On today's episode, we discuss some updates in the social audio landscape, whether convenience is outweighing price, if fashion rental can make a comeback, podcast ads versus other ad formats, changes in millennials' spending behaviors, how football players are similar to bears in more than just stature, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer analyst Nina Goetzen, forecasting analyst Peter Vahle, and analyst at Insider Intelligence Blake Droesch.

The DNA of today’s shopping experience has been rewritten over the past 20+ months. Taking a holistic, coordinated, and strategic approach to modernizing your company’s payments architecture will help you keep up while unlocking significant value and growth.

Meanwhile, The Home Depot Retail Media+ captured the No. 4 spot on first-party consumer insights data This may indicate that brands in categories like consumer electronics, home furnishings, and home improvement value deeper insights on category-specific shopping and buying behavior that isn’t as accessible in multicategory retail media networks.

On today's episode, we discuss the most important trends shaping the future of shopping, whether gifting experiences can catch up with physical goods, the best return policies, the "empty promise" of instant delivery, Taco Bell's subscription service, an unpopular opinion about Netflix prices, who invented Monopoly, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst Suzy Davidkhanian, director of forecasting Oscar Orozco, and director of reports editing at Insider Intelligence Rahul Chadha.

Block acquired European financial app Verse in 2020 and has been using it to learn about peer-to-peer payments behavior in Europe, according to Dorsey. In November, Cash App opened its ecosystem to teen users: So far, Block has seen “encouraging adoption.”

On today's episode, we discuss how the delta variant has affected people's comfort levels doing various activities, what customers want retailers to do in response, and what Americans aren't willing to give up. We then talk about the COVID consumer trend most likely to stick, how brands advertise during tragedy, and what the short- (and long-) term future of events might be. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Jeremy Goldman.

Drizly’s director of brand discusses how alcohol purchasing behavior is shifting online

On today's episode, we discuss the highlights from Snapchat's user growth and revenue picture in Q1. We then talk about Snapchat integrating a fashion recommendation company into its app, how social media behaviors have evolved because of the pandemic, and Facebook's latest ad offerings. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson and forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Nazmul Islam.

Older consumers are becoming more comfortable shopping digitally

Most digital shoppers in the US are smartphone shoppers. Some 89.2% of digital shoppers will shop with their smartphones in 2021, a share that will rise to 91.7% in 2025. More than half (56.6%) of digital shoppers will shop with their tablets in 2021, but this share should drop to 54.1% by 2025. Tablet shoppers are more likely to convert than smartphone shoppers.