What’s got the go-ahead? Pushing boundaries, leveraging social media, and engaging with audiences beyond the TV. But be wary: don’t go too far, lose focus on offline opportunities, or forget to connect the dots.
Year of the chatbot: Google’s Apprentice Bard is among many chatbots we’ll see released by the tech industry this year. Investors are excited, but performance and monetization are market hurdles.
Fed guarantees more tech layoffs: PayPal, HubSpot, and Splunk are the latest among tech to ax workers. With more interest rate hikes ahead, tech’s layoff game will continue.
Returns have always been expensive for retailers, but right now they’re at an all-time high. “We’re seeing a lot of the fast-fashion retailers like Zara and others like J.Crew, and Abercrombie & Fitch starting to charge return shipping for online orders,” said our analyst Sky Canaves. But there’s more to it than charging. Here are six strategies for reducing returns.
FIs can access multiple fintechs through one connection while giving consumers control over their data.
Embedded finance fintechs and those with disruptive potential are still attracting investment despite the funding decline.
In a saturated market and during a cost-of-living crisis, the investing app may struggle to win new customers.
Snap continues its Q3 storyline into Q4: Users top estimates in fourth quarter, but dwindling cash is a hurdle to innovation and growth.
It’s applying for state regulatory licenses—but it still needs to deal with other hurdles standing in the way.
Some 58% of Association of National Advertisers (ANA) marketers used retail media networks last year, according to a report from the ANA. In the next year, expect to see more movement from marketers outside of consumer packaged goods as brands look to take advantage of the recession-friendly ad space.
On today's episode, we discuss why TikTok isn't as algorithmically driven as we once thought, the significance of its less expensive ad rates, and the likelihood of a US ban. "In Other News," we talk about Americans' brand engagement on social platforms and some upcoming milestones for social media in 2023. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg.
Travelers may want to let loose on vacation, but they want their premium travel credit cards to be locked down tight. The most in-demand feature of these cards is free identity theft insurance, with 53% of prospective users in the US saying it was “extremely valuable” to them, according to our “US Premium Travel Credit Card Emerging Features Benchmark 2022” report.
Grocers are less willing to put up with price hikes as inflation eases: Whole Foods is the latest retailer to ask suppliers to lower prices to relieve pressure on consumers.
Spotify’s $20 billion podcasting dream is a long way off: Despite a strong quarter for revenue and user growth, investments will take longer than expected to pay dividends.
RIP Showtime—as a standalone brand, that is: Paramount+ and the premium cable TV network are merging, the first of many expected streaming mergers.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s balance sheet is forcing it to play the licensing game: It’s a win for Roku and Tubi. For HBO Max subscribers, not so much.