Delivery apps race to sign up retailers to their platforms: DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Gopuff each inked new deals to grow their retailer network and bring fast delivery to more customers.
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| Mar 30, 2022
EVs could become a lifeline in emergencies: EVs doubling as home backup power could alleviate their strain on electric grids and entice customers, but only if EV prices don’t skyrocket.
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| Mar 9, 2022
Senior Democrat Ron Wyden warned excessively stringent regulation could stifle innovation.
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| Mar 8, 2022
The president’s sweeping order on digital assets calls for research into a CBDC.
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| Mar 10, 2022
WhatsApp looks to take group messaging to a new level: Communities feature allows separate groups to unite with encrypted communications.
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| Apr 19, 2022
Healthcare organizations, prepare for more cyberattacks: On the back of Hive’s shutdown, we recap what we saw in 2022, and highlight what to watch out for in 2023.
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| Jan 27, 2023
Following a banner year, US ad spending in 2022 will be shaped by three key trends: Linear TV crossing the Rubicon, a billionaires’ club emerging in connected TV (CTV), and ecommerce ad spending enriching Google, Amazon, and a crop of newcomers in search and retail media.
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| May 18, 2022
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| Dec 6, 2021
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.
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| Nov 9, 2022
Smartphones will gain a few competitors in the next several years. As metaverse tools and wearables like virtual reality (VR) headsets become more commonplace, they will cause growth to slow for everyday devices like smartphones.
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| Jun 10, 2022
The payments behemoth singled out digital wallets as a way to boost engagement going forward.
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| Apr 29, 2022
Customer-to-customer payments volume dropped 13% YoY in Q2. But it outlined three initiatives to help it reverse declines in H2.
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| Aug 5, 2022
Even TikTok is struggling to stop harmful content: A new lawsuit and complaints from creators could stand in the way of its social commerce goals.
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| Mar 28, 2022
Netflix is practically synonymous with video streaming in the US, with 76% of US teens and adults surveyed using the platform. Amazon Prime Video is the next most popular service, used by 64%, while Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max round out the top five.
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| Mar 9, 2022
The all-cash deal values Atlanta-based EVO Payments at $4B and can help Global Payments improve its B2B offerings.
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| Aug 2, 2022
Private labels are winning over consumers with good value for the money. Among US adults, 89.7% said they switched from a national label mainly because the store brand offered better value, and 47.9% said deals and/or membership rewards motivated the move. Meanwhile, 52.0% cited the private-label brand’s bigger selection of products.
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| Mar 16, 2022
Just five countries will produce double-digit growth rates for total media ad spending in 2023, and of these India will be the only large market to do so.
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| Jan 11, 2023
This matchup, along with Western Union’s recent deals, brings new financial opportunities in places they’ve never been before.
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| Aug 15, 2022
It expanded its Visa Direct integration so US customers can send payments to eligible Visa cardholders in six countries.
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| Aug 10, 2022
Canada’s consumers are slowly but surely shifting to online shopping, with ecommerce more than doubling its share of total retail sales since 2019. In this report, we look at the various retail milestones Canada will reach in 2022, as well as our first-ever breakdown of the country’s ecommerce sales by product category.
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| Jul 29, 2022
Digital ad spend will grow the fastest in Latin America this year, with Peru leading the pack, according to our forecast. While Argentina and Chile will also rank high by this measure, none of the three countries will crack the global top 10 for total digital ad spend.
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| Feb 3, 2023
After several years of double-digit increases, worldwide digital ad spending saw growth slow to 8.6% in 2022, for a total of $567.49 billion, according to our forecast. This year, growth will rebound to 10.5%, and spend will reach $626.86 billion.
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| Jan 31, 2023
Big Tech earnings reveal economic uncertainty: Consumer spending is down while costs are up and supply chain woes continue to drag down profits. Big Tech is bracing for tough times.
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| Aug 1, 2022
Chinese government looks to scale back regulation: Beijing eases controls on Big Tech companies, leading to a stock rally and optimism that short-term recovery can offset losses from factory closures.
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| May 2, 2022
China’s digital ad market will expand in the coming years, but growth pace to slow: Government restrictions on data transfers and collection of personal info to weigh on Big Tech.
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| Apr 15, 2022