1. Samsung Beats P&G at Advertising Samsung Electronics has taken the title of World’s Largest Advertiser by spending $11.2B on advertising and promotions this past year. The former titleholder…
Google Employees Boycott China
1. Google Employees Boycott China Back in August, leaked documents surfaced regarding Google’s plans to build a censored version of its search engine for the Chinese market. The project (codename: …
Facebook’s Diversity Downfall
1. Facebook’s Diversity Downfall Former Facebook partnerships manager Mark Luckie sent an internal memo to his former co-workers on his last day of work earlier this month accusing the company of d…
Black Friday Shatters Online Sales Record
1. Black Friday Shatters Online Sales Black Friday foot traffic was unsurprisingly lower this year by 1.7% compared to 2017, while online sales were up 23.6%. Shoppers spent $6.22B, with $2B of th…
Amazon Bids on Disney’s Sports Networks
1. Amazon Bids on Disney’s Networks Amazon aims to increase its offerings for Prime subscribers after bidding on all 22 of Disney’s regional sports networks acquired from Fox in a merger earlier th…
Facebook Ignores Warning Signs
1. Implications with FB Facebook has been quote-unquote unraveling this past year. Privacy issues, data breaches, and hackers (oh my!) are all key problems the tech giant has been facing. Advertise…
2019’s Most Highly Anticipated
1. 2019’s Most Highly Anticipated In 2019, we can expect to see the most US-based tech IPOs of this century. Candidates include: Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and Slack Messenger. The last time we saw this m…
Elon Musk’s “Teslaquila” Alcoholic Drink
1. Elon Musk’s “Teslaquila” Drink Tesla Inc. co-founder Elon Musk and Mexico’s tequila producers could be heading for a collision after the agave-based drink’s industry group opposed the billionair…
Alibaba Crushes Amazon and Online Sales Record
1. Alibaba Crushes Amazon Every year on Nov. 11th, China’s Alibaba Group has a massive online shopping “festival.” Every year, it smashes the previous year’s sales record. T…
Elon Musk Stranded?
1. Elon Musk Stranded? Elon Musk has been looking for an estimated $750M dollar loan to finance his SpaceX company. Musk has a $24.6B fortune, but for being one of the richest people on the planet,…