Walmart boosts healthcare to trickle down to its bottom line: It’s adding 28 clinics in 2024 and has new partnerships to address health inequities. The moves could lure more shoppers to higher-margin products, like prescription and OTC medications.
On today's episode, we discuss whether it's time for Google to spin off YouTube, how people feel about targeted ads, what consumers think about using AR to shop, what an in-car TikTok app might look like, the US Supreme Court examining Section 230, paid health leave in the US versus the world, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Blake Droesch, Evelyn Mitchell, and Paul Verna.
YouTube rises in the music streaming ranks: Alphabet is showing diverse revenue potential beyond Search. Bundling subscriptions and offering AI cloud tools help offset pressure to release a blockbuster Bard.
TikTok offers a teen time limit as US ban talks boil over: Talk of serious action is heating up, and TikTok is waving olive branches to prevent the worst.
Ransomware running rampant: Dish network is the latest high-volume service provider to be rendered inoperable by a weeklong ransomware attack, proving that large networks are vulnerable.
OpenAI wants to build an AI that can outsmart us: The startup’s latest manifesto shows that the technology is on a breakneck trajectory toward either an economic revolution or catastrophe.
Huawei’s supersized presence at MWC: Huawei is riding the tide of post-pandemic enthusiasm for mobile innovation. Its openness to lower pricing and eagerness to accommodate potential customers could help it recover lost ground.
The cohort experiences life through social media and mobile devices. Banks must adapt to win their dollars.
Sam’s Club’s retail media updates aim to make life easier for advertisers: Partnerships with IRI and LiveRamp will enable the retailer to avoid retargeting snafus and capture incremental sales from click-and-collect customers.
The federal agency wants to keep its funding separate from congressional appropriations to continue its aggressive crackdown agenda.
Both firms reported slight profit improvements in Q4 following a shift away from a growth-at-all-costs mentality—which is likely to continue into 2023.
Meta’s response to ATT could turn off agencies: While AI and automation are improving CPMs, some marketers complain about a lack of control.
Unlucky number seven: The US ad market fell for the seventh month in a row in January, but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
Kohl’s expects its sales to fall 5% to 6% this year: The retailer is caught in an uncomfortable middle ground between discount and high-end retailers. (This article was written with the assistance of GPT-3.)
People aren’t moving as much as they used to: That poses a challenge to home improvement retailers like Lowe’s and Home Depot, as well as retailers that sell home-related items.
Reddit finally sees the value in being a search engine: Improvements to its in-app search are crucial if it wants to capture more user attention.