This LinkedIn report asked some questions whose answers should have been obvious, but turned out to be mixed.   Would you have expected that just 48% of B2B buyers won’t buy from sellers who offer misleading information, or that just 54% of sellers say sales tools help them close more deals?  In other words: half of buyers will purchase from sellers they know are dishonest and nearly half of sellers think sales tools don’t work.  Definitely unexpected.

Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation.  The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.