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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. Unspent budget from big box retailers will be let loose as early as Oct. There are many critical aspects to SMB retail media strategy but two stand out this year: when to advertise and where to advertise.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

There is lots of motion in the markets, with Apple officially moving into the world of being a card issuer (with mixed reviews), Venmo making moves on the bank account and Google Pay breaking up with Visa Checkout as a payments button. Apple’s Expensive Card. Google Pay has supported Visa Checkout since 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

As predicted, Amazon has a new Echo coming out in time for the holidays – and here’s how it plans to compete with Apple’s HomePod. Two of them, actually – the Echo and the Echo Plus, retailing for $99 and $150, respectively. Google And Amazon Put On A Show. Amazon And Apple Enter 4K Video Price War. Echo Rumors Confirmed.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google ’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday (March 20). As of now, Apple is the only company worth more than Amazon at nearly $900 billion.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Attorney General William Barr plans to file an antitrust case against Google this month, and Instacart announced a deal with 7-Eleven. Plus, Apple delays an ad tracking change after developers raised concerns. Report: Barr Insists DOJ File Antitrust Charges Against Google Before Election. On Thursday (Sept. Who’s gaining ground?

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Regulators in the European Union looked at Apple Pay , the company’s mobile payment system, and came to a conclusion about its market dominance, according to a report by Reuters. 10) that they found Apple was not market dominant, but that they could review the issue again if they received any formal complaints.

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MARCH 25, 2019

The Apple event, heavy on subscription commerce offerings, took place at time when the company is trying to find more revenue from services given recent stumbles with iPhone sales — a move that seems to be pleasing at least some investors lately. Magazine Subscriptions. One selling point of this service?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Goldman Denies Discriminatory Apple Card Practices, Says It Will Reassess Limits. Google Dives Into DDAs. Apple Pay Competition Practices Eyed By EU Regulators.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As smart speakers surge in popularity, Amazon Echo is the clear leader, outselling Google Home by a wide margin, SlashGear reported on Friday (Nov. Aside from Amazon and Google, smaller competitors like Apple, Xiaomi, and Alibaba are also notching sales. percent of the smart speaker market with 10.4 percent of the market.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

A representative for the eCommerce retailer told Reuters that the company calls for an international approach in lieu of taxes levied by different nations. Google Raises Specter of Making Search Inaccessible in Australia. Google Raises Specter of Making Search Inaccessible in Australia.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Apple said it is bringing its Siri-enabled wireless smart speaker HomePod to China and Hong Kong this week, on Jan. We’re excited to bring HomePod to our customers in mainland China and Hong Kong markets. The news comes right after Apple cut its outlook for Q1, citing low sales and upgrades of iPhones in China.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Months after Apple CEO Tim Cook said CVS would be accepting Apple Pay, the retailer has brought support for the mobile wallet to stores across the country. The retailer had reportedly slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores, and the rollout has now been publicized, MacRumors reported.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In an attempt to lower its reliance on the iPhone, Apple is overhauling its leadership ranks and changing its priorities so that it is focused more on services, artificial intelligence, hardware and retail, reported The Wall Street Journal. But diversifying beyond the iPhone may not be easy.

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APRIL 10, 2019

From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers. CVS, for instance, brought support for the Apple Pay mobile wallet to stores across the country, per reports in October. locations, per reports last year.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Starting with the release of Apple Pay in 2014, there was a veritable rush of proprietary mobile wallets sent to market, a host of “. And in many places, for the first time, our retailers are open to it. version embodied by the Apple and Google Pays of the world. Pays” for consumers to choose from.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

That latest numbers on the Australian smartphone market are a basic good news, bad news situation for Apple. The good news is they still lead the Australian smart phone market. The bad news is the market is slowing down notably as it rapidly approaches saturation. million units shipped. million units shipped.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of the concurrent holiday gifting and eating season, some of the world’s biggest tech companies are squaring off in hopes of dominating a new market: connected fitness. It’s comfortable, easy, and the technology behind it surpasses any workout machine on the market,” Elle magazine said. Thirteen months after Google’s $2.1

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JUNE 16, 2020

As a next step in the direction of a digital-first, omnichannel experience, David’s Bridal is teaming with mobile wallet marketing automation platform Popwallet. The retailer, which has over 300 retail locations throughout the U.S.,

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MAY 24, 2018

Apple led the charge in the wearable band market during the first quarter of this year, with Canalys finding that the company shipped 3.8 million Apple Watches during the first three months of the year. Behind Apple, Xiaomi , which makes the Mi Bands, was in second place, shipping 3.7

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APRIL 4, 2019

Apple AirPods are priced between $159 and $199. Apple and Google, on the other hand, have built-in audiences for their respective digital assistants. Amazon’s earbuds will have to pair with a phone for use, which would mean working with other companies and could cause strategic issues between Apple and Google.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

After being a usage leader in India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Paytm experienced a sharp decline in transactions in July, while Google Pay and PhonePe have seen usage skyrocket, sources told the Economic Times on Thursday (Aug. Apple Pay is also considering a move into India.

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MAY 5, 2016

Now that Apple’s less-than-stellar earnings report has had time to propagate throughout the industry, the commonsense takeaway is that the company has lost a piece of the innovation mojo that has defined the brand for so long. Haters beware — Apple isn’t taking that criticism laying down.

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APRIL 18, 2017

Ready or not, here they come … marketers, that is. Burger King — rather than wait for Google to roll out advertising options — recently took matters into its own hands by leveraging the “ dollhouse method.”. In a TV spot, Burger King directly addressed Google Homes across America: “Okay, Google.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Consumers reportedly have downloaded one million mini programs since their launch in early 2017 — that’s just less than half the size of the Apple App Store. According to one recent estimate , consumers globally in the third quarter of 2018 downloaded 29 million apps from Apple and Google app stores, up 10 percent year over year.

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JUNE 1, 2018

Can Apple do mobile ads ? The paper, relying on unnamed sources, said that “over the past year, Apple has met with Snap Inc. Pinterest and other companies about participating in an Apple network that would distribute ads across their collective apps. Meanwhile, Apple’s shipments of Apple Watches reached 3.8

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Global investment firm RBC Capital Markets sent out a note on Sunday (Jan. 13) saying that Apple’s services revenue growth has slowed to 18 percent year-over-year, when it was expected to be at about 27 percent. 14), Apple’s stock dropped about 1.3 Apple has hinted that it will be releasing new products this year.

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APRIL 4, 2019

No one will ever confuse Apple for a discount retailer – it’s a chore to even imagine that – but the company lately has been slashing prices in a way that is certainly raising eyebrows. The phone’s price on the Apple website for India reportedly remained unchanged on Thursday, but the reduction was reflected in stores.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

They weren’t Google phones exactly, but they were at least Google-adjacent smartphones. Perhaps more accurately, they can be categorized as the “not-Apple” phones. Yes, Google comes close but not in the way that Apple owns the iPhone. Google acquired Android, Inc.

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JULY 29, 2019

The rise of video games, both online and mobile, is helping to drive innovation in retail. The move is one of several Tilly’s has been pursuing recently to draw additional foot traffic in an era when, like many youth-focused retailers, it is seeing its sales constantly shifting online. Apple has stiff rivals in the gaming market.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The Apple Watch has been driving the wearables market – the company saw sales jump 60 percent in 2017, with 16 million units shipped. In the wearable category, CCS Insight said smartwatches are the most associated product, led by the Apple Watch. Google has paid a heavy price for its recent lack of commitment to Android Wear.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Amazon holds the dominant edge in the market for smart speakers, as about 70 percent of people in the U.S. That makes the online retail behemoth the definite leader in that field, and it’s expected to hold that lead through 2021, according to estimates from eMarketer. percent of users who said they’ll be using a Google device.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

New research shows that Google gained ground on Amazon ’s global smart speaker share for the second quarter of 2018. Conversely, Google increased its share to 28 percent in Q2 2018, up from 16 percent during Q2 2017. As a result, the Asia-Pacific market has now risen to 20 percent of global smart speaker shipment demand.”

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APRIL 4, 2019

No one will ever confuse Apple for a discount retailer — it’s a chore to even imagine that — but the company lately has been slashing prices in a way that is certainly raising eyebrows. The price of the phone on the Apple website for India reportedly remained unchanged on Thursday but the price cut was reflected in stores.

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MARCH 2, 2020

To help consumers conveniently access their favorite products, retailers are offering a wide array of merchandise through automated retail technology. According to The Future of Unattended Retail Report from PYMNTS, “Unattended retail touchpoints populate a broad and diverse set of locations, and have taken various shapes and forms.”

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AUGUST 1, 2018

As comes standard in many Apple quarterly earnings report, there was plenty of buzz to go around. The Apple Watch is the most beloved wearable in human history, the iPhone X is the best-selling iPhone on the market and Apple products, broadly, are bringing all of mankind together in love and harmony.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Voice commerce may grab more headlines due to the presence of Google, Apple and Amazon, but conversational commerce – its younger cousin – is finding its own way as the information superhighway to a purchase. “We Suppose a college student is in the market for new running shoes. The pandemic was definitely an accelerator.”.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

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