More subscription video streaming services are pushing advertising. At the same time, free ad-supported streamers are gaining viewers. These developments provide advertisers with more options to find audiences.

JPMorgan Chase launched its Chase Media Solutions ad unit earlier this month. The venture looks a lot like a retail media network (RMN), with one important distinction—Chase is not a retailer. But because it’s monetizing purchase data, Chase Media Solutions operates a lot like an RMN.

A quarter of US shoppers are influenced to buy products via ads on retailers’ websites, according to new research from Intellias, as reported by Search Engine Land. This is compared with just 13% of consumers who are influenced by ads on third-party marketplaces and 14% who buy after seeing social media ads.

Global smartphone shipments are up 7.8% YoY in Q1. Samsung leads, Apple slips, and Chinese brands gain.

Gopuff looks to diversify its revenue streams: The company launched a platform to allow brands to fulfill ecommerce orders on their own websites.

Sales growth for cosmetics and beauty will increase at more than twice the rate online than through physical retail channels this year, according to our February 2024 forecast. While ecommerce is stealing market share, its sales only tell a portion of the buying story. Physical stores are still key to discovering beauty products and brands, finding the right shades, and testing formulations—and Walmart is making use of its omnichannel footprint to take advantage. Here’s how.

On today's podcast episode (part 1), we discuss why consumers are using GenAI to look up health information, how physicians feel about it, and how this stacks up against other health-related internet searches. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Rajiv Leventhal.

On today's podcast episode (part 2), we discuss how doctors are using GenAI to deliver healthcare, how patients feel about it, and why you may climb into a large AI-driven box for your next primary care visit. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Rajiv Leventhal.

After spending 2023 making improvements to product inventory and the customer experience, Rent the Runway is turning its attention back to marketing by expanding into new channels and tailoring its content.

As third-party cookies go away, “The question you need to be asking yourself is, ‘Are you data rich, or are you data poor,’” Joshua Lowcock, president of Quad Media, said on our recent webinar.

Cooking recipes are the most popular form of influencer-created social media content, according to 51% of worldwide social media users, per a February 2024 report from Snap Inc. and IPG Magna.

Store card revenues fell throughout 2023, and the CFPB’s late fee cap won’t help. We look at how retailers like Target are coping

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the takeaway's from this years March Madness NCAA basketball tournaments, what's most fueling a revolution in women's sports, who will rule the new pay TV world by 2026, the likelihood that sports betting faces a reckoning in the next 12-months, the best-selling cars in America, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, forecasting analyst Zach Goldner, and director of forecasting Oscar Orozco.

77% of B2B decision-makers worldwide leverage chat tools for product discovery, according to January 2024 data from Forrester Consulting and Zoovu.

Self-reported spending is down 6% among US teens (which includes Gen Alpha and Gen Z consumers), but they are still shelling out on beauty, according to Piper Sandler’s latest Taking Stock with Teens survey.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how marketers are using GenAI, how its affecting media plans, and whether GenAI’s usefulness for advertisers will be similar to the calculator’s effect on mathematicians. "In Other News," we talk about which platforms users are paying most attention to social media ads on and Chase bank using spending data to help advertisers target folks. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Max Willens.

Nearly half of retail CFOs plan to leverage automation and AI to optimize costs in 2024. Online resale may have the most to gain in the short term, thanks to the opportunity to address key operational challenges and customer pain points involved with selling secondhand goods online.

AI agents are coming—“It’s not years. It’s months,” said Adam Buhler, senior vice president of creative technology at Digitas.

TelevisaUnivision wants vertical video ads on TVs: A new ad format lets brands reuse social ads on the big screen.