Kroger finds an ideal time to expand its membership program: Boost by Kroger targets time-stressed shoppers who are also feeling the pinch of rising inflation.
On today's episode, we discuss whether Pinterest can become the definitive online shopping mall, what a virtual convenience store looks like, how marketing budgets are changing, the promise of food delivered to your fridge, an unpopular opinion about Prime Day, where the baseball term "bullpen" came from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Suzy Davidkhanian and Blake Droesch and director of forecasting Oscar Orozco.
In Q2 2022, Meta’s Messenger attracted 52% of the top 10 US messaging apps’ daily active users, down 6 percentage points from the same quarter two years earlier. Discord increased its share by 7 percentage points over the same period, riding a pandemic surge that has not dropped off.
The rapid delivery dream is fading: Gopuff is the latest startup to scale back operations.
Unlike competitors, CVS plans to rely heavily on physicians to power its new full-scale primary care clinics.
Cable is dead. Long live cable: YouTube TV surpasses five million users at a time when cable subscriptions are on the decline.
Social issues can pose opportunities and hurdles for marketers: Brands must exercise care when taking a stand on social issues, recognizing that insincerity can alienate consumers.
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how retailers build a sense of urgency and the goals of retailer-specific holidays beyond just sales. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top three examples of effective retail holiday marketing and discuss a miss. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Suzy Davidkhanian and Briefings director Jeremy Goldman.
Nike and Fanatics form a symbiotic alliance: The two sportswear giants are partnering to expand the college sports apparel market and deepen their hold on athletic merchandise.
Insider Intelligence spoke with Stacey Howe, vice president of ecommerce at Cotopaxi, about running an outdoor gear brand with human sustainability and its approach to retail expansion.
Not all venture funding has dried up: Former Snap executive Imran Khan’s luxury ecommerce site Verishop raised $40 million in a Series B funding round.
NIkon to end DSLR line: Smartphones have an opportunity to seize the camera market, but smaller bodies and lack of long lenses will be tough to overcome. Computational photography could help fill the gaps.
The layoff-hiring puzzle: In what seems like a paradox, scores of layoffs coincide with hiring growth. Tech moves away from broad expansion plans while still needing software innovation to stay afloat.
Walmart uses EV deal to strike out at Amazon: The big-box retailer’s agreement with Canoo explicitly prevents the automaker from selling to the ecommerce giant.
From hiring help to layoff harm reduction: Responding to shifting market conditions, startup Continuum shifts its focus to helping companies deftly execute layoffs. But another strategy adjustment may be necessary.
The terminated deal could not meet regulatory requirements. VyStar’s recent troubles show the hazards that delayed M&As and digital transformation pose to banks’ growth.