UK investigates how children’s personal data is used: The move comes as people are increasingly wary about invasive data collection practices.
Almost three-fourths (74.8%) of Gen Zers will be digital game players by 2027, according to our December 2024 forecast.
NWSL secures key women-led sponsorships: E.l.f. Cosmetics and Unwell partner with the soccer league, marking a shift in how beauty and lifestyle brands invest in sports.
Rising Airbnb rentals and Tinder’s weak ID verification create unchecked spaces for misuse. Colombia’s tourism boom worsens the problem as traffickers exploit platform anonymity and operate freely.
What Gen Z wants from pharma: We present the data on how Gen Z feels about pharma communications and explore how marketers can more effectively reach younger consumers.
This week, small businesses express concerns about President Trump’s policies, private label brands gain traction, and Gen Z embraces AI for shopping. Meanwhile, TikTok music influences purchases, and excessive advertising drives cart abandonment.
Automation has turbocharged content creation, but AI costs are rising fast. Rather than cut expenses, Duolingo is banking on long-term user engagement to pay off.
US Black adults spend the greatest share of their total TV time watching cable (22.4%), followed by broadcast (21.8%), according to a 2025 Nielsen report.
Over half of Gen Zers discover products primarily on TikTok and Instagram: Google’s relevance is fading as social search takes over.
Black History Month marketing adapts as DEI commitments fade: With corporate DEI programs under political scrutiny, some brands are avoiding public campaigns.
The uncertain future of TikTok and the changing social media landscape has made complicated partnerships and engagement measurement in the creator economy. But creators are ready.
Gen Z’s digital “third spaces” are the future of marketing: Brands need to get involved in these curated, tight-knit spaces and understand the culture to drive success.
While many users sell products via Twitch livestreams, Amazon has yet to position the platform as a rival to other social video commerce sites like TikTok Shop.
Less than a third of US consumers with a household income of more than $100,000 see fast food as a luxury, compared with 71% of consumers with an income of less than $30,000, according to April 2024 data from LendingTree.
Their ROOST initiative could pressure platforms to adopt stronger protections, reshaping digital safety and providing brand-safe environments for advertisers.
Online reviews are vital to the shopping experience, but a growing wariness of fake reviews and AI's escalation of the problem has recently spurred governments to act.
Gen Z consumers rely heavily on online reviews to make purchase decisions: They’re also more likely to trust reviews than older generations.
Gen Z gamers prefer shooting games and action/adventure games, according to an April 2024 survey by Collage Group