On today's podcast episode, we discuss how the election influenced consumers' shopping habits, why returns spiked, and some way too early predictions for the 2025 holiday season. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Senior Analyst Zak Stambor and Analyst Rachel Wolff.
To compete better with Microsoft, Salesforce, and Zendesk, the company must prove the safety and utility of its offerings in this lucrative market.
With 75% of companies adopting AI and only 35% of employees trained, the widening skills divide could slow adoption and worsen workforce inequality.
Tools can streamline hiring but risk oversimplifying the competitive job market and could imperil HR roles.
In today’s episode of The Banking & Payments Show podcast, we talk about who the BaaS compliance crackdown will hit the most, why Walmart and Amazon will pilot pay-by-bank at checkout in 2025, and how consumer privacy will change under a second Trump administration. Join the discussion with host and Head of Business Development, Rob Rubin, and Principal Analysts Tiffani Montez and David Morris.
Inside Reddit’s international push: Multilingual tools boost engagement as markets like India and Brazil emerge as key growth drivers for 2025.
They’re designing their own pathways toward achieving financial goals and could use banks’ expertise.
BNPL providers approved 79% of applications in 2022 thanks to counteroffers for subprime borrowers
The tie-up brings Klarna to more merchants' checkout pages without the need for individual merchant partnerships, helping it save time and money and more quickly ramp up its payments volume
The launch will bring a needed boost to the industry, which has struggled to win over consumers and merchants
The incoming Trump administration aims to square a circle: Members of the economic team consider how they can implement tariffs without sparking inflation.
National security fears have little effect as users flock to RedNote. Monetization challenges and scalability questions could limit its ability to rival TikTok’s dominance.
Temu tests search ads in latest attempt to chip away at Amazon’s dominance: The lucrative revenue opportunity could offset rising costs related to de minimis crackdowns and tariffs.
A class action lawsuit against Google has big implications: Big tech’s streak of regulatory woes continues, even with change in US leadership.
Netflix, Disney, and Amazon lead relief efforts for wildfire victims: Corporate and celebrity donations underscore the intersection of disaster response and cause marketing.
This year's Consumer Entertainment Show (CES) featured a number of innovations targeted at retailers and the rapidly growing category of retail media. From innovations in shoppable TV to the expansion of AI usage, here are some prominent retail products found at CES 2025.
Shake Shack looks to broaden its reach: The burger chain plans to more than quadruple its footprint in the coming years while preserving its status as a premium brand.
Drugmakers will push Trump to delay Medicare price negotiations: We believe the drug price negotiation program is well-intended given how much Medicare and US consumers pay for certain medications. While a program reversal is unlikely, we’ll find out soon what the Trump administration thinks.