Nearly 170 million will shop ‘Cyber Week,’ most online traffic will be mobile
Millennials are more likely to buy on mobile devices than other generations....
Greg Sterling
Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor at Search Engine Land. He writes a personal blog, Screenwerk, about connecting the dots between digital media and real-world consumer behavior. He is also VP of Strategy and Insights for the Local Search Association. Follow him on Twitter or find him at Google+.
Analyst: Amazon Echo owns 75 percent of global smart speaker market
Google had beaten Amazon in device shipments in the previous two quarters....
Survey: Majority of consumers will spend 75% of holiday budgets online this year
But stores are driving an increasing percentage of online buying....
Report: As Facebook portal goes on sale, smart speaker growth is slowing
There are now 53 million smart speaker devices in U.S. households according to an analyst firm's estimate....
Foursquare can now measure TV ads’ impact on offline store visits
The company can also measure multiple channels and their effect on real-world consumer behavior....
Survey: Expect more holiday spending, ‘blended retail’ shopping this year
Consumers on average will spend roughly $700 on holiday gifts this...
Study finds decline in ‘trust’ costs corporations billions in profits
Firm tied $180 billion in revenue losses to declines in trust across 54 percent of companies in its index....
Facebook launches holiday pop-up stores in Macy’s to promote digital-native SMBs
Shops will be open through February 2019 in nine Macy's stores across the US....
Study confirms brands’ worst fears about unsafe content
Ads placed in front of or beside unsafe content triggered a range of negative consumer...
Report: Apple expected to say GDPR a model for US privacy regulation
CEO Tim Cook is the keynote speaker at the ICDPPC conference in Brussels....
Survey: Social commerce held back by security, privacy concerns
However social media influence on purchases via other channels is strong....
Shy of 100MM, survey finds Amazon Prime membership growth has flattened in US
Quarterly member growth has slowed to less than 2 percent, according to CIRP....
How will Google’s new Android app licensing rules in Europe impact Chrome and search?
The company is unlikely to see any loss of mobile search share as a result of complying with Europe's antitrust decision....
Video Advertising Bureau: Brands should avoid influencer, UGC channels on YouTube
Trade group argues advertising against professionally produced content is the only way to avoid brand safety risks....
Survey: People plan to use Amazon 3-to-1 over Google for holiday shopping
What's new and striking about this survey is the runaway gap between Amazon and everyone else....
Yahoo Small Business is back with new investments from Verizon
The wireless carrier is investing and its sales and stores infrastructure could boost YSB sales....
Why Google’s Home Hub could outsell Echo Show, other smart displays
The new device is priced right and offers more capabilities out of the box....
Google appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fine
Google said when the fine was imposed in July that it would appeal, will argue its practices benefit consumers....
Survey: Roughly 70 percent of ‘high tech’ companies spending less than 10 percent of marketing budgets on digital
Telephone interviews with 200 companies reveals surprisingly low digital marketing investments....
Estimate: Video now 25 percent of all US digital advertising, Facebook the top site
Facebook roughly 2X of YouTube when looking at net video revenue, according to eMarketer....
