On today’s podcast episode, we present our “Unofficial Monthly Retailer Awards” (UMRAs) for August, focusing on Back-to-School activations. The awards include “Most Impactful Campaign,” “Best IRL Initiative,” and “Greatest Under-the-Radar Move.” Listen to the discussion with Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian; Senior Analysts Arielle Feger and Carina Lamb; and Principal Analyst Sarah Marzano.
In today’s podcast episode, we discuss why it’s important for people to think about AI adoption differently than we have in the past, which AI tools are most popular, and what our “Building Blocks of AI” framework tells us about how and why people use artificial intelligence. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Vice President of Insights Stephanie Paterik and Principal Analyst Nate Elliott. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
In today’s podcast episode, we discuss the evolving definition of affiliate marketing, the most interesting areas of the space today, and how improvements in measurement have helped position affiliate as a channel that marketers can confidently invest in. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Principal Analyst Max Willens, AWIN President of North America Adam Weiss, and Higher Dose Chief Marketing and Commercialization Officer Ingrid Milman Cordy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss how advertisers can transition from World Cup storytelling into domestic league campaigns, what makes football audiences unique from an advertising perspective, the number that best encapsulates the advertising opportunity within the English Premier League, what makes America's Major League Soccer attractive compared with established European leagues, and more. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Principal Analyst Bill Fisher, and Senior Forecasting Analyst Oscar Orozco. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
On today’s podcast, we discuss why shopping still feels so disconnected when brands and retailers know so much about us, what’s changed most about what consumers expect from brands today, and what brands should be building now to be ready for people shopping on their own—some using AI assistants, with some purchases becoming fully agentic. Tune in for a conversation featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Principal Analyst Sky Canaves, and Keith Lehman, Global Marketing Director for Digital Commerce and Retail Media at Colgate-Palmolive.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the three biggest questions surrounding Spotify right now: Why is there a disconnect between Spotify’s ad-supported revenue and its ad-supported users? Will podcast advertising provide another wave of growth? Can Spotify generate meaningful supplementary revenue from its new “Reserved” ticketing service in partnership with Live Nation? And more. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Editor Daniel Konstantinovic. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the three biggest questions surrounding Amazon right now: Are Amazon’s AI tools gaining traction with consumers, advertisers, and enterprise clients? Is Prime Video becoming a true premium advertising opportunity, or is it still an added benefit of Amazon’s core shopping ecosystem? And will cloud overtake retail as Amazon’s biggest business by 2030? And more. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Analysts Marisa Jones and Rachel Wolff, as they explore these questions and more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
On today’s podcast, we discuss how Bombas has held onto its purpose as it has scaled, what separates partnerships that last from those that are simply campaigns, and the signals that tell Soles4Souls when a company is genuinely committed versus just checking a box. Tune in for a conversation featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Buddy Teaster, President and CEO of Soles4Souls, and Kelly Cobb, VP of Impact at Bombas.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the three biggest questions surrounding Meta right now: Will the company create the next big social network? Will people really watch Instagram on TV? What AI agent will Meta release after rolling out its shopping agent? And more. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Analyst Minda Smiley and Principal Analyst Max Willens. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
In today’s podcast episode, we discuss what’s driving the current surge in interest in health wearables, which wearable health metrics are reliable enough for clinical decision-making, the leading devices on the market, and how AI is helping transform them into comprehensive digital health hubs. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Analysts Rajiv Leventhal and Beth Snyder Bulik, as they explore these topics. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
On today’s podcast, we discuss how to make the most of the back-to-school season, including where post–first-day spending is happening, how less obvious back-to-school brands can capitalize on the season, and whether to double down, scale back, or simply adjust classic back-to-school tactics. Tune in for a discussion featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, along with Analysts Arielle Feger and Rachel Wolff.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the three biggest questions surrounding Google right now: Is Google spending too much in the AI race? Will the company finally rationalize its AI product naming conventions? And what will the next phase of YouTube's growth look like? Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Principal Analyst Nate Elliott and Analyst Marisa Jones. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the biggest gaps between where Americans spend their time and where advertisers spend their money. We explore the disconnect in social media, the imbalance in subscription OTT, and why digital audio continues to be a dark horse. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Principal Forecasting Writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and Senior Director of Forecasting Oscar Orozco. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the audiences for "spectacle events," including one-off marquee sporting events like UFC 250 and sporting occasion-adjacent events like the NFL Draft. We also explore the best ways to market around these moments and share some interesting examples of how companies are engaging with fans. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Analyst Marisa Jones, and Principal Analyst Max Willens. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
On today’s podcast episode, we present our “Unofficial Monthly Retailer Awards” (UMRAs) for July, including awards for “Most Impactful Campaign,” “Best IRL Initiative,” and “Greatest Under-the-Radar Move.” Listen to the discussion with Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Senior Analyst Blake Droesch, Senior Editor Karen Jacobs, Senior Director of Content Becky Schilling.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss the three biggest questions surrounding Netflix right now: Will the shift from a few long weekly viewing sessions to multiple short daily ones undermine Netflix’s ability to attract audiences for regularly scheduled programming? Should Netflix consider a free tier? Has Netflix been left out in the cold when it comes to bundled services? And more. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Analyst Ross Benes and Daniel Konstantinovic, Senior Editor of our Marketing and Advertising Briefing. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
In today’s podcast episode, we discuss what would happen if the EU banned infinite scroll, whether Facebook can become cool again, and whether OpenAI could actually generate $100 billion in advertising revenue by 2030. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Director of Reports Editing Rahul Chadha, and Principal Analysts Nate Elliott and Max Willens. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
On today’s podcast, we go beyond the headlines to explore what’s driving the latest wave of GLP-1 momentum, why this represents a lasting shift rather than just another healthcare trend, the biggest misconception retailers still have about how these drugs are changing consumer behavior, and which parts of the retail playbook need to be rewritten as consumers change how they eat, shop, and live. Tune in for a discussion featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, along with Senior Analysts Rajiv Leventhal and Rachel Wolff.
In today’s podcast episode, we discuss what would happen if sports viewership declined, if Meta had to pay $1.4 trillion to California, New Jersey, Colorado, and Kentucky in youth safety lawsuits, and if AI turned every product placement in a TV show into ad inventory. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, Senior Analyst Ross Benes, Vice President of Content Suzy Davidkhanian, and Analyst Marisa Jones. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.
In today’s podcast episode, we discuss how much time Americans spend with GenAI, why daily social media use might not have peaked, and why TV, not mobile, still rules the roost.