Behind the Numbers: an EMARKETER Podcast

On today’s podcast, we discuss how David’s Bridal is expanding across the wedding journey—from new services and revenue streams to different retail formats—while staying grounded in what customers actually want. What does it take to earn permission to enter new categories, stand out in a crowded market, and use customer insight to shape where a business grows next?

Tune in for a discussion featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Principal Analyst Sky Canaves, and Elina Vilk, President and Chief Business Officer of David’s Bridal.

 

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In today’s podcast episode, we discuss whether banks can successfully encourage customers to use their AI-powered tools on their own websites and apps for personal finance management, how AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and others can convince people to use their LLMs for personal finance, and what banking consumers are most likely to want to use AI for when it comes to managing their money.

 

Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Principal Analyst Tiffani Montez and Head of EMARKETER Advisory Rob Rubin. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.

 

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In today’s podcast episode, we discuss the main takeaways from Meta’s landmark trial over kids and social media addiction, the safety features it plans to roll out, whether this makes a teen social media ban more or less likely, what we know about social media’s role in youth mental health, and what could change as a result of the settlement.

 

Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Analyst Beth Snyder Bulik and Analyst Marisa Jones. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.

 

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On today’s podcast, we discuss what “kidulting” actually means, why toy companies are paying so much more attention to this consumer now, and what non-toy brands can learn from this trend.

 

Tune in for a discussion featuring Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, along with Senior Analyst Carina Lamb and Principal Analyst Zak Stambor.

 

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In today’s podcast episode, we discuss what YouTube has evolved into, how it’s transforming TV ad buying, and how YouTube TV is shaping digital pay TV.

 

Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Senior Analyst Ross Benes and Principal Forecasting Writer Ethan Cramer Flood. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube or Spotify.

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