Comcast Q3 performance fueled by streaming and live sports: Olympics and Peacock growth attract high-value audiences for advertisers.
Amazon grows ad revenues by 19% in Q3: Sports, shoppable ads, and live news bolster its appeal to advertisers.
Apple feels the pain of Apple TV+ struggles: Its Q4 revenues missed the mark in some divisions including Services, which includes advertising.
Election spending caused CPMs to surge: Faced with high costs and a noisy environment, brands experimented with new channels.
Nielsen’s dominance begins to crack: A survey shows advertisers gaining confidence in the measurement firm’s biggest competitors.
Mango replaces some human models with genAI: The retailer is bullish on the technology’s ability to speed up content creation and reduce costs, despite some skepticism from consumers
Revenue from services contributed over a quarter of its Q4 revenue, offsetting slower iPhone sales and delayed AI rollouts.
Its record infrastructure spending shows a commitment to AI’s “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.
US real-time payment transaction volume will nearly quadruple between 2023 and 2028, according to GlobalData and ACI Worldwide.
As more consumers use voice assistants for shopping, brands should make sure their products are shoppable via voice, either on websites like Amazon or on their own sites.
Meta’s strong earnings have one dark spot: Slow user growth made investors flinch as competition for consumer attention peaks.
Even so, it’s laying off workers as it dives into value-added services and non-card payments
Understanding these moments gives banks a chance to forge emotional connections.
Recent acquisitions and service launches will help it maintain momentum
While this is a win for Klarna, merchants may not want to take on the higher transaction costs that sometimes come with BNPL plans
Record Prime Day sales, booming ad business powered Amazon to Q3 earnings beat: The retailer expects to carry that momentum into Q4.
AI and ad revenues lift Microsoft’s fiscal Q1: Company’s AI-powered ad platforms draw advertisers amid enterprise cloud gains.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss why mega-pharmacies are struggling, why 7-Eleven is closing and opening a lot of stores, and what the new model of convenience will look like. Tune in to the discussion with Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson and Senior Analysts Blake Droesch and Rajiv Leventhal.
DoorDash partners with Lyft: The combination should make the delivery service a stronger competitor to Uber, which offers members of its Uber One service free food delivery and discounted rides.