From influencer pop-ups to store openings for TikTok-famous brands, malls are taking the social media shopping experience to brick-and-mortar locations to reach young consumers. Jill Renslow, chief business development and marketing officer at Mall of America, the largest shopping and entertainment complex on the continent,...
Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, are revolutionizing the field of artificial intelligence, creating images, videos and audio that are increasingly difficult to distinguish from authentic content. As these AI-generated creations proliferate across the internet, society is grappling with the profound implications of a technology that...
Consumers are increasingly engaging across multiple devices even for formerly passive activities, such as viewing films, creating a commerce opportunity for brands that can provide a frictionless shopping journey. In an interview with PYMNTS, Evan Bregman, general manager of streaming at food and lifestyle media...
Retail brands are looking to the silver screen to get shoppers excited, so roll out the red carpet for PYMNTS weekender’s roundup of the quirkiest tie-ins of the month. Oreo, for instance, is taking it out of this world with a Lucasfilm partnership, releasing Star...
June 03, 2024
Consumers are increasingly engaging across multiple devices even for formerly passive activities, such as viewing films, creating a commerce opportunity for brands that can provide a frictionless shopping journey. In an interview with PYMNTS, Evan Bregman, general manager of streaming at food and lifestyle media company Tastemade, described the way the company is seizing on […]
May 16, 2024
Streaming platforms have transformed the content and digital entertainment landscape. Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, and many others all offer subscribers access to thousands of movies, TV shows,...
May 07, 2024
As consumers feel their budgets come under pressure, people continue to spring for live event tickets, Vivid Seats’ latest earnings results reveal, even as they cut back on retail purchases. The online ticket...
March 30, 2024
Baseball is back, and this year, more stadiums are tapping frictionless checkout to cut labor costs while meeting fans’ demand to spend as little time out of their seats as possible....
June 11, 2024
Spotify is reportedly readying a new and higher-priced premium plan for its most devoted users. The new plan, set to be unveiled later this year, will charge users at least $5 per month more, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (June 11), citing a source familiar with the matter. That source said this updated plan would offer […]
May 24, 2024
Live Nation and its Ticketmaster business are reportedly facing a consumer antitrust lawsuit that comes on the heels of a suit filed by the Justice Department. The consumer suit is the first of what’s likely to...
May 16, 2024
The British government is loosening its rules for brick-and-mortar betting businesses as online gambling grows. The U.K.’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued a report Thursday (May 16) that would allow for...
May 01, 2024
Kroger and Walt Disney Co. are reportedly exploring a partnership that would offer the Disney+ streaming service to subscribers of Kroger’s grocery delivery program. If a deal is struck, Kroger Boost subscribers would get access to Disney+...
