Retailers are struggling in the face of online competition. But it’s not hopeless: a study from Trendsource finds that most consumers still prefer in-store shopping, even for electronics. Not surprisingly, “getting the items immediately” was the biggest reason to buy in person. Help from store staff was somewhere in the middle while in-store technology and social interaction were dead last.

OnePulse is a social media community app that takes surveys for marketers. That puts them in the same neighborhood as Lithium and Market Logic. But they must have a smaller apartment, since they just announced a modest $2 million in new funding (bringing their total to $3 million) ahead of their U.S. launch.

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.