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The programs are a part of Project REACh and can help Citi make up for potential losses in the event of an economic downturn.

Meditation app Calm laid off 20% of its staff, including marketing employees. We detail why advertising costs are becoming difficult for health tech companies to maintain.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the most substantial question facing TV at the moment, the right way to advertise AI's advantages, how haptics could change how we use the internet, whether advertising can find a home inside of games, which countries drive, cycle and take public transport the most, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha and analysts Ross Benes and Blake Droesch.

Return fraud cost retailers $101 billion last year, per NRF estimates: That poses a challenge as merchants need to balance mitigation measures with customer satisfaction.

After three years of wild fluctuations in retail and ecommerce sales growth, a sense of stability and normalcy is slowly emerging. A healthy if unspectacular rebound for ecommerce is in the cards, and most national markets are heading in the right direction.

Retail job cuts pile up: Even as Macy鈥檚, Wayfair, and Stitch Fix cut staff, other retailers have good reason to feel optimistic about 2024.

Banks keep getting better about social selling: An ABA survey looks at how social media campaigns are helping banks and credit unions turn anonymous institutions into friendly, approachable community members.

For years, small banks have handled deposits for large crypto firms. Their experience offers lessons to big banks that now want in.

With third-party cookies finally on their way out, and signal loss still echoing from Apple鈥檚 AppTrackingTransparency, 2024 will be a challenging year for advertisers as their ability to target customers accurately and precisely gets more limited. These five charts will help marketers address data, targeting, and measurement concerns in the new year.

The Hollywood strike is a chance to explore cheaper ad formats: With new content spending plummeting, streamers are sweetening the deal to keep advertisers on board.

Cross-border and B2B payments pushed up the network鈥檚 payments volume during fiscal Q2.

GreenSky may be an attractive acquisition as consumers rely more on BNPL for essential purchases

Tighter economic climate forces companies to focus on profitability: The paradigm shift away from long-term bets has driven changes everywhere from Amazon to Wayfair to Sweetgreen.

The bank wanted to introduce credit cards for its retail customers but gave up on the idea after shifting its strategy to weather economic headwinds.

Several indicators suggest consumer spending remains strong: Consumer sentiment hit a 13-month high in February and retail sales appeared to pick up in January.

CVS-Oak Street rumored deal is a Medicare Advantage play: The retailer could soon be placing a big bet on value-based primary care. Is it enough to match its healthcare rivals?

Where people work and live has changed鈥攆or the long haul: Retailers and restaurants that cater to downtown office workers need to adjust to the new normal.

Grocers are less willing to put up with price hikes as inflation eases: Whole Foods is the latest retailer to ask suppliers to lower prices to relieve pressure on consumers.

Instagram鈥檚 new Quiet mode offers an olive branch to parents and regulators as the Biden administration vows to go after Big Tech for 鈥減ut[ting] our children at risk.鈥� All social platforms can sense a new era of accountability, and they鈥檙e making active moves to stay on regulators鈥� good side.

Health and personal care will be the third-fastest-growing ecommerce sales category this year, growing 22.1% year over year, according to our forecast.

A fading internet giant meets a fading ad format: Yahoo acquired a 25% stake in programmatic ad firm Taboola in a harbinger of bigger deals on the horizon.

Amazon cuts costs, not care: We look at Amazon鈥檚 unsurprising cost-cutting moves and why its healthcare ventures aren鈥檛 on the table.

Insights from the Future of Meta report: We look at key VR hardware and software opportunities for Meta鈥檚 future as the company leverages its dominance in VR headsets to build its vision for the metaverse.

Visa鈥檚 payments volume grew 10% YoY, and Mastercard鈥檚 increased 11% YoY. Both firms benefited from strong travel spending, among other factors.

During last week鈥檚 Prime Early Access Sale, households spent about 40% less than Amazon鈥檚 Prime Day event in July, noted data analysis from Klover.