Crunching Numbers: What Google, Meta Owe U.S. Publishers by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, January 24, 2024 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday filed a complaint alleging that Google monopolizes key digital advertising technologies in the ad-tech stack that website publishers depend on to sell ads, and advertisers rely on … Continue reading Crunching Numbers: What Meta And Facebook Owe U.S. Publishers
Ecommerce Numbers Rise – Thank Marketplaces by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 12, 2023 One in five shoppers say they have bought gifts from smaller businesses as much as possible during the fourth quarter in 2023, a stat from Jungle Scout that has doubled since 2022. Jungle Scout’s quarterly Consumer Trends Report reveals how … Continue reading Ecommerce Numbers Rise – Thank Marketplaces
By Chris Morris November 17, 2023 After a shockingly successful 2021 and a mixed 2022, the party seems to have truly come to an end for startups and venture capitalists in 2023. And while the doomsday economic scenarios many expected at the start of the year failed to materialize, the continued sense of malaise after … Continue reading Venture capital’s 2023 bloodbath, by the numbers
By Sam Becker January 12, 2023 There was a bit of positive economic news Thursday: The rate of inflation slowed for the sixth-straight month, as the latest Consumer Price Index numbers for December showed that prices increased 6.5% over the past year. That’s down from 7.1% in November, and a significant fall from the … Continue reading These 7 numbers help explain why the economy feels so weird right now
Despite economic concerns, consumers responded to discounts in key categories like toys. Kim Davis on January 5, 2023 Consumers spent $ 211.7 billion online in November and December 2022, representing a new ecommerce record and 3.5% growth YoY. This despite concerns about inflation, possible recession and supply chain issues. Demand for toys and video games … Continue reading Final 2022 holiday numbers break ecommerce records
By Clint Rainey July 13, 2022 Inflation surged to 9.1% in June, a new 40-year high that has policymakers racing to rein that number in without triggering a recession. Meanwhile, President Biden and the White House are trying to downplay the drama as less bad than it sounds, so everybody, please, just chill. Released … Continue reading ‘Highly elevated’ June inflation numbers put Biden on the defense
Says group is too diverse to be granted class-action status. Constantine von Hoffman on April 18, 2022 Meta is asking an appellate court to overturn a ruling granting class-action status to a lawsuit claiming Facebook inflated advertising numbers. The company filed papers on Friday with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to immediately … Continue reading Meta asks court to intervene in $7 billion lawsuit over Facebook audience numbers
Improves stock and revenue performance, hiring and retention, and customer acquisition and loyalty. Constantine von Hoffman on April 5, 2022 Diversity at all levels of a company is an indicator of success. A culture of diversity and inclusion is the cause of it. The benefits of diversity and inclusion can be seen in stock and … Continue reading By the numbers: Diversity and inclusion are good business
Stefan Wolpers September 21, 2021 TL; DR: Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers Many people dislike estimating work items as estimates supposedly open the path to the misuse of velocity by the managers, reintroducing Taylorism, micro-management, and excessive reporting through the backdoor. To them, for example, the proponents of #noestimates, estimates conflict with basic … Continue reading Estimates Are Useful, Just Ditch the Numbers
Dave Brock July 30, 2021 All of us focus on the “numbers.” We are driven to “make the numbers,” because those are our goals and we are driven to achieve our goals. When we miss the numbers, we panic, we whip ourselves into a frenzy of activity to do more–all in service of making the … Continue reading It Really Isn’t About the Numbers
