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On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss the sizes of different digital marketplaces, what their unique selling points are, and why smaller retailers are building out their own. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us four spicy predictions about the future of digital marketplaces. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts forecasting analyst Whitney Birdsall and analyst Sky Canaves.

On today's episode, we discuss the implications of the Federal Trade Commission thinking Amazon tricked customers into signing up for automatically renewing Prime subscriptions, whether it makes sense for companies to force livestream shopping on Americans, if speciality stores really work, the impact of Facebook and Instagram restricting news access in Canada, whether reduced inflation can save the day, what a real work-life balance looks like, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti, and analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf.

We expect 2023 to usher in changes in ad spending, audience, and commerce that will create a new crop of digital leaders.

There are of course upstarts, especially with Amazon launching an ad tier on Prime video, you're going to see a lot of small sellers who have been ready advertising on Amazon through search ads to sell their products on there, have some streaming ads, but I think most of the budget in TV is big brand awareness stuff from regional and national advertisers. Marcus Johnson (08:55):.

Well, not than they've ever had before, but then they had at HBO Max's late run because they're back on Amazon Prime Video channels.

People spend about 50 minutes a day on Hulu and YouTube each and about 20 minutes per day on Prime video and Disney plus. Second question. And who's jumped out? Sky, who's jumped out into the lead, seven. Stephanie, six. Evelyn with five. We're talking about retail media networks for question two. What share of the retail media... Stephanie just walked away. What's the point?

On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how retailers are staying ahead of the curve on search and also search within retail media. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us some spicy predictions about the future of search in retail. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Sky Canaves and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.

Amazon's Prime video grabbed the rights to an exclusive streaming playoff game for this coming season. Comcast Peacock streaming service carried two exclusive games last season, regular season game and a playoff one between the chiefs and the Dolphins during a significant 23 million viewers.

Well, Amazon's getting into television in a huge way with all the live sports they're doing and inserting ads into Prime Video. And as they become a bigger TV player, they're going to get the consumer ready for shoppable media.

And if Amazon just defaults all of their Prime Video customers to ad-supported, which is the plan as of now, then the majority of people are going to stay with that default, the ad-supported default, and not pay more to avoid ads. Marcus Johnson:. All right, very good. I'm taking notes, because this is the first time we're doing the segment, as we go. My first note is "write better questions.".

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss why people don't take advantage of loyalty, how to keep consumers engaged in membership programs, and how to make sure customers have a seamless experience with all the right loyalty touchpoints. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top four under-the-radar loyalty programs and consider the one thing that makes them great. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Suzy Davidkhanian.

On today's special podcast episode, we continue our monthly show where we discuss the biggest trends of the moment and the newest research, sprinkle in some analysis, and bundle it up into a quiz. Every month, three of our analysts representing their respective coverage area teams compete against each other. (We also encourage you to play along at home.) We keep a running score and will crown a winning team at the end of the year. Today, we cover the future of AI devices, shopping Amazon from your social feed, what happens now that the Hollywood strikes are over, and how Amazon is expanding. Tune in to the discussion with this month's contestants: our vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti and analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Carina Perkins.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of March. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Becky Schilling and Sara Lebow will defend their list against vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Zak Stambor, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we invent a new sport called the "National Retailers League," where we look at how retailers stack up against each other across different areas. Then, we examine the battle between the top 15 retailers for online dollars and hand out some awards based on fulfillment experience, the best mobile app, and internet innovation. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Blake Droesch.

And I do think the choice is better because we're already looking for football now you have to start getting Amazon Prime video to be able to watch Thursday football. Costs are going to continue to increase and increase. Interestingly enough, I am from Utah. Utah has started to allow one of those local players to play their own play jazz games, if you're in the local market.

Recent economist article notes that Citadel, a thriller on Amazon Prime Video, shows what happens when the world's biggest online retailer, Amazon, becomes one of the biggest entertainment producers as the article explains. As bullets fly around a high-speed train carrying a former Miss World and a gang of spies through the Italian Alps, shopping is surely the last thing on viewers' minds.

When you rank them by total viewers in the US, all of those different types of services, the top seven are SVODs, led by Netflix, Prime Video, and Hulu, each with about 120 to 170 million users. FASTs like the Roku channel, Tubi, and Pluto TV occupy eighth, ninth, and 10th spots, each with about 60 to 70 million.

On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Awards" segment, we discuss the retailers to watch out for in 2024 (superlatives edition). Find out which retailer will win most likely to need a makeover, most likely to reinvent itself, most likely to go viral, and more. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Arielle Feger and Zak Stambor.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how bad "serial churning" has gotten and how to fix it, whether inventing new sports tournaments can work, if Perplexity's "search engine" will threaten Google, the use case for AI computers in your ears, where you can see 16 sunrises and sunsets every day, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, forecasting analyst Zach Goldner, and director of forecasting Oscar Orozco.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how the Apple monopoly trial could change the smartphone market, whether Aldi can take on Walmart, if gambling ads will get banned, the impact of Amazon's "Big Spring Sale," how seriously we should be taking drone delivery, where the happiest people in the world live, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Blake Droesch and vice presidents of content Suzy Davidkhanian and Paul Verna.