Media Coverage

The New York Times: VP & Principal Analyst Julie Ask Julie Ask speaks to the NYT about prevalent tech that will impact consumers in 2021, including augmented reality for online shopping and fitness wearables. Read the full article here.

The Wall Street Journal: Senior Analyst Enza Iannopollo describes how companies face privacy and data-flow risks in the post-Brexit UK. Read the full article here.

The Washington Post: VP & Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali discusses retail delivery bottlenecks due to the pandemic. Read the full article here.

Handelsblatt: 20% revenue growth and more software offerings — Germany’s leading business daily speaks with VP & Principal Kate Leggett about the ambitious plans of Salesforce. Read the full article here.

The Economic Times: Forrester data on the size of the Indian ecommerce market is included in this piece. The outlet has also published several articles quoting analysts Sucharita Kodali and Satish Meena about the India retail industry including additional coverage in Times of India. Read the full article here.

Financial Times: VP & Principal Analyst Art Schoeller describes how Microsoft has influenced Saleforce’s recent acquisition of Slack. This article has also been syndicated to Financial Post.  Read the full article here.

Quartz: Senior Analyst Jeff Becker shares perspective on factors leading to Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway-backed Haven Healthcare shutting down. This article has also been syndicated to Yahoo! Finance. Read the full article here.

Forbes: VP & Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali discusses online retailer Poshmark’s IPO and how the company will need to keep attracting users and turn them into active buyers and sellers in a cost-efficient manner to stay viable. Kodali’s insights on Poshmark and resale IPOs are also included in articles from Marketplace and Vogue Business, respectively.  Read the full article here.

Reuters: VP & Research Director Glenn O’Donnell discusses Intel’s latest earnings, and how the company might solicit US government’s support to fund chip manufacturing in the US. Glenn was also quoted about Intel in Germany’s top tier business magazine Wirtschaftswoche. Read the full article here.

Fortune. Principal Analyst Michele Pelino speaks about how a lack of financial resources is prompting many local governments to scale back investments in smart city projects. Read the full article here.

MarketWatch. Senior Analyst Jessica Liu discusses Facebook’s latest earnings, including how, despite the pandemic, the holiday quarter remained the tech giant’s biggest for ad spending. Read the full article here.

The New York Times: Senior Analyst Jessica Liu discusses how Twitter may face a hurdle when Apple debuts a new version of its mobile operating system this year that includes privacy changes potentially limiting the way advertisers track consumers. Read the full article here.

The New York Times: VP & Principal Analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee describes how luxury brands collaborating with specific artists continue to have marketing appeal: “It has a transitive property.” Read the full article here.

The Wall Street Journal: VP & Principal Analyst Brendan Witcher discusses how even though software underpinning fast food services like curbside pickup can be up and running in a few days, restaurants are seeing mixed results from these efforts, even among different operators within the same chain. Read the full article here.

BBC. Senior Forecast Analyst Satish Meena discusses the potential of the Indian online retail market, amid the ongoing rivalry between Amazon and Reliance over Future Group. Read the full article here.

Bloomberg: Principal Analyst Charlie Dai speaks about how China is taking steps to protect itself from a widening US tech ban by importing computer chips and the machines that make them. This article has also been syndicated to BloombergQuint. Read the full article here.

CNBC: VP & Principal AnalystJim Nail describes how many Super Bowl advertisers played it safe this year due to the pandemic. Nail’s insights are also included in articles from AdExchanger, Advertising Age, and DestinationCRM. Dipanjan Chatterjee, speaking with Adweek, says the pandemic’s influence over the Super Bowl means “brands aren’t looking to plop down $5.5 million on something that’s not a [...]

CNN: VP & Principal Analyst James McQuivey speaks about the commercial use cases for transparent TVs per LG’s product showcase at this year’s CES. Additional CES 2021 coverage includes pieces in IoT World Today, The Telegraph, and a French TV interview with BSMART. Read the full article here.

Wirtschaftswoche: VP & Principal Analyst Pascal Matzke weighs in on where technology in cars of the future come from and if automakers like BMW and Daimler can still play a vital role in the industry in an interview with Germany’s leading business magazine. Read the full article here.