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Walmart bets on AR: The retailer experiments with several use cases for the technology that it hopes can make shopping online as immersive, interactive, and social as in-person experience.

Generative AI helps brands distill consumer insights to create personalized products while AR virtual try-on solutions give customers the ability to try before buying. Beauty brands like Ulta Beauty and Sephora are finding ways to draw consumers into their apps with exclusive content or services.

On today's episode, we discuss whether AR will ever have a less gimmicky and more utilitarian use case, whether Roku is the biggest player in connected TV (CTV), if Apple can successfully move further into financial services, whether "dumb" flip phones might have a mini renaissance, what the world's busiest airports are, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha, vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti, and analyst Max Willens.

On today's episode, we discuss the effect TikTok has had on social media, what time spent on the platform looks like, and the impact of its new screen time limit for children and teens. "In Other News," we talk about whether social apps are taking up a bigger or smaller share of Americans' time spent online and what Meta's AR and VR hardware road map looks like. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Debra Aho Williamson.

On today's episode, we present our first-ever live recorded podcast segment of "Behind the Numbers Reimagining Retail," recorded during our "Attention!" summit. In the episode, hosts Sara Lebow and Marcus Johnson quiz our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian against her retail team鈥攁nalysts Sky Canaves, Blake Droesch, and Zak Stambor鈥攊n a game show focused around consumer shopping behavior, how people perceive resale value, and whether folks want to use AR to shop.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why Amazon is pulling back from "Just Walk Out" technology, how the Atlantic magazine turned things around, what will ignite TV shopping, whether LinkedIn testing TikTok-like videos is a good move, what science says about how to be happy, and more. Tune into the discussion with vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf, and vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti.

Digital features in physical stores could bridge this gap, such as smart self-checkout for retail items or AR tools that let consumers pick an item from a shelf and try it on without using a fitting room.

In January, the Retail Daily newsletter editors made four retail predictions for 2023. Some we got right (like the proliferation of Amazon Prime Day-type events) while some we missed the mark on a bit (it was not the year of AR).

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what Amazon has planned for its thirties, the all-AI ad that sparked a debate about the future of marketing, why customer experience is historically low, the most impactful AR feature in retail, what animal can fly backwards, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Sara Marzano and Carina Perkins.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss how Snapchat+ is getting on, how much of a focus AR will be for the company going forward, and why user growth is doing just fine ... but revenue growth is not. "In Other News," we talk about the differences between the terms "influencer" and "creator" and what to make of LinkedIn's significant 1-billionth-member milestone. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg.

Retailers look to redefine the customer experience: That鈥檚 leading them to invest in immersive experiences such as AR, VR, gamified social shopping, and AI-enabled personalization.

On today's episode, we discuss what lawmakers are most likely to tackle first when it comes to regulating AI, whether AI songs can win a Grammy, and what happens when AI eats up鈥攁nd learns from鈥攐ther AI-generated content. "In Other News," we talk about the newly announced features for Apple's Vision Pro AR headset and how this device could change the whole market. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.

Worldwide mobile AR revenues will more than double from $18.67 billion this year to $39.81 billion in 2027, per ARtillery Intelligence. These figures encompass revenues from both consumer and enterprise applications, such as productivity software, advertising/marketing applications, consumer spending on in-app purchases and premium apps, entertainment and games development, and retail/ecommerce enablement software.

Snap is having trouble monetizing because Snapchat is primarily a chat platform, and 鈥渕essaging apps are notoriously difficult to monetize,鈥� according to our analyst Jasmine Enberg. The company could lean into its software as a service retail offerings, but consumers also aren鈥檛 sold on AR for shopping. Just 12.4% of US adults use AR for shopping, according to our forecast.

CEO Sam Altman even called it 鈥渢oo sycophant-y and annoying,鈥� adding that fixes were underway to address the bot鈥檚 unnatural agreeableness, per Ars Technica. Another public misstep: OpenAI is under increasing pressure to release innovative generative AI (genAI) features and updates to show it鈥檚 constantly innovating. We鈥檙e now seeing features coming to market before they are thoroughly tested.

Whether it鈥檚 through gamified AR activations, AI-powered Lenses, or creator-led content that taps into fandoms, Snap is betting that smarter, more focused engagement will win over advertisers looking for meaningful results in a fragmented media environment.

Snapchat should emphasize its leadership in augmented reality. Snap pioneered AR for consumers at scale, and other platforms haven鈥檛 matched its technical expertise or user adoption in this area, which can give advertisers more immersive capabilities to drive engagement. Snapchat should also highlight its strength among younger demographics.

The business will also complement FIS鈥檚 banking and payments business, which includes payment processing, network services, and AR/AP banking services. Three years in, FIS expects synergies will total $150 million a year. Our take: This deal is not only huge in size but also in importance for the payments industry. It represents changing dynamics between issuers, acquirers, and processors.

Fewer consumers are looking for high-tech innovations like greater use of AI-driven search engines (20%) and increased augmented reality to visualize products (17%). Consumers in search of more relevant product recommendations will benefit from AI innovations that allow for more personalization.