Examples range from Apple Wallet’s digital order tracking and receipts to Google Pay’s loyalty program integrations.
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| Jun 10, 2024
Is Apple right not to push headlong into generative AI? The Economist points out things haven't been going fantastically for Apple as of late. Its market value is down 9% this year. It's lost its top phone maker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments failed in Q1. Microsoft, thanks to gen AI, has vaulted it becoming the world's most valuable company.
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| Apr 23, 2024
Without default deal money coming in from Google, Apple or another competitor may invest in developing its own search engine. In the meantime: Google could face challenges as it delays new innovations to stay on the DOJ’s good side. That said, Google has moved right along in partnering with TikTok, which could raise more regulatory eyebrows.
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| Oct 5, 2023
Apple will also see above-average gains at 15.5%, as consumers flock to upgrade to the iPhone 15 in what is expected to be a “mini supercycle” for the popular smartphone manufacturer. Retailers will see uneven ecommerce gains. This season won’t be like 2020, when every retailer’s ecommerce business ballooned.
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| Oct 17, 2023
Connected devices become more shoppable while Apple muscles in on ad revenues. 3 ways to improve the relationship between ad clicks and conversions. What’s driving CTV’s advertising growth? Time Spent With Connected Devices 2023 (Insider Intelligence subscription required).
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| Jun 29, 2023
Consumer electronics retailers like Apt, B&H, and Apple tout knowledgeable staff who can guide consumers through these high-consideration purchases, said Stambor. 4. Entertainment value in the experiences. Shoppers missed the in-store experience during the pandemic, and want to get back to stores. But retailers also need to think of creative ways to draw them in.
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| Oct 5, 2023
Just this week, the DOJ announced it was suing Apple for its iPhone monopoly, showing the department is serious about taking antitrust action against Big Tech. Use this chart:. Illustrate the decline in Big Tech acquisitions. Consider potential impact on the digital advertising landscape. More like this:. Apple's new ad product pushes it closer to Google.
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| Mar 22, 2024
Money is still pouring into app install ad spending, boosting Apple and others. More Chart of the Day:. 9/22 - B2B digital ad spend growth lags. 9/21 - Subscribe and save. 9/20 - Banking on traditional. 9/19 - Top platforms by influencer marketing spending. 9/18 - Temu vs. Amazon, Target, and Walmart.
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| Sep 25, 2023
Major brands like Apple are upping their TikTok ad spend. Yesterday’s Chart of the Day: Podcastic ad opportunities. Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of survey and traffic data from research firms and regulatory agencies; the growth trajectory of major social networks; historical trends; internet and mobile adoption trends; and country-specific demographic and socioeconomic factors.
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| Apr 13, 2023
Clash of the titans: Why Apple vs. Amazon is the battle to watch. Shopify stands in the way of Buy with Prime’s success. Yesterday’s Chart of the Day: $10 billion cookie dough.
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| Apr 7, 2023
Apple introduces Apple Pay Later. Pinterest brings shopping to Shuffles. The five categories where Amazon will increase its ecommerce sales share. Instacart, Klarna, Shopify deepen ties with ChatGPT. Yesterday’s Chart of the Day: Funnel vision.
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| Mar 28, 2023
Apple and Android versions may have slight differences, potentially requiring multiple versions of the demo. To get a sense of where FIs may need to perform some mobile app review damage control, they need to perform a search across the internet and create content that’s more recent than third-party reviews.
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| Oct 20, 2023
The trend: Collectively, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and Meta have lost more than $3 trillion in market value this year, per Bloomberg, and signs point to continued struggles for the sector. Mass layoffs have become the release valve for various Big Tech companies adjusting to a post-pandemic economy and heightened uncertainty as consumer spending and advertising budgets evaporate.
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| Jan 10, 2023
Apple Vision Pro. On June 5th, Apple unveiled its much anticipated augmented reality headset, which looks like ski goggles, basically. The last new piece of hardware from them was the Apple Watch back in 2015. The headset is controlled using your hands, eyes, and voice, tapping your fingers together to select things is one such control. There's no handheld controllers.
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| Jun 28, 2023
The first time I ever visited New York City where I now live in 2008, the Apple Store had just recently opened on Fifth Avenue that the Cube Apple Store, and I specifically visited there. I didn't buy any Apple products.
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| Oct 4, 2023
Since Apple launched ATT with iOS 14.5 three years ago, opt-in rates observed by Adjust have almost doubled, as more apps have incorporated the prompt and adjusted their onboarding experiences accordingly. ATT isn’t a perfect comparison to Chrome’s consent-based cookie model. It was up to individual apps to deploy ATT prompts, and they did so at their discretion.
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| Aug 20, 2024
For example, the Dunkin’ Spiked Pumpkin Spice Iced Latte hit shelves in early August, a few weeks before Starbucks rolled out an expansive fall menu lineup that includes items ranging from the OG pumpkin spice latte to an apple crisp oatmilk macchiato to a pumpkin & pepita loaf.
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| Aug 23, 2024
Apple is spending heavily to create awareness for the headset category—but its own initial device is seven times as expensive as Meta’s $500 Quest headset, making Quest look like a budget-friendly alternative in the burgeoning market. Meta's own apps, including Facebook and Instagram won't support Vision Pro initially.
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| Feb 2, 2024
Apple, one of many US companies seeking to diversify away from China, is running up against production speed and quality problems at plants in India. Tensions between the US and China could escalate faster than China’s production expertise can be replicated elsewhere.
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| Feb 16, 2023
Yesterday’s Chart of the Day: One fad Apple. Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of survey and traffic data from research firms and regulatory agencies, sales projections, historical trends, company-specific data, and demographic and socioeconomic factors.
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| Jun 1, 2023
The deal gives Google prime placement on Apple devices, but has also deterred Apple from investing in its own search capabilities according to testimony from a former Google executive who now runs machine learning and AI Apple. Max, what's your take now that we have an actual figure? Max Willens:.
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Apple, the most profitable among Big Tech, avoided the pandemic-era hiring spree and is now cutting other costs to avoid layoffs. Tech too reactive for its own good: Just like it was shortsighted during the pandemic, the tech industry may come to regret its deep workforce cuts in the future.
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| Mar 21, 2023
Amazon, Walmart, Apple, and eBay will remain the largest US ecommerce companies in terms of sales. But several retailers will find themselves in new positions within the top 15, including Target, The Home Depot, Costco Wholesale, Carvana, Best Buy, Lowe’s, and Wayfair. Key Question: Which US companies will see the most ecommerce growth over the next two years?
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| Mar 28, 2023