Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been growing in importance to holiday ecommerce for more than a decade, despite the persistent myth that early holiday promotions would pull demand forward to take the wind out of these promotions.
Following a year of somewhat stalled growth, Twitter will soar past $2 billion in US ad revenues in 2021, marking a 38.5% increase over 2020.
The triopoly of Google, Facebook, and Amazon will rake in 64.0% of this year’s $211.20 billion in US digital ad spending, about the same share as 2020 and up 1 percentage point from 2019.
—underscoring how retailers are preparing to capitalize on US consumers’ changing healthcare preferences.
How badly industry players were hurt by Apple’s privacy changes in Q3: Peloton was hit hard, while Criteo and Airbnb went unscathed.
At Web Summit 2021, we caught up with Anthony Marino, president of online consignment and thrift store thredUP, to discuss the secondhand market’s growth, how resale drives sustainability , and how the company is expanding its footprint with its resale as a service offering.
Freetrade will push ahead with plans to launch in new markets after hitting £1B ($1.28B) in assets under administration. But other retail brokerages have had the same idea.
Facebook's investments in creators just keep coming: The company now offers a subscription bonus program and a way to sidestep the 30% “Apple tax,” helping it win over creators.
On today's episode, we discuss the main takeaways from Facebook's corporate name change to Meta, Instagram's affiliate shops development, how out-of-stock messages could affect advertising, Instagram Reels ads versus TikTok paid ads, selling out this year's Super Bowl ads, reacquainting yourself with the commute, a hidden secret in the number pi, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer analyst Blake Droesch and principal analysts at Insider Intelligence Suzy Davidkhanian and Paul Verna.
Siemens CIO talks live events, sustainability, and the company's approach to digital transformation: At Web Summit 2021, we interviewed Hanna Hennig, CIO at Siemens, to get her thoughts on the changing digital and in-person landscape.
Square opened its Cash App ecosystem to 13-17 year olds under parental supervision in the hopes of creating life-long users.