Hi, Welcome Welcome back By Yasmin Gagne November 05, 2023 After John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., told Bloomberg in October that GLP-1s, a class of medications prescribed for weight loss—which include Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy—are changing how shoppers behave, resulting in their buying slightly less food, shares for Mondelez (maker of … Continue reading Ozempic is not going to slim down your stock portfolio (yet)
By Julia Herbst November 05, 2023 Remember when everyone was obsessed with the Great Resignation? We published piece after piece looking at why so many workers were resigning, and what employers could do to ensure remaining employees felt valued and engaged. Now that the Great Resignation is decidedly over—even according to the professor who … Continue reading If you hate your job, you’re not alone. Everyone is experiencing the ‘Great Gloom’
By David Salazar November 05, 2023 Call it the Beatles’ third law: For every song that’s become an indelible part of the Western pop canon, there’s an equal and opposite “What if?” What if they’d mended the band’s fractured foundation in the ’60s? What if more of them had made it to old age? … Continue reading How Beatles producer Giles Martin used AI to reunite the band for ‘Now and Then’
By Christopher Zara November 03, 2023 As long as we have to fall back this weekend anyway, let’s use that extra hour to ponder the impossible-to-overstate importance of getting a good night’s sleep. You could easily spend weeks scouring research on the link between poor sleep and poor health outcomes and still not get … Continue reading Daylight saving time is an insidious destroyer of your precious sleep patterns
Google backs out of $15B bay area campus deals Radek Zielinski / Nov 4, 2023 Google has terminated its contracts with Australian developer Lendlease for four major Bay Area development projects. According to a Nov. 2 CNBC report, the canceled deals include plans for new Google campuses in downtown San Jose, Mountain View, and … Continue reading Google backs out of $15B bay area campus deals
By Jeff Beer November 04, 2023 Back in 2011, U.K. retailer John Lewis launched a new ad for the holiday season called “The Long Wait.” Created by ad agency Adam&eveDDB, it was unlike any other Christmas-related ads at the time. It used emotion and storytelling instead of a blatant promotional sales pitch, and it was … Continue reading The 16 1/2 psychological biases that influence what we buy
YouTube war on ad blocking causes wave of adblock uninstalls Radek Zielinski / Nov 3, 2023 YouTube’s new aggressive tactics to disable ad blockers has led to a wave of ad blocker uninstallations, according to data from ad blocker companies. The video platform, owned by Google, escalated efforts last month to crackdown on the … Continue reading YouTube war on ad blocking causes wave of adblock uninstalls
By Zachary Petit INSURRECTION. That is the title of the first chapter in Edel Rodriguez’s graphic memoir, Worm. Rodriquez, an artist whose work has appeared on the covers of Time, The New Yorker, and many other publications, has established himself as the leading visual chronicler of the Trump era. Given the fact that Trump … Continue reading The most famous political illustrator of our time tells his own story
Net Searcher Sentiment Replaces NPS With Unbiased Search Data by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 3, 2023 Analytics guru Isaac Gerber, director of commercial insights and analytics at Captify, believes he has developed an organic way to protect consumer privacy, yet analyze behavioral patterns, and it’s something the industry can adopt as a powerful … Continue reading Net Searcher Sentiment Replaces NPS With Unbiased Search Data
Revel is shutting down its shared electric moped service It’s focusing on its EV ride-hailing service and charging stations going forward. Mariella Moon Sat, Nov 4, 2023 Drew Angerer via Getty Images Revel is leaving behind its roots and ending its (at times controversial) electric moped service New York City and San Francisco. Company … Continue reading Revel is shutting down its shared electric moped service
