What, you don’t think ad agencies acquiring tech resources is a trend? Here’s more evidence: full service agency HY Connect just announced acquisition of Merge Design + Interactive, a specialist in building Web sites, mobile apps, social campaigns, and all other things digital. Acquisitions like this happen all the time. Trust.me.
It only took United Airlines two days to determine it’s a bad idea to physically beat your customers (although it’s more likely they decided what’s bad is getting caught).
Ecommerce platform Magento has added new B2B capabilities including corporate account management, custom catalogs, real time inventory access, and backend integration with ERP, CRM, and other systems. Other announcements made at the company’s customer summit last week include: enhanced content management and social media features, integration with the Nostro personalization engine, and advanced shipping features.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.