As customers limit credit card use to avoid debt, here’s how credit issuers can regain volume for the rest of the season—especially in-store.
Cyber Monday remains the No. 1 shopping day, despite slowdown: A longer holiday shopping season and inventory issues produced lackluster spending, but record online sales are expected for the last two months of the year.
Twitter insider Parag Agrawal replaces Dorsey as CEO: The company’s former CTO is under intense pressure to grow the user base and ad revenues.
Volkswagen launches AR experiences via QR codes for Amazon campaign: The promotion highlights the power of the technology while leveraging Amazon’s ecommerce dominance.
On this episode of Brand Anatomy, where we get exclusive looks inside leading brands, eMarketer Briefing director Jeremy Goldman sits down with Harold Klaje, executive vice president and president of global advertising at Reddit, to discuss which markets are the platform’s top priority, how Reddit caters to users and advertisers abroad, and how brands are building their own presences on the site.
Find out how a data lake can serve as the bedrock for empowering data-driven experiences with customers, as well as generating revenue and cost-reduction opportunities
UK banks can capitalize on removal of open-banking friction: The Financial Conduct Authority’s repeal of the 90-day re-authentication mandate for users—plus an upcoming rollout of convenient repeat payments—will help banks enhance the customer experience.
Southeast Asian neobank could gain traction with SMBs: Singapore-based YouTrip is expanding to businesses, with a corporate card as its inaugural product, and is well-positioned to benefit from the region’s abundance of smaller businesses.
TSB opts to focus on digital banking first, branches not so much: In the wake of falling usage, the bank’s shuttering of 70 UK branches in 2022, or almost one-quarter of its footprint, turns digital into its main channel.
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Digital health gets a new AI unicorn as health leaders bet on AI for clinical admin: Iodine Software just became the latest healthcare AI unicorn via a private equity investment—growth we expect to continue as provider orgs look to run a tighter ship with their finances.
CVS’ latest consumer-centric healthcare move: talking Rx labels. This is just the latest in a series of moves CVS has made to improve accessibility and one that’ll help drive its digital growth.
UK regulators prune Meta’s walled garden: Meta has been ordered to sell Giphy, and new ownership could bring back the GIF database’s popular ad program, without the antitrust concerns.
Fixed broadband subscriptions are set to jump nearly 50% in the Middle East and Africa, and more than 37% in Latin America, by the end of 2030. These regions are the ones with the most room for growth, as they’ve only recently gained access to fixed broadband.
On today’s one-year anniversary episode of the Around the World show, we look at how holiday shopping this year will be—and won't be—different from last year. Tune in to the discussion as eMarketer principal analyst Bill Fisher hosts senior researcher Man-Chung Cheung and principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Karin von Abrams.