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AI Paid Search Experts, Brightbid Joins Forces With Nasdaq Listed Group Speqta

BrightBid, the AI-driven paid search advertising company with a strong presence in the UK, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark has joined forces with Speqta, a holding group listed on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market, in a share deal currently worth around £20m*.Speqta has a number of major investors including Swedbank Robur and is also the owner of Bidbrain; an AI based SaaS company focused on marketing for e-commerce and retail businesses.

Toronto

Toronto needs to reinvent downtown core to recover from pandemic, research shows

Toronto is lagging behind similarly sized cities in terms of pandemic recovery and "reinventing" the downtown core could be a key solution, according to data from the University of Toronto's School of Cities.By measuring cellphone activity, researchers ranked Toronto 55th of 63 North American cities recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

The Duopoly is over (because Everything is an Ad Network)

Axios reports that Google and Meta - known in combination as the digital advertising "Duopoly" - are expected to capture less than half of US digital advertising revenue in 2022 for the first time since 2014.According to Axios, Insider Intelligence estimates that Google and Meta will account for 48.4% of all U.S. digital ad revenue this year, which is down from a peak of 54.7% in 2017.

Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

The Duopoly is over (because Everything is an Ad Network)

Axios reports that Google and Meta - known in combination as the digital advertising "Duopoly" - are expected to capture less than half of US digital advertising revenue in 2022 for the first time since 2014.According to Axios, Insider Intelligence estimates that Google and Meta will account for 48.4% of all U.S. digital ad revenue this year, which is down from a peak of 54.7% in 2017.

Mobile Dev Memo by Eric Seufert

The Duopoly is over (because Everything is an Ad Network)

Axios reports that Google and Meta - known in combination as the digital advertising "Duopoly" - are expected to capture less than half of US digital advertising revenue in 2022 for the first time since 2014.According to Axios, Insider Intelligence estimates that Google and Meta will account for 48.4% of all U.S. digital ad revenue this year, which is down from a peak of 54.7% in 2017.

www.kvue.com

Downtown Austin retail hasn't fully bounced back from pandemic

AUSTIN, Texas A new report by Downtown Austin Alliance found that Downtown Austin's economy continues to strengthen post-pandemic.While the restaurant industry has bounced back, the retail business is down.According to the report, the total number of retail businesses is down by 18% since February 2020.

Los Angeles Times

L.A. City Council passes law to give retail workers with erratic hours more stability

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday passed a new law that requires large retailers to give workers their employment schedule at least two weeks in advance - a move designed to give laborers more certainty about their work hours.The law, known as the " Fair Work Week " ordinance, also requires businesses to give workers at least 10 hours' rest between shifts or provide extra pay for that work.

The Berlin Spectator

Berlin: Protective Masks Strongly Recommended, But Not Compulsory

After a Senate meeting on Tuesday, Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey announced masks would not be mandatory in shops or cultural venues until November 24th, 2022.But there is a strong recommendation to wear masks in buildings that are accessible to the public.Berlin, October 25th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - The Berlin Senate refrained from following a recommendation by Health Senator Ulrike Gote today.

The Berlin Spectator

Berlin: Will the Mask Return to Supermarkets and Public Buildings?

Berlin, October 12th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - Health Senator Ulrike Grote is worried about Corona.

www.independent.co.uk

UK food prices rise at fastest rate since global financial crash

The price of food rose at its fastest rate since 2008 in August as pressure from the war in Ukraine continued to push up costs, figures show.

The Independent

Food prices rise at fastest rate since 2008, retail group figures show

The price of food rose at its fastest rate since 2008 in August as pressure from the war in Ukraine continued to push up costs, figures show.

The Independent

Shop prices hit highest rate of inflation in almost 14 years

Shop prices have hit their highest rate of inflation in almost 14 years as businesses grapple with soaring supply chain costs and a cut in household spending, figures show.

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The Real Deal Los Angeles

Streamline Moderne Apartment House Coming to Leimert Park

A local developer will soon replace a medical office building with a five-story apartment building with Streamline Moderne touches in Leimert Park.

The Berlin Spectator

Berlin: The Cool and Hip City is Back on Track in Regard to Tourism

Berlin, September 9th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - The number of tourists who come to Berlin is on the rise, according to the Senate Department of Commerce.

Nytimes

The Ephemeral Art of Mexico City's Food Stalls

In the heart of Mexico's capital, the colorful signs that have come to define the urban landscape of the city are being erased.

Photographs by Jordi Ruiz Cirera

Text by Natalie Kitroeff

the Guardian

UK retailers given jubilee lift as high street footfall rises

Four days of jubilee celebrations provided some much-needed respite for Britain's retailers after a tough May in which cost of living pressures weighed heavily on spending.

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www.cbc.ca

Edmonton mall cashes in on alternative tenants to fight Canada-wide slump | CBC News

The mini stock cars of Radio Control Racers Edmonton are swerving down the track at their new storefront in the Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre.The club is one of the unconventional tenants setting up shop in the shopping centre, which is counting on alternative attractions to fight slumping mall foot traffic numbers.

www.independent.co.uk

Corporation tax hike will hammer' economy, say Tory rebels

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt faces a backbench Tory rebellion over the rise in corporation tax set to be confirmed at Wednesday's Budget.Influential MPs on the right including Priti Patel and Simon Clarke have warned that raising the rate from 19 to 25 per cent would hammer businesses and curb growth.

Los Angeles Times

Ventura County prosecutors charge Camarillo man in killing of Honduran immigrant

A 38-year-old Camarillo man was charged in the killing of a Honduran immigrant after police learned he was using the dead man's debit card, according to Ventura County officials.Rotherie Durell Foster was charged Wednesday with the murder of 35-year-old José Antonio Velásquez, who was last seen July 27 and reported missing three days later, according to the Ventura County district attorney's office.

CityAM

January blues: Rail strikes hit the return to work - with even London transport affected

The ongoing RMT strikes as well as Avanti West Coast's future feature as two of the five tops things to look out for in rail next year.(Photoby Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Rail strikes are severely reducing services across the UK train network - with commuters forced to work from home on the first working day of the new year.

SeekingAlpha

Walmart Stock: Doubling Down In Retail Media Network (NYSE:WMT)

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Walmart () is the largest brick and mortar retail media network in the US and has been investing in omnichannel retail for years.Its advertising capabilities include sponsored search, onsite display, and programmatic Ad through its exclusive DSP powered by The Trade Desk ( TTD).

Washington Post

Analysis | Black Friday Deals Couldn't Soothe Anxious Shoppers

Shoppers at the Somerset Collection Mall on Black Friday in Troy, Michigan, US, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022.US retailers are bracing for a slower-than-normal Black Friday as high inflation and sagging consumer sentiment erode Americans demand for material goods.(Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg)Black Friday looked a little gray this year.There's mounting evidence that consumers, drowning in discounts since the summer, are exhausted.

Eater London

Greggs Is a Fashion Brand Now

The exponential rise of Greggs, Bakery Chain and PR Machine TM has today, 26 October, resulted in a London debut for Tasty by Greggs: a sit-down cafe inside Primark on Oxford Street, one of London's busiest, most famous shopping thoroughfares.The once-Northeastern high street staple of teal and white check and gold lettering has rapidly evolved into one of Britain's most successful retail brands.

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