Investors want retailers to take decisive action on ESG initiatives: But companies like Amazon and McDonald’s are pushing back on shareholder demands.
Industry trade groups fear that a CBDC would shrink deposits at private banks and hinder banks’ ability to offer credit. But as CBDCs are developed across the globe, the US can’t afford to be left behind.
BNPL attracts users who are higher-risk and younger than the general credit-seeking population, a TransUnion study found.
Meta clashes with Apple over AppTrackingTransparency: The change damaged Meta’s profits, but Apple’s ad business is soaring.
Consumers are driven by value more than anything else. About two-thirds of consumers worldwide who had switched brands in the past year were looking for better deals. More than half were seeking better product quality.
It’s a difficult landscape for retailers: We break down how some retailers have successfully navigated the shifting terrain—and why others couldn’t.
For the first time ever, Facebook is contracting in the US: The platform will lose users this year in its home market—and it’s getting grayer.
Reddit trails other social networks in time spent: The platform’s efforts to boost its mainstream appeal could improve engagement.
Big-box retailers are aggressively upgrading their beauty offerings to attract returning in-store shoppers and younger, digital-first consumers.
Insider Intelligence spoke with Kate Lubenesky, president at W&P, a food and beverage essentials brand that sells sustainable packaging for everyday food items.
Machine learning goes viral: The NIH is funding companies like PostEra to start fighting the next pandemic. It’s the tip of the iceberg of tech’s possible preventive role.
Graph neural networks enlisted against cancer: AI tech popularized by the NBA is being scaled out for health applications. The deeper understanding of complex relationships could be a gamechanger for medicine.
Is CVS Health turning into a primary care behemoth? The company’s new virtual primary care service fits into CVS’ goal of becoming a preferred healthcare destination for millions of consumers.
Broadcom boosts software with VMware buy: The $61B deal allows the chipmaker to rely less on chips for growth while assembling parts for massive cloud, edge computing, and IoT expansion.
Sony’s service game push could be good for advertisers: The lucrative model could be a platform for its rumored ad program
While traditional TV ad spending will struggle for growth in the coming years, digital video will not. A portion of digital video spend will go to the nascent CTV space, but traditional broadcasters are also developing their own streaming services (with BVOD ad spend rising at a far faster rate than traditional TV spend). Overall, the advertising opportunity for CTV remains small.