The rubber band effect drove much of the top performing product categories and retail brands in 2021, as they snapped back from mid-pandemic lows.

Amazon’s bet on brick-and-mortar grocery has yet to pay off: A new report highlights the company’s physical retail struggles, but digital grocery remains a bright spot.

We unpack the AMA’s recent report on behavioral health integration via telehealth and highlight 2 key areas where digital health can drive access to mental health.

We dig into how its Livongo merger primed it for this move and how it’s part of a larger trend among digital health players.

The rise of subscription-based mental healthcare: Digital psychiatry startup Minded raised $25 million to grow its mental health medication management platform. We detail why D2C mental healthcare is becoming popular among US consumers.

Rights to Indian cricket games could cost over $5 billion: Disney, Amazon, and Reliance are hoping to broadcast India’s most popular sport as US viewership growth slows.

ANA will soon pilot alternatives to Nielsen TV ratings panel: The industry is in need of standardization following Nielsen’s fall from grace.

NBCU is softening the Olympics’ ratings blow by touting iSpot partnership: Predicting a low turnout, the broadcaster went all-in on flexing new tools to advertisers.

Since Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, mobile apps have been scrambling to stake a claim in the metaverse—on paper at least. In November, the month after the rebrand, 29 apps worldwide added “metaverse” to their name or description, more than double the number in October. This trend hasn’t wavered: In the three months since Meta emerged, 86 more apps have featured the buzzword in their name or description.

Facing slowdown in Chromebook sales, Google looks to bring old hardware back to life: The bold strategy to convert outdated Macs and PCs into Chrome OS devices can multiply its market share.

Russian cyberattack on Ukraine has far-reaching implications: The unprecedented DDoS attack on Ukraine triggers calls for worldwide cybersecurity measures to protect infrastructure.

On today’s episode, we discuss the challenges that marketers continue to face as they look to adhere to data privacy laws around the world. Tune in to the discussion as our analyst Bill Fisher hosts analyst Karin von Abrams and researcher Paola Flores-Marquez.

Open-banking user growth accelerates in the UK: The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) said the number of active users crossed 5M last month, just four months after reaching 4M.

Wish turns to shoppable video to reverse its decline: The mcommerce company hopes new tools will be enough to encourage users and merchants to stay on the platform.

Publishers are more prepared for deprecation of third-party cookies: Half now feel it could be an opportunity to highlight first-party data, report shows. With the deadline for Chrome’s cookie sunset now late 2023, that number will hopefully grow.

UK fintech aims to help people spend less on subscriptions: After wrapping up a $9M seed round, Nous will launch a service to automate contract renegotiations and provider switching. Our research shows that’s in high demand.

Ecommerce sales in Southeast Asia will total $89.67 billion in 2022, an increase of $15.31 billion over last year.