Levi Strauss blames soft wholesale demand for weak Q3 sales: The denim brand lowered its FY outlook and intensified its push to D2C as department store sales continue to fall.
Kia and Hyundai join Tesla’s NACS charging in North America. Other automakers align to provide broad charging networks that are crucial for growing EV demand.
The need for AI-capable servers presents an attractive opportunity to shift away from PCs and their lagging sales. GPU supplies remain a choke point for expansion.
Amazon keeps tweaking its online grocery delivery threshold: The retail giant now offers free delivery for grocery orders exceeding $100, down from the $150 threshold it instituted earlier this year.
Private labels gain popularity thanks to improving perceptions of quality and taste: That’s posing difficulties for CPG companies as they continue to rely on price hikes to offset softening demand.
By sticking to its values, Trader Joe’s has maintained the feeling of a neighborhood store while scaling across the country, while H-E-B’s commitment to caring for its community has won it the heart of Texas. Erewhon has taken a different approach, leveraging its famous clientele and access to lifestyle brands to become a pop culture icon.
Hospitals need flywheels, too: Praia Health recently launched as a platform for health systems to personalize patient encounters and keep them coming back—just like Amazon and Walmart say they do with their own flywheels.
Physicians reveal what they want from pharma: Doctors are generally OK with how they interact with drug companies. But there are ways pharma could deliver more value to healthcare providers—we explore how.
Patients want to relate to their providers: Almost half of patients feel anxious before a doctor’s appointment, and the same percentage don’t feel prepared. This is where providers and marketers need to step up.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what to make of the deal between the writers and studios, whether we'll soon be interacting with synthetic social networks, if AI can really improve customer service, wearable AI technology potentially replacing the smartphone, how much people have saved for retirement, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha, director of forecasting Oscar Orozco and analyst Max Willens.
Amp, Amazon's live audio experiment, ends its broadcast: A reflection of the challenging landscape of digital audio platforms.
Microsoft to seal Activision Blizzard deal: Overcoming regulatory hurdles, it’s poised to become a gaming industry behemoth. But Microsoft must cater to players to be successful.
OpenAI wants to become a chipmaker: It’s looking to mitigate chip shortages and enhance AI model training, despite major chip design and manufacturing sector hurdles.
Key stat: 53.7% of US marketers will use Instagram Reels for influencer marketing this year, making it the top platform for influencer marketing according to our forecast.
Meta’s AI-powered creative ad tools are here: Announced in April, Meta’s creative tools could open up spending from businesses that can’t afford costly creative agencies.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss who the LGBTQ+ community are, their relationship with advertisers, and what advertisers are getting wrong. "In Other News," we talk about the battle between TikTok and Instagram for young people's attention and which X (formerly Twitter) users are leaving the platform the fastest. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Paola Flores-Marquez.
Retailers cut nearly 71,000 jobs this year: That’s the second-most of any industry and a clear sign retailers such as Amazon are focusing more on their bottom lines.
As the DOJ’s antitrust trial over Google Search continues, the ad giant could be at real risk of having to alter its search business. “The DOJ has a really strong case here,” said our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf on our “Behind the Numbers” podcast. “It's not looking great for Google.”
Consumers look for deals, flexible payment options this holiday season: Over three-quarters of shoppers plan to hunt for discounts, while BNPL use is set to soar amid financial constraints.
Uniqlo turns to India as China sales slow: The fast-fashion retailer is betting on the country’s large and increasingly wealthy population as it aims to reach ¥5 trillion in sales in five years.