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Apple’s privacy changes are still causing advertising chaos. Do consumers care?
A data point from our proprietary
Consumer Trends
survey. Also: Tracking the consumer in Q3 earnings commentary.
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Supermarket smash!
Thinking through Kroger’s $25 billion deal for Albertsons. Also: A subscription pilot for unlimited (great!) coffee in LA. And a simpler plan for Instagram commerce.
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The Shopify-Facebook collision course
Also: NYC retail is back! Target’s genius branding move. And Cometeer’s new in-store pilot.
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Why there still haven’t been more billion-dollar acquisitions for direct-to-consumer commerce startups
Inside: Why Harry’s wants to buy your brand. Why two ex-Glossier execs stopped trying to create them. And how Facebook wants to eat it all.
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‘Another highly unusual quarter’
Amazon and Apple are going to be fine. But for local retail, Covid-19 is still in control of the narrative.
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Sorry, but Facebook, Google, and Amazon still own the world
Also: A podcast conversation with Hodinkee founder Ben Clymer. And Sweetgreen’s first beer and wine list.
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Facebook’s new bank and currency: The big picture and some big questions
Also: The most interesting thing I learned at Cannes Lions.
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Introducing our quarterly update on blockchain and crypto
Should you even care? What’s interesting? A practical guide.
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Facebook’s Stories challenge, Everlane’s sneaker markup
Plus: Apple’s latest mega-hit, and some slow media.
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Everlane’s CEO explains Tread, the company’s new sneaker brand
Also: Snap, Twitter, Facebook, pop.
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