PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

Supply chains , advertising and the right fundamentals will need to be in place regardless of the expected burst of activity, whether it’s due to a pandemic or simply a hot product.

eCommerce 72

eCommerce Numbers Sales Advertising 72

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In a move that lets users place and get phone calls through their Alexa gadgets, Amazon is launching a new collaboration with AT&T that will enable consumers to connect their phone numbers with their Alexa accounts, The Verge reported. And, with Amazon’s current Away Mode turned on, calls can be temporarily disabled.

Numbers 66

Numbers Transportation Advertising Communication 66

CFO News

MAY 8, 2023

If I look at the total number of clients last year, which was circa 700 in Finecast globally, about 250 of those were new clients into the Finecast ecosystem, and about 70 of those came from India," Lewis said, adding that these numbers show the readiness of Indian clients for the addressable TV advertising opportunity.

Advertising 52

Advertising Investments Numbers 52

The Finance Weekly

MARCH 26, 2023

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) is quite similar in that it is difficult for most people outside of the field to get too excited about numbers, spreadsheets, and reports. 2) Workday - Rockstar Super Bowl Commercial Workday put their humor on display on the most anticipated advertising stage of the year - the superbowl.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Advertising Finance CFO 52

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Meta derives nearly all of its revenue through selling advertising space, based largely on the strength of MAUs, on its social media sites and apps. The bigger its user base, the more attractive its platform is to advertisers. Meta’s next earnings report (for Q1 FY 2022) is estimated to be released on April 26, 2022.

Advertising 130

Advertising Budgeting Forecasting Financial Reporting 130

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. That is because the answer will vary across people, with some exhibiting a more natural tendency towards story-telling and others towards working with numbers.

Valuation 94

Valuation Advertising Numbers Investments 94

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In the years since, I have concluded that this is not true and that expense mis-categorization is not only common, but that it varies widely across sectors, making it difficult to compare accounting numbers or ratios across firms.

Accounting 130

Accounting Marketing Advertising Valuation 130

CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

By switching to 501(c)(6) nonprofit status, the new CFP Board of Standards will have expanded abilities to advance the planning profession through lobbying and more targeted advertising messages to grow the ranks of CFP professionals.

Nonprofit 130

Nonprofit Practice Management Advertising Cash Management 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Coinbase — Shares popped 4% in extended trading after reporting better-than-expected user numbers , even as Coinbase reported a miss on profit and sales expectations. Discovery reported third-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations , citing a tougher backdrop for advertising and elevated costs from its restructuring.

Restructuring 130

Restructuring Forecasting Advertising Communication 130

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 17, 2024

Further, advisers can potentially reduce the number of negative reviews received by ensuring that prospect and client relationships that do not work out (e.g., Next , by taking a proactive approach to reinforcing where they add value (e.g., when a prospect does not meet the firm’s asset minimum) are handled respectfully (e.g.,

Marketing 93

Marketing Advertising Compliance Leverage 93

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

“Available globally in mid-October, search results on the Shopping tab will consist primarily of free listings, helping retailers to connect with more customers, regardless of whether they advertise on Google,” Brittin wrote. After launching its free ad offer in the U.S.

Retail 78

Retail Advertising Economics Numbers 78

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In the third and final post, I will argue that Facebook’s troubles with the market have as much to do with a failure of narrative, as they are about disappointing numbers, and present a template for what the company needs to do, to reclaim the high ground.

Marketing 130

Marketing Advertising Profit and Loss Investments 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

The ripple effects from the COVID-19 crisis continue to spread throughout the business world, with the advertising industry now feeling its destructive effects. Those were quantified yesterday in a new Internet Advertising Bureau survey that shows a steep decline expected in ad spending across digital media.

Advertising 75

Advertising Budgeting Marketing Numbers 75

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. did strong Q3 numbers, with PYMNTS reporting that “Alphabet said search and other advertising revenues rose 6 percent year over year to $26.3

Sales 70

Sales Advertising Profit and Loss Budgeting 70

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Facebook’s Ireland and United Kingdom unit has agreed to change the way Instagram works to “make it much harder for people to post an (advertisement) on Instagram without labelling it as such,” Britain’s top antitrust regulator announced Friday (Oct.

Advertising 85

Advertising Numbers Marketing Technology 85

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Advertising and/or promotions will be essential, if it’s possible within limited budgets. And, brands concerned about possible supply chain issues may limit advertising if they can’t guarantee delivery of their products.”. eCommerce sites doubled ad spend in less than a month, from $4.8 million for the week of Feb.

eCommerce 86

eCommerce Advertising Retail Budgeting 86

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

If headlines are any indication, data breaches have made off with consumers’ most sensitive bits of information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card info and bank details. Advertisers pay Facebook to display targeted ads, and Facebook shares data (though it maintains it doesn’t sell it). Data Managed.

Advertising 77

Advertising Healthcare Accounting Banking 77

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To put these numbers in perspective, the Mag Seven companies now have a market capitalization larger than that of all listed stocks in China, the second largest market in the world in market capitalization terms.

Marketing 120

Marketing Valuation Profit and Loss Advertising 120

CFO News Room

JANUARY 23, 2023

Traditional forms of marketing used by financial advisors – including networking with one’s friends and family members, cold-calling, and paid advertising – have been effective at reaching a ‘typical’ client base of older, wealthy retirees.

Marketing 130

Marketing Education Advertising Sales 130

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

In the current environment, of course, the pandemic decimated foot traffic across any number of verticals — restaurants and retailers come to mind, of course. In fact, our bitcoin sales on our machines have increased dramatically week over week for the last 10 to 12 weeks,” amid an online and in-store advertising boost.

Currencies 135

Currencies Advertising Numbers Accounting 135

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Critics have called Facebook out before on privacy issues, usually dealing with how users’ data is disseminated for advertising or other means. He said the number of firms coming up with new ideas is what prompted Facebook to experiment with purchases like Instagram , WhatsApp and Oculus , and so the U.S.’s

Advertising 83

Advertising Entertainment Numbers Technology 83

CFO News Room

JANUARY 15, 2023

It succeeded spectacularly in attracting people to its platform, hitting a 100 million users in 2012, and then doubling those numbers again by 2013, when it went public ,with an initial public offering. Users: Numbers and Engagement. The stock dropped below $6 in 2019, before mounting a comeback in 2021.

Valuation 130

Valuation Advertising Numbers Education 130

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2024

Also in industry news this week: While the number of RIA M&A deals has not surged in 2024, the average size of deals has increased, demonstrating interest from (often private-equity-backed) firms in pursuing larger targets Off-channel communication tops the list of concerns amongst RIA compliance professionals, with advertising and marketing coming (..)

Benchmarking 93

Benchmarking Communication Advertising Compliance 93

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Overall, the number of live-sales in the region increased nearly 67 percent, thanks to the heaviest usage among shoppers in Singapore and Thailand. As an example, The Paypers points to Alipay, which has launched a new service that enables merchants to offer coupons or discounts during livestream advertising.

Advertising 88

Advertising Leverage Retail Sales 88

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Which means that while many fee-only RIAs use the reduced conflicts that come with the fee-only model (as opposed to firms that receive compensation from commissions and other sources) as a key marketing talking point, the fact remains that being truly 'conflict free' is nearly impossible and such claims (which are hard to substantiate) appear to be (..)

Compliance 92

Compliance Communication Practice Management Advertising 92

PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

“We extended our market leadership as the leading mobile payment platform by active users and number of transactions in China.” In addition, Q4 advertising revenue went up 38 percent due to ad inventory growth on WeChat, with advertisements making up 20 percent of quarterly revenues. billion, beating expectations.

Advertising 73

Advertising Leadership Currencies Numbers 73

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Such schemes entail fraudsters falsely advertising offers from restaurants on social media, then duping victims into paying for them and absconding with the funds. There are a number of lessons that restaurants can learn from their experiences during this challenging time, however. Developments From The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

Advertising 124

Advertising eCommerce Economics Securities 124

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Take that period out to the “75 Days Of Christmas” and that number goes up to 3 percent. Mastercard’s Steve Sadove, senior advisor and former CEO of Saks called it a “healthy” number. The number was also higher than many expected. But the Mastercard report showed it was still the number one spending day. percent online.

eCommerce 104

eCommerce Retail Sales Advertising 104

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

and abroad that the concentration of power amongst a small number of tech companies is curtailing growth in the tech sector, reducing innovation, and potentially having negative impacts on the people and businesses that rely on them.". The rules are set to take effect in April.

Marketing 75

Marketing Concentration Advertising Numbers 75

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Bloomberg ) see also If You Bought Crypto Because of Larry David and Matt Damon, I’m Sorry : Tallying the losses after last year’s Super Bowl crypto-advertising bonanza. They have each other’s phone numbers. Here’s your investing playbook. Slate ) • Guess Who Loses After Florida and Texas Bar ESG Banks?

Math 116

Math Advertising Investments Economics 116

CFO News Room

JANUARY 19, 2023

Updating the Numbers In the eighteen months since I valued these companies, much has happened, to the economy, to US equities collectively, and to these six companies, in specific. For the latter, I am reporting on the trailing 12-month numbers, to ensure that I have the calendar year numbers.)

Valuation 130

Valuation Profit and Loss Numbers Advertising 130

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Updating the Numbers. The Numbers. Since I last valued the FANGAM stocks in September 2020, there have been six quarterly earnings reports from each of these companies, and I report on two key operating measures, revenues and operating income, in the table below, for the last three fiscal years for each of the companies.

Valuation 130

Valuation Profit and Loss Numbers Advertising 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Riding the success of the global connected economy and a better than expected performance from the iPhone 12, the company logged its first $100 billion quarter, with the number reported during its earnings announcement on Wednesday (Jan. Apple disclosed that it saw a record number of people upgrading their iPhones in China during the quarter.

Entertainment 94

Entertainment Advertising Sales Numbers 94

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The regulations are wide in scope, including things like antitrust, privacy, data security and localization, consumer protection, advertising sales, billing and eCommerce, product liability, intellectual property and more, the report stated. The issue, according to the U.S.

Advertising 94

Advertising eCommerce Securities Sales 94

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Given the chain’s expansive number of locations and advertising cloud, it could capture some market share from the coronavirus-fueled market. The service was to provide “high-demand” products such as bread, milk and fresh produce beyond the typical menu fare of salads, sandwiches or soups.

Advertising 87

Advertising Sales Numbers Marketing 87

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Amazon’s own “other revenue” category, which includes advertising, leapt by 51 percent. eBay noted on its earnings call that organic revenue growth came in at 26 percent, driven by payments and advertising. Amazon, too, noted that advertising budgets were increasing. The period surrounding the U.S.

Economics 84

Economics Advertising eCommerce Sales 84

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In the third and final post, I will argue that Facebook's troubles with the market have as much to do with a failure of narrative, as they are about disappointing numbers, and present a template for what the company needs to do, to reclaim the high ground.

Advertising 101

Advertising Profit and Loss Investments Marketing 101