What are the biggest trends reshaping the stock trading space (consolidation, fee-slashing, etc.)? What can incumbents in this space do to future-proof themselves against further digital innovations by upstarts like Robinhood et al? As incumbents consolidate, innovate, and cut prices, what strategies can stock trading startups adopt to fight back and make their business models sustainable?

We started fulfillment operations in Guadalajara [Mexico], Santiago [Chile], Bahia [Brazil], and Colombia—and launched a new warehouse in São Paulo [Brazil] and other distribution centers for cargo consolidation and deconsolidation throughout all of Mexico and Brazil. What is Mercado Envíos' commitment to sustainability in Latin America?

The mass consolidation of media companies in recent years, on top of the rollout of streaming platforms and other digital properties, has made it easier for media and entertainment advertisers to reach larger audiences on digital without having to spend as much as their counterparts in other industries.

eMarketer principal analyst Nicole Perrin hosts a new “Behind the Numbers” show called “The Ad Platform,” a platform to discuss all things advertising. In the first episode, Perrin sits with vice president of forecasting Monica Peart and forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom to discuss US digital advertisers’ budgets. Consolidation is the name of the game as publishers continue to devote dollars to the duopoly and the new behemoth in town.

The ad tech world may feel targeted (pun intended) by privacy-related scrutiny in the press, but the fees earned by the ecosystem of partners that facilitate programmatic display transactions in the US were up almost 20% this year.

Digital ad market consolidation has been a major topic of conversation in the US for several years. Most of the focus has been on the Facebook-Google duopoly, but Amazon’s rise has made the triopoly more relevant. We estimate that the top three digital ad sellers in the US netted 62% of digital ad outlays last year.

Consolidation in the ad industry and straightforward labels could make data-driven advertising easier to comprehend and navigate.

eMarketer principal analyst Lauren Fisher joins fellow principal analyst Nicole Perrin to talk about recent coverage from The Wall Street Journal about how Google came to have the biggest digital ad business. Then they discuss ad tech consolidation and a handful of recent video-focused deals, including Roku’s acquisition of DSP dataxu and Xandr’s purchase of SSP Clypd.

The glut of big tech deals and consolidation is, in some ways, reflective of what’s going on in the broader economy. According to Dealogic, global M&A deals are on pace to reach $4.8 trillion this year, which would set a record.

The mass consolidation of media companies in recent years, on top of the rollout of streaming platforms and other digital properties, has made it easier for media and entertainment advertisers to reach larger audiences on digital without having to spend as much as their counterparts in other industries.

The pandemic impacts exacerbate what happened in the industry over the previous decade, when Canadian newspaper publishers have sought consolidation to improve cost efficiencies. 2017 was a pivotal year for print in Canada because Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Torstar Corp., two leaders in print media, swapped 40 local papers and shut down dozens of them.

Meanwhile, the rise of Amazon is leading only to further consolidation: In 2020, nearly 70% of US digital ad spending will go to the “triopoly” of Google, Amazon and Facebook, up from 68.5% in 2019. This is essentially a continuation of—rather than a disruption to—the longer-term narrative of digital advertising consolidation in the US.

Canadian banks will accelerate branch consolidation efforts and rely less heavily on branches for customer acquisition. Unlike their US, UK, and Australian counterparts, Canadian banks haven’t rapidly scaled back their branch networks, because they’ve largely relied on their physical footprints for customer acquisition and to maintain market share.

While podcast audiences are split among various aggregators, some consolidation is happening, and a few of the audio platforms listed in the survey now belong to the same company. SiriusXM bought Pandora and Stitcher, and NPR acquired Pocket Casts. (YouTube wasn’t broken out in the study, but it is regularly used for podcast listening.).

What are the driving forces of consolidation in the payment space? What were the reasons for the three mega deals we have seen? What will the future of consolidation in the payment space look like? WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT? In this report, Business Insider Intelligence will explore the key drivers that are fueling consolidation in the payments space.

As the virtual care market matures, we expect there to be greater consolidation between telehealth and DTx firms.

With Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, PayPal, QuadPay, Sezzle, and Splitit competing with each other, and the potential for more to join them as the industry takes off, there could be consolidation down the road. To pick out which direct providers are positioned to lead the industry, we’ll look at their offerings, current performances, and key differentiators:. Offerings.

This report will cover how brands rely on outside agency expertise and how that relationship has evolved in recent years. It also features 12 examples from brands on an in-house journey.

According to Grabowski, “We’re expecting a consolidation of user identification approaches, such as the Advertising ID Consortium, DigiTrust, LiveRamp and NetID.”. Of course, user IDs are just one aspect of a much larger conundrum: how to respect consumer privacy and data security in the context of mobile ad targeting.

And this is all occurring against the backdrop of rapid industry consolidation and a flurry of new entrants that are intensifying competition and raising the stakes further. In this report, Insider Intelligence will examine the payments ecosystem today, as well as the pandemic’s impact on growth drivers and the industry’s future.

Instead, the “triopoly” is continuing the longer narrative of digital ad market consolidation. Google was already a behemoth when Facebook’s ad business was new, and it held on to its portion of the market while a new giant arose with a primary focus in a new area (display, as opposed to search).

However, the proposed deal attracted FTC scrutiny on grounds of market consolidation that would result in higher prices at brick-and-mortar. The companies ultimately abandoned the deal. “… Harry’s was in some respects punished by its leap from online-only sales to bricks-and-mortar sales,” wrote Ben Thompson in his tech strategy newsletter Stratechery.