Nielsen goes with panel data for television upfronts while competitors inch closer: Panels are its key differentiator, but advertisers are getting more comfortable with rivals.
Investors can’t afford to ignore employee-related issues: Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger feel the heat to improve work conditions or else face serious violations from OSHA.
On today's episode, we discuss what the new normal looks like at Netflix, why its ad-supported tier isn't helping much, and what the first DVD ever mailed by the company was. "In Other News," we talk about Meta, TikTok, and YouTube facing off at this year's NewFronts and whether instant videos could be the next big AI development. Tune in to the discussion with our director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
China faces a winding path to economic recovery: Despite consumer spending’s rebound, a manufacturing slowdown and high youth unemployment could preclude a full recovery this year.
Today’s episode is all about the future of banking as a service (BAAS). In our "Headlines" segment, we use Railsr’s fall from grace to discuss how today’s economic uncertainty has slowed down the progress of embedded finance and BaaS. In "Story by Numbers," we examine a cornerstone advisor’s forecast of BaaS revenues in 2026 and how a 2022 study from Endava found that about half of fintechs are having scaling and platform issues with their BaaS providers. And in "Pretend CEO," we ask guest Leda Glyptis to pretend that she’s teamed up with a giant private equity firm with unlimited capital resources and a vision of building or buying her way to win a material share of the $25 billion of BaaS revenues in 2026. Join the fun with host Rob Rubin, our analyst Eleni Digalaki, and special guest Leda Glyptis, chief client officer at 10x Banking and author of the recently released book "Bankers Like Us."
The US online resale market is back on the rise this year, following a 6.6% decrease in 2022, according to our forecast. The trend shows no signs of slowing down over the next few years, with ecommerce resale volume surpassing $100 billion in 2026.
When it comes to video advertising, viewability used to be king. But as identifiers go away, advertisers are migrating to “attention” metrics that better gauge meaningful interactions with advertisements. In fact, 36% of buy-side advertising decision-makers plan to focus more on attention metrics this year, according to November 2022 data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
Shorts wants to take ad dollars from TikTok: YouTube uses the NewFronts to tout their short-form video format.
Bluesky generates a buzz: Twitter lookalike app draws VIP interest, could bode well for decentralized networks.
Marketplaces are fighting for the crown in US ecommerce. Though Amazon remains solidly atop ecommerce sales, Walmart and Shopify are attempting to carve into Amazon’s revenues. Here are the latest updates in ecommerce, advertising, and partnerships from these major players.
GM cancels its best-selling EV, the Chevy Bolt, while Tesla slashes prices to accelerate sales. Intensifying competition could be the opportunity for consumers to switch to EVs.
Walmart wants to grow its share of the lucrative B2B ecommerce market: The retailer is following Amazon’s lead in search of high-margin revenues to bolster flagging profits.
More rapid grocery consolidation could be on the way: German startup Flink is in talks to be acquired by Getir, despite the latter’s sinking valuation.
Economic uncertainty has slashed small and medium-sized business (SMB) satisfaction with their payment service providers (PSPs). This is intensifying competition between acquirers and processors, banks, fintechs, and the vendors that serve them. Providers must enhance and simplify access to cutting-edge solutions that solve key pain points—or risk losing share.
AI’s ‘superpowers’ behind tech layoffs: Dropbox, Lyft, and Clubhouse lay off over a thousand workers. Tech’s economic pain has eased, but Wall Street’s love of AI and layoffs is stoking the downsizing trend.
After service interruptions and a fee of $50,000 a month to access Twitter’s API, the MTA is now relying on its own apps and alerts. Other utilities could follow suit, shedding value for Twitter.
There’s a remedy for fallout from ChatGPT’s errors: Researchers found that more interactive chatbots are more helpful for users. Improving chatbot interface designs could prevent unintended consequences.
Reddit pilots chat channels to expand communication options: Move seen as effort to boost users’ time spent with platform and not on rivals like Discord.
Will Stripe, Chime, or Plaid price an IPO? The market is on track to improve into a healthier year, but it’s hard to find a big deal in fintech to look forward to.