Advertisers are ditching a tumultuous Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s erratic behavior, combined with an underwhelming (or downright concerning) earnings season for Big Tech.
Popularity with Gen Z isn’t enough to stop a US reorg at TikTok: With ad sales slowdown looming, the company is shuffling leadership and hoping social commerce moves pay off.
Many US companies are cutting their investments in China: The country’s COVID-related lockdowns have led many retailers and brands to shift manufacturing elsewhere to avoid disruptions.
On today's episode, we discuss what to make of the early changes at Twitter, whether stores within stores really work, what to expect now that Netflix Basic With Ads is here, a drone Candy Crush ad in the sky, Sainsbury's playing the loyalty long game, an explanation of the ways US consumers cut costs, how much Americans love cheese, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha and analysts Suzy Davidkhanian and Max Willens.
Sweatcoin leads US mobile health apps in traffic, with 15.0 million unique visitors in August. Fitbit and MyChart rank No. 2 and No. 3, with 12.5 million and 12.1 million unique visitors, respectively.
Throttling processors risks slowing innovation: Semiconductors are a battleground in the tech cold war between the US and China, and now manufacturers are scaling down performance to comply with chip bans.
Our latest forecasts on media and tech usage in Japan offer a glimpse of what’s expected.
Our Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark report covers in-demand features that will win points from consumers.
Amazon and Walmart adopt varying tactics to juice subscriber growth: Amazon is going after college students with its beefed-up music offering while Walmart doubles down on value.
It launched Ant Bank PayLater, which will let AlipayHK users spread purchases across three-month installment plans.
As users and advertisers jump ship from Twitter amid Elon Musk’s takeover, there’s no shortage of platforms for them to land on.
Marketers have their hearts set on capturing holiday dollars from Gen Z this season, but they shouldn’t run the same old marketing playbook if they want to succeed.
Our research validates that Klarna is at the cutting edge of BNPL innovation, offering 35 of 49 features selected by our analysts based on their ability to differentiate BNPL providers.
China’s Singles’ Day continues to top the charts, but the vitality of the world’s biggest shopping event is being called into question amid lukewarm recovery of retail sales. As a result, participating brands are focusing on building sustainable customer loyalty with innovative shopping experiences.
Nearly 60% of US adults watch digital video on non-TV devices, like laptops, tablets, and smartphones, every day. That’s up from 54% last year, and 27% in 2013.
Twitter chaos gives fuel to alternative app: Despite Mastodon’s recent gains, its limitations won’t bring widespread adoption.
Walgreens catches up to CVS with Summit Health acquisition: We examine the deal’s impact on the investing players as well as those who are falling behind in the retail health competition.
Chaos reigns at Twitter: The company takes on an impulsive character as it lays off half its staff but then implores ex-employees to return. Advertisers are pausing while new features are stalled until after the midterm elections.
The era of explosive growth for podcast listenership is coming to an end for much of the world.
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss the total market for US retail social commerce sales, whether Instagram is in trouble when it comes to social commerce, and what kind of a threat TikTok poses. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us four of their very specific—and potentially risky—predictions about the future of TikTok’s US retail strategy. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Jasmine Enberg.