We look at 2021’s biggest tech flexes that changed the landscape of business or left us scratching our heads. The year saw Facebook meta-morph into a VR-focused platform, Clubhouse rise and fall, Amazon convert 60 million smart speakers into a giant Wi-Fi network, and more.
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| Dec 28, 2021
On today's podcast episode, we discuss what finding products online will look like in 2025, if Target's new membership program can stack up against Amazon Prime and Walmart+, how ads on chatbots will change advertising, how to make stores more fun places to shop, what the world's first "ketchup insurance" offers, how Americans use dating apps, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Carina Perkins.
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| Mar 15, 2024
WPP competitor Omnicom Group missed analysts' revenue forecast in its July earnings report, saying tech and telecom firms hit the brakes on their ad spend. Interpublic Group also cut its outlook. Publicis Groupe, by contrast, seems to have bucked the trend, surpassing estimates and upping its 2023 outlook.
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| Aug 8, 2023
Nearly 98% of smartphone users (255.8 million people) will use apps this year. Although all major app categories will continue to gain users—and 11 will surpass 100 million users apiece—the average user will download and regularly open fewer apps as they settle on favorites in each category.
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| Oct 3, 2023
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how the resale market is evolving, why some retailers work with a third party instead of developing their own charitable programs, and the role of digital marketplaces in resale. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and Nancy Youssef, chief global business development officer of Soles4Souls.
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| Mar 6, 2024
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Telecom providers can offer B2B firms all-in-one, highly customized product solutions that meet specific requirements. In 2022, telecom will have the largest YoY increase in digital ad spending, at 19.4%, for a total of $1.52 billion. By 2024, telecom is expected to spend $1.89 on digital ads.
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| Sep 19, 2022
CES 2023 highlighted five big technology trends that will influence the way we communicate with each other and with businesses.
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| Jan 17, 2023
Entertainment, Telecom, CPG, and Computing Products and Consumer Electronics Lean Heavily on Mobile. The retail industry spends by far the most on mobile ads, although it slightly under-indexes against the national average in terms of device split.
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| Aug 29, 2022
Under Lyor Cohen, the global head of music for Google and YouTube, the platform has partnered with several telecom giants—including SoftBank, LG U+, and Vodafone—to offer their customers trial and introductory access to YouTube Premium.
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| Dec 21, 2022
On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss what’s important in a good omnichannel experience, where in-store retail media is headed, and how stores can tailor experiential and experimental tech to build a more robust customer profile. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank two retailers that are doing store digitization well and two that could possibly use a bit of work. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Arielle Feger and Zak Stambor.
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| Sep 27, 2023
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Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Embracing mobile gives consumers access to a branded experience both online and in-store, while in-store technologies bring the digital world into the physical. To cater to shoppers no matter where or how they shop, brands should also make sure they’re balancing in-store and online rewards as well as D2C and wholesale commerce.
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| Jul 28, 2023
On today's episode, we discuss the ways in which firms are prepared—and unprepared—for AI, what happens when companies have finished test-driving generative AI, and what to make of Meta giving away its AI model. "In Other News," we talk about when we can expect to see GPT-5 and how Apple’s lip-reading technology could be a step toward artificial general intelligence. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.
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| Aug 17, 2023
Even so, the package has received some criticism for failing to address the root causes of unaffordable connection: regional telecom monopolization and price control. Much of the funding may still end up flowing through large conglomerates like AT&T and Charter Communications.
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| Dec 21, 2021
However, the telecoms later reached a deal with the Department of Transportation to delay the launch to January 19. The joint letter from the telecoms was in response to a memo Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson sent last week outlining 5G's potential for "widespread and unacceptable disruption,” followed by a request to delay the rollout for two more weeks.
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| Jan 4, 2022
Retailers and healthcare incumbents are racing to get as close to patients as possible—through in-home services, remote patient monitoring, and at-home tests. Here’s where these trends will lead in 2023.
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| Dec 12, 2022