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Marketers have a wealth of opportunities throughout the buyer’s journey to leverage generative AI. Here's how to use it effectively at each stage of the customer life cycle.

Credit cards have long been a key lending method for SMBs, but there’s opportunity for better perks, especially surrounding travel. Products like Square and Amex’s new SMB credit card, which integrates directly into Square’s ecosystem, might help fintechs grab share from banks, which currently receive nearly three-quarters of financing applications, according to the Fed.

And when I think about Gen Z and their propensity towards experiences, I think about some of the success that some marketers have had with specifically travel-focused or travel-oriented credit cards, and you highlight the features of the card. And look, on the surface a credit card is no different than any other card. It's a short-term, unsecured loan with some kind of interest rate attached to it.

The direction of travel will mirror the wider region—display gaining share and search losing it—but search will remain the majority format for spend in both countries. To see the full forecast, click here. The duopoly has a firmer hold in France and Germany, but its dominance is slipping.

Eataly is expanding to terminals 4, 5, and 8 in JFK Airport, which will be the Italian marketplace’s first travel locations. May 7, 2025. Which generation is most likely to opt into emails and texts from brands in exchange for better prices or early access to deals?

So when the pyramids were built, we are seeing what stars looked like then because of how long it takes light to travel to us. Jeremy Goldman (01:47):. And they might not be there anymore, right? Marcus Johnson (01:49):. They're probably not there. Daniel Konstantinovic (01:50):. That's true. They might not be there anymore. Marcus Johnson (01:52):.

If you're not a rewards member, you can join right at the machine and you can claim a free travel size beauty product every week, which I think is really interesting. So that's a great incentive to keep coming back to get new things. They're constantly refreshing the assortment, and again, you get a little travel size and you like it, you're going to buy the full size.

The number one activity was dining out, so expect potential restaurants to take a hit once the payments resume, followed by buying clothing, entertainment, nebulous entertainment, and travel. The activities and purchases that student loan payments are least likely to impact are buying gas, buying personal care items, and streaming services and subscriptions.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the many goals of ancillary services, how they drive foot traffic, and what retailers should be thinking about before introducing them. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Vice President of Content Suzy Davidkhanian and Senior Analyst Blake Droesch.

But these are broad sectors that overlap with many other industries, including travel, health, entertainment, food/drink, and art. B2B and sports are two fast-growing areas for creators. A new policy now allows college athletes to be compensated for their name, image, and likeness (NIL).

That's where I wanted to travel when I was an adult, I used to say. So really cool stuff. Marcus Johnson:. The shortest time it would take to travel to Venus is three and a half months. Who's volunteering for that trip? Rahul Chadha:. It's not that bad, actually. Oscar Orozco:. Venus is also-. Marcus Johnson:. No that bad? Oscar Orozco:. I feel like it rains sulfuric acid on Venus too.

A Travel and Leisure article by Stacey Leasca notes that many buildings in New York City will call that floor 12B or 14A. A survey by CityRealty found that out of over 600 condo buildings listed with 13 or more floors, only 55 of the 600 labeled the 13th floor as the 13th floor, that means over 90% of buildings with a 13th floor renamed it in hopes of attracting would-be buyers and renters.

Douyin in China has really been pushing into local services, like food delivery and travel and hotels and tourism bookings where those are also categories that lend themselves very well to the video formats and livestreaming. Sara Lebow:. Yeah. If I were an American tech company, I would definitely be looking to what Douyin is doing as a crystal ball for what TikTok might explore in the US.

These events do bring with it a nice boost to the local economy, and given all the cost of living crisis in the UK, it's, I think, a nice welcome reprieve to a little economic boost from the tourism. Bill Fisher:. Right. I'm going to kick things off today with our three in three segment.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why the internet might be getting worse, what a new device designed for generative AI (genAI) might look like, whether we're sure about self-checkout, why a new online safety bill matters, what consumers expect from brands on social issues, where the ultra-rich spend their holidays, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and analysts Bill Fisher and Carina Perkins.

That was then as of 2022, though, because of travel restrictions and people still not traveling as much as they used to.

I think people are spending more in other areas including travel, which with so much summer travel, actually people have more reason to buy other items. So there is enough demand to support a healthy growth rate, but it's not going to be eye-popping. Now that said it, we were expecting about 13 and a half billion in industry-wide sales over the two-day event, e-commerce sales.