The No. 1 issue US adults have with loyalty or reward programs is it takes too long to earn rewards, according to an October 2023 survey from Merkle.
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| Apr 9, 2024
Social media users in select countries (US, UK, Australia, France, and Saudi Arabia) trust brands over influencers when it comes to finance, apparel, and skincare, per an October study from Snap Inc. and IPG Magna. Finance is where this trend is most pronounced.
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| Mar 27, 2024
38.5% of US clothing buyers say they discover brands and products by browsing in-store, according to our November 2023 Consumer Path to Purchase survey.
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| Apr 3, 2024
US ecommerce resale volume will hit $80.60 billion this year, a growth of 3.4% YoY, per our December 2023 forecast.
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| Apr 24, 2024
Retail will account for over a quarter (28.7%) of all US digital ad spending in 2024.
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| Mar 20, 2024
US marketers will spend $8.14 million on social media sponsored content this year, marking 16.0% growth YoY, according to our March 2024 forecast.
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| Apr 22, 2024
72% of US digital retailers believe generative AI and AI-driven personalization affect their business the most this year, according to December 2023 data from Bolt.
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| Mar 21, 2024
Marketers need a vertical video ad strategy for YouTube Shorts to reach the 164.5 million US viewers that will use the platform this year, per our forecast. Much of what works on TikTok will work on Shorts because the platforms are so similar. But because a lot of YouTube creators are used to longform, they may need some guidance. Here are some of YouTube’s own best practices for Shorts ads from its ABCDs of effective video ads guide.
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| Apr 19, 2024
Big Tech is responsible for some of the most popular online destinations among consumers. Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet-owned Google will attract almost two-thirds of US digital ad dollars in 2024, according to our forecast.
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| Mar 18, 2024
AI-driven personalization is one of the top trends US digital retailers believe will impact their business this year. It’s tied with an increased focus on omnichannel tools like SMS, according to December 2023 data from Bolt.
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| Mar 19, 2024
In 2023, the number of US scripted series declined by 14% over the prior year, according to FX Networks. For years, content production soared, with gains occurring nearly every single year. The drop-off that occurred last year is unprecedented.
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| Mar 19, 2024
Amazon rolls out US grocery subscription as it tries to halt Walmart’s momentum: But the offering’s high cost relative to those of competitors could limit its impact on Amazon’s grocery business.
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| Apr 23, 2024
Nearly three-quarters (74.2%) of the $59.61 billion in US digital retail media ad spend we forecast for 2024 will go to Amazon. That leaves $15.35 billion going to non-Amazon retailers and $370 million going to in-store formats.That should excite marketers, said EMARKETER’s new principal analyst Sarah Marzano.
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| Mar 18, 2024
“Out-of-home (OOH) is cost-effective. It's measurable. It's targetable. You can be hyperlocal with it,” said founder and CEO at Quan Media Brian Rappaport. It’s also growing. US OOH ad spend will increase by 6.5% this year, reaching $9.51 billion dollars, according to our October 2023 forecast. But an added benefit is OOH’s potential to create organic impressions on social media.
Article
| Mar 18, 2024
While making up just 2% of US market share in their categories, the 97 companies on Bain’s Insurgent Brands 2024 list captured nearly 20% of incremental category growth last year, per the firm.
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| Mar 15, 2024
The ecommerce giant’s launch of ads on Prime Video instantly gave it the largest audience for an ad-supported subscription video service in the US.
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| Mar 14, 2024
Just 39.6% of US Gen Z mobile banking users feel comfortable saving for the long term given their financial situation, per our September 2023 survey.
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| Mar 14, 2024
More than three-quarters (77%) of US adults prefer receiving ecommerce coupons through email, according to a February 2024 report by Ascend2 and ActiveCampaign.
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| Mar 12, 2024
“The beauty of a clean room is that it's a privacy-centric way for CVS to share data from its 74 million Extra Care members and for us to share the data from our 498 million users, and end up with a repository of powerful, completely anonymized first-party data,” said Carrie Sweeney, VP of retail at Pinterest. “Then we can connect our users with targeted ads without sharing any of their personal data, just as CVS can on its website.”
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| Mar 11, 2024
Out of all US generations, Gen Z is willing to pay the most ($229.14 per month) for websites, apps, and online services if they could not access them for free (no ads or subscription fee), according to November 2023 data from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).
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| Mar 11, 2024
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| Nov 3, 2023
The majority (83.7%) of US retail sales take place in physical stores, per our forecast. The retailers that can infuse digitally forward strategies into their in-store experiences are more likely to win over consumer dollars.
Here are five charts on why the in-store experience is so key to retailers’ success and how they can use technology to create a more seamless, engaging shopping experience.
Article
| Mar 11, 2024
B2B is the largest segment of overall US payment volume, holding roughly five times that of consumer payments. It has been slower to digitize than the consumer sector, but finally passed the tipping point during the pandemic. Even now, almost a third of the market is up for grabs.
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| Mar 11, 2024
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Source: Insider Intelligence | eMarketer