In a potential revival of the Toys R Us brand, lenders are looking to reorganize the company’s assets into a new company. The firm would be able to invest in new retail operating businesses and keep license agreements, Bloomberg reported. The rights to Toys R Us’ name, along with Babies R Us, are controlled by […]
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What would you say about a computer geek who said he could protect your online identity, and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google? What would you say if that person happened to be the inventor of the World Wide Web? As consumers become more cautious — […]
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Here’s the thing: Does Google know how to yell? Or even raise its voice from time to time? Odd questions, huh? But they came to mind when considering all the new ways in which Google — and other digital operations, no doubt, but Google is Google and even its shadow weighs more than others — is […]
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Big Tech companies Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Charter, Google, and Twitter have backed the idea that there is a need for new federal data privacy protection laws during a hearing before Congress this week. The Guardian, citing a Senate commerce committee hearing, reported representatives of the companies all agreed that something has to be done — […]
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Innovid’s OTT Composer screen, along with an interactive ad it created for Target The good news for TV watchers is that there are many different ways to watch Over-The-Top (OTT) television, the kind that comes to your TV, Roku box, Apple TV or computer over the internet. The bad news for advertisers is that there […]
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To seek a broader audience, J.Crew plans to create a brand that appeals to younger women. CEO Jim Brett, said the retailer sees itself as a company with more than two brands, the Chicago Tribune reported. “We’ll be announcing one new brand this year,” Brett told Bloomberg TV. “It is aimed at women, and it’s […]
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Amazon has opened Amazon 4-star, a new store in New York City where every product is rated 4 stars and above, is a top seller or is new and trending on Amazon’s website. The store is located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, on Spring Street between Crosby and Lafayette Streets. “We created Amazon 4-star […]
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What’s old is always new again, and what’s new is often so very old. That’s not just the pseudo-intellectual basis of some booze-fueled, impromptu seminar held in a dorm room on Tuesday night because the internet went down. It’s an anchoring principle of modern economics, retail, marketing and culture. For the latest proof, just look […]
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Amazon’s Echo smart speakers were facing connectivity issues in the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe earlier on Wednesday (Sept. 26), but are now up and running again. Reuters, citing outage tracker Downdetector.com, reported the website had logged hundreds of reports about problems with the Echo speakers that power Alexa, Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant. The report noted […]
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Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: With Customer 360, Salesforce brings a single customer view to its B2C side Sep 25, 2018 by Barry Levine Now available in a private pilot, it offers a ‘federated solution’ […]
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