate-level integrated marketing at NYU School of Professional Studies. In an AdExchanger interview, she explains that the expanded title reflects emphasis on technology, reporting, and data sources to improve media effectiveness, and outlines three customer pillars—advertising agencies, consumer packaged goods brands, and retailers. She advocates blending art and science, using data-driven insights, and prioritizing the customer problem when shaping retail media strategies. The interview has been lightly edited and condensed.

Ignore No More: 3 Impending Privacy Changes You Need To Pay Attention To Right Now

AdExchanger's Data-Driven Thinking column by Ines Henrich discusses looming privacy laws in the United States and what businesses must do in 2023. The California CPRA, Colorado CPA, and Virginia VCDPA build on GDPR and CCPA precedents, requiring US companies operating in these states to adopt classification-based compliance, privacy assessments, and tighter data-sharing controls. The piece explains the controller-processor distinction, emphasizes that most retailers and brands are likely data controllers with new responsibilities, and highlights the rise of data subject access requests. It also covers the need for privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and robust data mapping to trace data flows, limit risk, and comply with regulatory requests. Additionally, it clarifies CPRA's expanded definition of data sharing, including cross-textual behavioral advertising, and the obligation to provide opt-out rights for data sharing with third parties. The column frames compliance as an opportunity to build consumer trust.