Podcasting is majorly boosting Spotify's ad biz: Ad revenues are up 75% year over year as the audio giant's investments in podcasting finally begin to pay off.
The US is the undisputed front-runner within the global podcasting ecosystem, in terms of both content production and listener adoption.
McDonald’s’ success is powered by its digital loyalty program: The chain’s 9.6% same-store sales growth in Q3 was largely driven by the 21 million US consumers who signed up for its new loyalty program.
Insider Intelligence associate analyst Christina Obolenskaya spoke with Ricky Joshi, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Saatva, on providing "accessible luxury" products to customers. Saatva sells high-end mattresses on its ecommerce platform, as well as bedding products, bed frames, and more.
Amazon maintains its commanding lead in the US retail ecommerce space, generating 41.0% of the sales this year.
Its transaction-based revenues fell sharply in Q3 due to a 78% drop in crypto trading, highlighting its oversized reliance on the sector.
Twitter’s brand-focused ad business is more resilient to Apple’s privacy changes: By contrast, performance ads on Facebook and Snapchat have been hurt by the decline in targeting and measurement capabilities with AppTrackingTransparency.
Snap, TikTok, and YouTube can’t escape the clamor for children’s safety online: Facebook may be taking most of the heat, but these giants faced tough questions of their own at a congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Zolve nabs $40M to cultivate loyal users: The brand new neobank’s credit card and savings account could build a base by offering banking services to immigrants moving to the country.
Who’s winning the sprint to become a financial services super app: At Money20/20 USA, Insider Intelligence gave financial services executives an advance look at our upcoming matrix compiling some of the industry’s most comprehensive data about global financial services super apps.
Nubank rushes to the forefront with IPO plans: Its interest in becoming a public company follows a banner year, and might serve as a blueprint ahead of peers with similar ambitions.
China's ecommerce ad spending will reach $50.31 billion in 2021, which is nearly double that of the US.