Even for some luxury brands, authenticity trumps production quality when it comes to influencer marketing. That’s the case for American Express, which uses a mix of long- and short-term influencers to promote its products and services in a way that feels organic to the influencers’ aesthetic.

Consumers’ desire for affordability and convenience has bolstered demand for online grocery. And as heavy hitters continue to roll out offerings—like Walmart's buy online pick up in-store (BOPUS) and "InHome Delivery" options, as well as Amazon's "Key for Garage" and same-day shipping—their respective double-digit growth speaks for itself.

eMarketer senior forecasting analyst Cindy Liu discusses our recent forecast revisions for Roku’s ad business.

eMarketer principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson and junior analyst Blake Droesch explain whether people (and advertisers) should get excited about the new social media phenomenon TikTok. They also discuss Instagram’s new messaging app Threads, Facebook’s potential rebrand, Snapchat’s new dynamic ads and more.

For the first time, a generic mobile payment app is more popular than the Starbucks mobile app, which had long led the category despite being specific to one retailer. Apple Pay became the market leader last year, when 27.7 million Americans used the app to make a purchase.

This year, consumers will have six fewer days to shop this holiday between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even more surprisingly, only one in three are aware of the impending calendar crunch, according to July 2019 data from RetailMeNot.

eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom breaks down Amazon’s ad business for search and display.

Though Netflix increased the cost of its subscriptions worldwide, the price hikes didn't have an equal effect everywhere. While much has been written about the company’s loss of US customers in Q2 due to costlier subscriptions, we estimate that Netflix’s viewership growth in Latin America will remain strong.

eMarketer analyst Ross Benes and forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom share their takeaways on Netflix’s latest earnings report—the company’s last before a wave of competitors is expected to reshape the market. They also discuss Q3 video trends and eMarketer’s first-ever connected TV advertising forecast.

eMarketer vice president of forecasting Monica Peart shares our social video ad spend estimatesand why Facebook remains on top.

In this Meet the Analyst webinar, eMarketer principal analyst Nicole Perrin explores the latest strategies and practices marketers are using to deliver data-driven experiences to customers across channels.

Despite broad economic uncertainty fueled by Brexit and reduced digital ad spending across multiple industries in the UK, Facebook and Google’s shares of the digital ad market in the region continues to grow.

In this Meet the Analyst webinar, eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman reveals our latest forecast numbers for total retail, ecommerce and mcommerce sales, and growth for the 2019 holiday season.

Traditionally, organizations haven’t viewed the customer experience as a singular thing owned by one particular person or department. That’s changed, as brands have worked to put customers at the forefront—and it’s given modern CMOs new importance as owners of that experience.

Consumers’ use and acceptance of biometric technology—especially facial recognition—varies widely, depending on which part of the world you’re in.

eMarketer forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom examines our first-ever ad spend estimates for US connected TV.