Month: April 2018

For the first time in nearly 3 years, the FTC will again have a full slate of commissioners. It has been functioning with only two commissioners since last February, when former chairwoman Edith
Ramirez resigned. The last time the agency had five commissioners was in 2015.

The Insights Lab provides brand marketers with data and information on audiences and trends in today’s media landscape.

Volkswagen and ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing are close to unveiling a joint venture to share technology and develop shared-mobility services in China.

Amazon.com’s first international foray was in Europe two decades ago, but the internet behemoth is still playing catchup selling apparel and footwear online to Europeans.

Traditional TV advertising will rise 5.8% to $18.2 billion — a gain of $1.1 billion. But the 5.8% hike this year would be less than 2014 – the last time the Winter Olympics and midterm elections were
held — when it grew 8.9%.

Samsung plans to simplify the complicated ownership structure of the conglomerate, answering critics who say it benefits the ruling Lee family over other shareholders.

At the same time, the contours of connectivity are shifting: One-in-five Americans (20%) are now ‘smartphone only’ internet users at home.

As financial firms have come under pressure from both sides in the gun debate, banks and credit-card companies are discussing how they could track gun purchases. Monitoring such purchases would be contentious.

All the works Cosby produced over 50-plus years are now consigned to the ash heap of pop-culture history.

Whirlpool goes back to school for the latest installment in its award-winning “Every day, care” campaign from Digitas. Last year, the team won a Grand Prix for Creative Data at Cannes and scored the top prize at Adweek’s Project Isaac Awards for putting washers and dryers in schools and tracking how clear clothes improved students’…