Forecasts
| AUG 2, 2022
Report
| AUG 2, 2022
Nearly every modern consumer has at least some concern about the environment, but its influence on shopping behavior is far more nuanced.
Article
| AUG 2, 2022
The all-cash deal values Atlanta-based EVO Payments at $4B and can help Global Payments improve its B2B offerings.
Article
| AUG 2, 2022
While others are struggling, luxury brands are taking a victory lap.
Video
| AUG 2, 2022
In this video, Sam Ngo, director, product marketing at BlueConic, shares how technology brings personalization to life. Ngo, who is responsible for helping customers realize the potential in their first-party data, also shares examples of how famed beer brand Heineken USA approached its data management and analytics decisions. Ngo, who joined BlueConic after spending years at Forrester Research covering the social intelligence space, shows how marketers can achieve personalization to better give consumers the tailored experiences they expect.
Watch the video above.
Article
| AUG 2, 2022
Amazon lays off 100,000: As pandemic-era spending cools and the online ad market declines, hiring pauses and layoffs have become a relief valve for companies.
Article
| AUG 2, 2022
YouTube is the most trusted US platform for social commerce.
Article
| AUG 2, 2022
As Apple’s ad business expands, ATT’s reputation suffers: The mobile ad industry is reeling from the change, while Apple’s services unit grows ever larger.
Audio
| AUG 2, 2022
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss the state of consumer spending, inflationary pressures, and other numbers to keep an eye on. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top three companies that will ride out this time of economic uncertainty smoothly—and discuss one we think will have a tougher time. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Suzy Davidkhanian and Andrew Lipsman.
Article
| AUG 2, 2022
We’ve netted out three trends from earnings results in the US, the UK, and Canada. And it’s not all bad news.
Report
| AUG 1, 2022
US population growth continues to slow due to decreases in births, higher numbers of deaths, and a drop in immigration that started in 2016.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Road clears for new EVs: Automakers catch a break with federal support and increased EV production. Vietnam’s VinFast could shake-up the industry and put eyes on Southeast Asia’s minerals.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
The SEC has called out JPMorgan, UBS, and TradeStation for deficient customer identity theft prevention programs, and the CFPB just fined U.S. Bank for opening unwanted new accounts.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Mastercard’s gross dollar volume increased 14% YoY in Q2. The firm said it’s ramping up value-added services and investing in innovation to sustain growth.
Video
| AUG 1, 2022
As privacy regulations and third-party cookie deprecation change the digital landscape, brands are seeing poor performance from what were once primary growth channels. Now, in a swing back in time, brands are re-evaluating top-of-the-funnel forms of marketing like TV to drive performance. In this video, Marketing Architects' Angela Voss shares how recent progress in automatic content recognition technology, programmatic buying, and more has helped brand marketers see the impact of TV and the benefits of sticking with it.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Here’s a snapshot of the retail licensing market.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
CTV spend will see a downturn after Roku’s Q2: Months of macroeconomic pains and murky CTV credibility hurt the sector’s ad spend.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Big Tech earnings reveal economic uncertainty: Consumer spending is down while costs are up and supply chain woes continue to drag down profits. Big Tech is bracing for tough times.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
This year is like no other. Retailers of all sizes will need to react to supply chain woes to get a better handle on their cost of goods and therefore margins.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Amazon lets shoppers get products delivered from nearby stores: The new program offers another benefit to Prime members at the same time it weaves other retailers into the Amazon ecosystem.
Article
| AUG 1, 2022
Big techs shed their health tech layers: We unpack the latest deal by a large company (3M) to spin off its healthcare business and detail the trend.
Audio
| AUG 1, 2022
On today's episode, we discuss what to make of Snapchat's Q2 sales slump, what the No. 1 challenge facing the company is, and how Snapchat+ will fair. "In Other News," we talk about how to best interact with Gen Zers on social media and the significance of TikTok testing games in the app. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg.
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| AUG 1, 2022
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| AUG 1, 2022