What Netflix’s big miss means
Netflix’s stock was down over 14% in after-hours trading yesterday after the company reported that it missed expectations on revenue and subscriber growth. Stocks for almost every other tech company in…
Prime Day is rigged in Amazon’s favor
One year after the Whole Foods acquisition, and in the second year of its major private-label push that has spawned about 80 in-house brands, Amazon’s biggest shopping holiday has become,…
Netflix only takes up 8 percent of the time you spend watching video, but the company wants to change that
Though subscriber rates are slowing, Netflix may have another area of growth: Getting people to spend more time watching its content. “We’re still a small fraction of every society’s overall…
Staples Seeks to Soothe as it Battles Retail Rivals
Staples is tagging itself the “back-to-school specialty store”—even as it’s up against Amazon’s “Everything Store.” The Framingham, Mass.-based office supply retailer…
Why Prime Day is important to Amazon
Amazon has successfully invented a new shopping holiday, and it’s set to capitalize on the rewards. The fourth Prime Day (and a half) will begin noon PT (3 p.m. ET) Monday, extending for 36 hours. The…
Trump Bump: How Sean Hannity Earned $36 Million This Year
In 1989, Sean Hannity got his first job in radio, hosting a show for no pay at a volunteer college station at UC Santa Barbara. Hannity didn’t last long on the liberal campus and was fired for making…
New Nike concept store goes Live in LA
Experiential doesn’t mean the same for every brand, concept or customer. That’s a lesson the retailer is taking to heart as it iterates on the future of direct-to-consumer stores. These days,…
Streaming channels looking more like hated cable TV bundles
Meet the new bundle, same as the old bundle? Consumers have embraced broadband-delivered TV from Netflix, Amazon and an abundance of other streaming services, often in search of lower monthly bills – and as…
Live Video Streaming Continues to Gain Steam
More people are streaming live video content than ever before, thanks in part to efforts from Facebook, Hulu and the NCAA. According to a May 2018 survey by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), 47%…
Cord-cutting: 6 things to know about dropping pay-TV
Consumers are increasingly saying goodbye to their cable and satellite-TV subscriptions and saying hello to their internet-based rivals. It’s not only the desire to save money, but to avoid what many…