Max launches sports tier: Warner Bros. Discovery seeks to tap sports loyalty, attract younger audiences.
Linear down, Paramount+ and Pluto TV up: The bigger news for Paramount is that Simon & Schuster has, at long last, been offloaded.
Burger King gains market share as its turnaround gathers steam: But it will have to stay attuned to changes in customer behavior, including a shift toward takeout and digital ordering.
Under Armour performed better than expected in Q1: The company turned a profit, beat sales expectations, and cleared out some of its excess inventory.
Instagram’s Threads updates after dwindling usage, X delays payouts amid other debts, and TikTok modifies its EU algorithm due to the Digital Services Act.
Regulators respond to the rise of the finfluencer: As advice and plugs for financial products proliferate on social media, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority is refreshing its guidance on financial promotions.
What’s driving bank switching: A survey found that dissatisfaction with digital experiences and being treated like a number, not a person, is the surest way to send customers to a competitor. And those chatbots aren’t helping.
How smaller banks are handling targeted outreach to women: Despite women’s rising financial power, their financial literacy continues to lag behind men’s. Here are a few banks that are trying to change that.
But as the company relies on Cash App’s success, any future faltering could spell trouble
The fundraising highlights the industry’s interest in alternative credit models
Integrating credit cards with the UPI will be a game changer for card volume in India
On today's episode, we discuss whether Meta has officially bounced back, what to make of Threads at this point, and what Meta's metaverse plans will look like in 2024. "In Other News," we talk about the impact of TikTok's new text-only posts and what happened to social media app Lemon8. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Debra Aho Williamson.
“Google is facing increasing competition on every front, and a good quarter of growth is helpful to bolster its position,” our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf said on a recent “Behind the Numbers” podcast episode. She explains what’s impacting Google’s recent growth, the challenges it’s up against, and how the company is bracing for competition.
Retail media has been buoyed by consumer packaged goods companies and grocery brands looking to get their products in front of shoppers closer to the point of purchase. But now, other categories are looking to join the party: nonendemic advertisers.
On a July 28 earnings call, Procter & Gamble CFO Andre Schulten emphasized retail media’s position as one of many marketing strategies.
More US consumers are engaging in money-saving activities (like using coupons or shopping for deals) in 2023 than they did in 2019. The number of US consumers doing more comparison shopping online in particular has risen by 17 percentage points from 2019 to 2023.
Shipt goes after Gen Z with latest membership offering: The Target-owned delivery service will begin offering college students discounted subscriptions as it faces growing competition from Uber and DoorDash.
Is TikTok Shop a must-have for US merchants? While TikTok commerce is gaining in popularity, the platform’s Shop feature has hit some roadblocks—our recent report investigates.
Chatbots are retailers’ favorite application of generative AI: DoorDash, Ssense, and Shopify are the latest companies to roll out AI-assisted chatbots to deliver more value to customers.
Digitally native brands look for a new D2C playbook: Brands are embracing wholesale, physical retail, acquisitions, and even selling on Amazon to regain momentum and achieve profitability.