In a move that seems to be somewhat GDPR related, Lithium announced it is shutting down its Klout social media influence scoring platform. The main reason is that Klout is no longer relevant to Lithiuum’s social media management business, although GDPR’s consent requirements may have hastened things a bit.
CDP vendor Optimove has acquired email dynamic content technology DynamicMail from native advertising vendor PowerInBox. The technology can update email content when an email is opened. Optimove says it sent more than 3 billion emails last year.
At least everyone trusts Amazon, right? Well, CPC Strategy did find that 53% of shoppers are more comfortable buying unfamiliar brands on Amazon than anywhere else. But 70% are at least moderately concerned they’d end up with a counterfeit product on Amazon and almost 80% don’t fully trust Amazon reviews. Other interesting information on use of voice-enabled devices, how many look past the first search page, and checking prices against non-Amazon sites.
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.