With Apple TV+, ad-supported streaming becomes the norm: Apple’s service is one of the last to hop on the AVOD trend, but its ad ambitions go much further.

The retail labor movement wave keeps building: Workers at Amazon, and Lowe’s are among the latest to petition to unionize.

Just 18% of US social media users are confident that Facebook protects their privacy and data, down from 27% last year. Confidence is particularly low among the oldest and youngest users surveyed, at 10% within the baby boomer generation and 18% within Gen Z.

Amazon finds sequels often fail to match up to the original: Even so it appears to have pulled the holiday season forward, helping the retailer move excess inventory.

On today's episode, we discuss whether anyone can help Twitter regardless of who owns it, why physical stores could be the next major media channel, how companies are marketing around this year's World Cup, the significance of Google closing its gaming offering Stadia, how to sell a moment, an explanation of how digital grocery buyers are changing, how far an electric vehicle can go on one charge, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of forecasting Oscar Orozco and analysts Ross Benes and Blake Droesch.

17 years later, Sephora reenters the UK: But market turmoil and a cost-of-living crisis may prevent the beauty retailer from making a triumphant return.