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Digital continues to eat share, with CTV leading the charge. Adults will spend nearly 3 hours more per day with digital media than with traditional media this year. The gap will only increase, and digital will claim nearly 65% of US daily media time by 2025. The digital/traditional time split was roughly 50/50 as recently as 2019.

While most electronics from China currently have a 20% tariff rate, that could rise to the duty that鈥檚 on other goods鈥�145% to 245%. Generational attitudes: Older generations aren鈥檛 as worried about price hikes, potentially due to less peer pressure or FOMO. 蘑菇AV one-fourth (21%) of Gen Zers and millennials have already bought tech items because of anticipated price increases.

Along with digital upgrades, banks must improve the customer experience with relevant products and services.

Digital is substituting for traditional TV viewing. The combined time spent with TV and digital video content is declining slightly in the UK, as the country resets following outsize pandemic growth.

The EU has proposed a flat 鈧�2 ($2.27) fee on packages worth under 鈧�150 ($170.02), while the rest of the G7 nations are also discussing tariffs on ultra-cheap goods from China. PDD鈥檚 price advantage at home is also fading.

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Good and bad timing: WPP鈥檚 Production Studio is arriving as interest rises in text-to-video generative AI. Earlier this week, Toys R Us turned heads when it released an ad made with OpenAI鈥檚 text-to-video product, Sora. While the ad was met with fierce pushback, its convincing fidelity has likely piqued the interest of CMOs at other companies.

Gaming became a popular online activity during the pandemic. Growth may be slowing, but it鈥檚 not shrinking, meaning that the majority of those who picked up the hobby during the pandemic have become long-term users.

So there's all these kinds of weird nuances I think happening constantly within the creator economy, whether we're debating the difference between an influencer and a creator or how brands kind of budget this stuff out, how people themselves view themselves if they do identify as a creator, if they think that's a good thing or a bad thing.

What it means: Positive emotional associations are good business. While inclusive, funny, and sad ads also resonate with consumers, brands that make consumers feel good can potentially price products higher.

Walmart enhanced its online marketplace with new capabilities and seller solutions, the retailer announced at its annual Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit this week. Updates include the addition of premium beauty products, expanded fulfillment services, and revamped seller solutions.

And then the last thing for Gen Z specifically is the digital experience. So you have them, you have their attention, they're considering you, but how do you close the deal? And you need to have seamless digital account opening experiences, because that's how Gen Z are acquiring your account. Rob Rubin:.

The lesson: Although Amazon is competing for the same attention and dollars as TikTok Shop, its TikTok creator strategy ensures that the goods Amazon sells are discoverable and easily purchased. Influencers play an important part in product discovery and purchase.

The business model for writers or the payout for writers is not nearly as good in digital media right now than it was in previous distribution methods. So I think they're obviously angling for better terms and the content providers are not that eager to play ball with them. Also, the Screen Actors Guild and the Director's Guild have also been in a mode where they're also angling for better terms.

So, online net store sales, the retail part, 40% of Amazon's business grew 4%. That doesn't seem like a lot or enough for a company like Amazon given some of the growth we've seen in the past couple of years. But it has contracted five of the last six quarters. So, plus four is pretty damn good.

Almost half of adults worldwide (49%) have cut back on nonessential purchases over the last three months due to increasing prices for goods and services, per October data from Boston Consulting Group.

I hope you had a good long weekend is what I was going to say. President's Weekend, right? Did anyone? No comments? All right. Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:. To what? Marcus:. I hope you had a good long weekend. I thought you'd-. Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:. Oh. Jeremy Goldman:. We did. Thank you. How was yours? Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:. Absolutely. Mm-hmm. Marcus:. No, moment's over.

罢丑补迟鈥檚 good news for social platforms since growth in time spent with social video is slowing, as is social video鈥檚 share of average daily time spent on social networks by users. While time spent with social video among US users saw double-digit growth in recent years, we expect it to grow only 5.3% this year, reaching 1 hour and 4 minutes.

Tariffs threaten innovation鈥檚 pace: Prolonged trade wars could hike smartphone prices and delay new tech rollouts, making midrange devices a safer, more strategic choice for buyers and brands. Read online

The firm began dismantling the digital bank鈥檚 operations in 2022, folding Marcus into its new wealth and asset management arms and selling POS loan provider Greensky. It鈥檚 also trying to offload its other co-brand, the Apple Card. Is it a good buy for Barclays? The UK-based bank wants to expand its presence in the US credit card market to help boost its share price.

While that might seem like good news for the beleaguered hospitality industry, Deloitte鈥檚 travel survey reveals an undercurrent of strain as economic uncertainty threatens consumers鈥� financial security. Tariffs are causing consumers across income levels and demographics to rethink their travel budgets.

In today鈥檚 episode, host Bill Fisher is joined by analysts Paul Briggs, Paola Florez-Marquez, and Minda Smiley to discuss the role that social media platforms are being asked to play in protecting children online. Is regulation, and subsequent heavy fines, about to force them to get more serious about this?