In the kitchen, unexpected twists can result in exciting new flavors. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on CPG with Cafe Spice’s CEO and co-founder Sameer Malhotra to see how ingenuity and resilience are driving new recipes for success in the grab-and-go meals category.
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| Nov 12, 2021
When unexpected market trends put more focus on health and wellness, The Vitamin Shoppe placed their customers center stage. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on CPG with Nadina Guglielmetti, marketing executive at The Vitamin Shoppe, to hear how precise investments in the customer journey can lead to big payoffs—in awareness, engagement, and credibility.
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| Oct 29, 2021
We look at 2022’s biggest tech flexes that changed the landscape of business or left us scratching our heads. The year saw Tesla’s CEO buying Twitter, Google exiting games, Amazon bringing back the dead, and TikTok expanding into various other segments.
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| Dec 21, 2022
The CEO claims the neobank’s strategy is right on track. But it’s not profitable, it’s burning through funding, and its low revenue this year hurts the possibility of more funding.
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| Jun 2, 2022
As technology continues to accelerate and transform the financial sector, Visa saw an opportunity to reintroduce itself to the world with a campaign highlighting its role in facilitating global commerce. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on Financial Services with Visa executive Frederique Covington Corbett, PhD, to hear her thoughts on cryptocurrencies, "buy now, pay later," economic inclusion, and more.
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| Oct 25, 2021
Disney CEO Bob Iger stated the company would be “spending less on what we make, and making less.”. Marketer implications for the end of peak TV. Top shows will become less likely to reach the masses. When enough hit shows get delayed, there’s a drop-off in how much viewing time goes toward the most popular programming.
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| Mar 11, 2024
Consumers’ appetite for quality, on-demand content has contributed to connected TV’s (CTV’s) stronghold as the fastest-growing major ad format in the US. “There’s a lot more for [advertisers] to weed through in terms of the opportunities and options of where to place our clients’ ad dollars,” Jennifer Kohl, executive director and head of US media at VMLY&R, said of CTV during our virtual “Attention!” summit last week.
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| Jun 7, 2023
“Creators who care more about brand partnerships than audience will not stick around for long,” said Pierre-Loic Assayag, CEO and co-founder of influence marketing platform Traackr.
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| Mar 26, 2024
Dollar Tree added 3.4 million new customers in 2023, mostly from households earning over $125,000 a year, said Rick Drieling, chairman and CEO. Dollar General’s same-store sales grew 0.7% in Q4, driven entirely by the consumables category, per CEO Todd Vasos. Fresh food frontiers: To fuel grocery growth, the retailers are expanding their assortment of fresh, refrigerated, and frozen foods.
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| Mar 19, 2024
Key Stat: A total of 48% of surveyed US bank executives plan to use genAI to enhance customer-facing chatbots and virtual assistants, per an October 2023 Google Cloud survey. This increased exposure will drive further consumer adoption of interactive chatbots. Executive Summary. Chatbots have never been more critical to customer relationships in banking.
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| Jan 16, 2024
In the US, 56% of executives believe AI technology comes with either significant or somewhat significant potential risk. Another 19% view the risk as moderate, while 26% think the threat is minimal. No executive surveyed believes AI is entirely without risk.
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| May 13, 2022
Levi, Estée Lauder executive departures demonstrate the complicated relationship between corporate and personal branding: Where does one end and the other begin?
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| Mar 2, 2022
It’s a volatile retail environment out there: That’s driving many retailers to make changes to their executive teams as they look for fresh strategies to navigate the difficult terrain.
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| Jun 8, 2022
Chewed out on Capital Hill: TikTok CEO testimony fails to convince lawmakers, leaving platform's future in the US uncertain
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| Mar 23, 2023
Virtual nursing programs rise as need for travel nurses wanes: Staffing challenges are still keeping hospital CEOs up at night, giving rise to digital workforce support.
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| Feb 14, 2023
On this episode of our new Behind the Numbers show, Reimagining Retail, our analyst Andrew Lipsman hosts Russ Dieringer, founder of Stratably, to discuss intrigue in the executive ranks at key retail media platforms Amazon, Walmart, and Instacart. They also rank their top four retail media trends for 2022.
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| Feb 2, 2022
On today's episode, we discuss why CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving YouTube, the company's top concerns at the moment, and what the future holds. "In Other News," we talk about ads for Apple TV+ and a startup that is attempting to improve ad measurement. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Evelyn Mitchell.
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| Mar 8, 2023
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| Jun 29, 2022
Activision Blizzard faces calls from fans, shareholders, and industry figures for its CEO to resign: Widespread backlash against the gaming company suggests that consumers are paying more attention to corporate social responsibility and ethics.
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| Nov 18, 2021
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We spoke with Forward’s founder and CEO Adrian Aoun about the company’s business model, why primary care is ripe for disruption, and how the startup plans to grow.
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Walmart Health lost its top executive to JP Morgan: The move doesn’t bode well for the retailer’s health clinic program.
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