While meme coins don’t have a long-term future as a payment method, there is growing momentum for stablecoin crypto payments
Retail crime is out of control, UK retailers say: Their concerns are shared across the pond, as US businesses struggle to stem in-store and online theft.
Q4 revenues grew 2% YoY to $25.7 billion but fell short of expectations. Surging R&D costs threaten Musk’s ambitious 2025 production goals.
Hy-Vee promotes head of retail media to be CMO: The fast-growing sector is providing a new path to corporate leadership.
Our take on RFK’s Senate hearing to date: His answers (or lack thereof) to pressing healthcare issues won’t do much to convince the American public he’s the right person to run the HHS.
Senators reintroduce Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act: If passed, the Act could empower patients to make informed decisions about their healthcare amid a torrent of direct-to-consumer drug ads.
Caregivers in the US are overburdened: Healthcare and pharma companies have an opportunity to develop marketing strategies around providing them relief.
With cable in decline, Comcast bets on hybrid strategy: Peacock revenue grows, but subscriber slowdown raises questions ahead of its NBA media rights rollout.
Despite a $5 billion quarterly loss in the division, Meta remains committed to VR, even as rivals like Apple, Google, and Samsung close in.
With new feed-customization and business tools, it’s primed for deeper user engagement. But as ads roll out, brand safety worries could stall advertiser interest.
How SiriusXM plans to compete with Spotify: After a failed music streaming venture, the company is reinvesting in its car business.
Twin Peaks went public as a standalone company: Investors’ response to the sports bar chain could determine whether companies like Panera and Inspire Brands—parent of Dunkin’—IPO this year.
Levi’s delivers downbeat outlook as uncertainty roils retail industry: The company expects potential tariffs, FX headwinds, and higher taxes to weigh on its 2025 performance.
Horizon Media is hunting for acquisitions: The US agency is targeting companies in the influencer marketing and retail media sectors.
Meta AI updates hint at future advertising: The company’s chatbot will store “memories” and pull from user data to personalize answers.
NextRoll, in partnership with Audigent, recently used Google's Protected Audience API (PAAPI) advertising tool to generate nearly 5 million impressions in a privacy-safe way. As third-party cookies disappear, this new use case shows that large scale reach is still possible.
Department stores need a reboot after sales fell 1.6% last year: Retailers like Kohl’s are searching for a winning formula to revitalize the struggling department store model.
The pressure is on as regulators in the US and the EU raise red flags over user data and national concern issues, while OpenAI accuses it of stealing APIs.
Brazil’s ad market grew nearly twice as fast as the US last year: Advertisers seek expansion in high-growth LATAM region.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of January. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Analyst Arielle Feger and Senior Analyst Sara Lebow will defend their list against Senior Analyst Zak Stambor and Analyst Rachel Wolff, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.