Inclusive brands, exclusive growth: Beauty companies that champion inclusion unlock new customer segments and drive higher sales, a Circana and SeeMee Index study shows.
General Mills sharpens its focus on high-margin core brands: The company agreed to sell its North American yogurt business, which includes the Yoplait brand, for $2.1 billion.
Each patient generation takes a unique path on their health journey: We unpack the channels where patients begin their health journeys and explore how marketers can tailor their engagement strategies to best reach each generation.
Noom gets into compounded GLP-1s with a taper-off guarantee: It’s building a weight loss program around the idea that patients will eventually want to stop taking the medications. We explore the pros and cons.
FDA warns AbbVie for misleading TV ad ft. Serena Williams: Pharma marketers—particularly those who work with celebrities—ought to pay close attention to the regulator’s assertions.
Streaming services struggle with ad delays and slates: Latency and unfilled ad slots frustrate viewers and impact the performance of streaming ads, decreasing brand recall and program enjoyment.
Microsoft layoffs emphasize gaming’s biggest challenges: High production costs and a saturated market mean the industry has to change.
It urges stricter rules to protect minors from overspending in games like Fortnite and Minecraft.
YouTube pause ads grow with smart TV rollout: As YouTube explores passive ad formats, it must balance ad revenue with audience satisfaction amid mixed reactions from users.
Charter Spectrum will offer Max to its customers: A carriage deal with Waner Bros. Discovery continues the trend of streamers winning out in pay TV negotiations.
Marketers project Q4 revenue gains: Sales to outpace ad spend growth, driven by focus on more efficient spending strategies.
The collaboration aims to stop harmful posts from spreading across platforms and protect against legal risks.
A $1.5 billion valuation could intensify pressure to meet investor demands, raising concerns about its balance between AI safety and profitability.
Microsoft, Oracle, and others are expanding data centers to meet AI demand, despite concerns over delayed profits.
Gen Z (55%) and millennials (62%) have made more travel purchases on their smartphones, compared with their older Gen X (44%) and baby boomer (28%) counterparts, according to March 2024 data by Hopper.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the travel stats that sum up how the year has gone, if a full recovery is even on the cards, and what’s next for budget airlines. Tune in to the discussion with host Marcus Johnson, forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, and forecasting analyst Zach Goldner.
Meta’s digital ad revenue growth has exceeded that of Pinterest and Snap for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q2 2024, according to the company’s earnings.
Three in four consumers are concerned about fake reviews, according to January 2023 data from Bazaarvoice. Amazon and other retailer websites have a fake reviews problem, and it’s driving consumers—Gen Zers in particular—to seek information about products on social media sites like TikTok and Reddit.
Paramount expands shoppable TV capabilities with Shopsense AI partnership: The two companies team up to enable viewers to shop the MTV VMAs, with plans to install similar features in other Paramount content in the coming months.
Marketer and consumer priorities don’t align: An iHeartMedia report shows that marketers live in a vastly different world than their target audiences.