September 14, 2021
Tying of “Free Goods” in Digital Platform Markets

As dominant platforms offer related services and expand into adjacent markets, there are serious concerns for anticompetitive tying that may serve to extend their market power to other markets. In...

September 13, 2021
New Study: Merchants Fight Subscription Fatigue With New Features, Flexibility

As the pandemic becomes endemic — and with the last of emergency Federal unemployment benefits having expired the week of Sept. 6 — expect more consumers to be taking stock of...

September 10, 2021
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: The Logistics Arms Race Continues, and...

The past several weeks have seen a sort of third-party logistics one-upmanship between Amazon and Walmart, culminating in this week’s report that Amazon has begun shipping cargo for outside customers...

September 08, 2021
Walmart Partners With Meredith for AI-Informed Contextual Grocery Commerce

Walmart, the world’s largest grocer, continues to be an industry leader in contextual commerce. The retailer announced on Wednesday (Sept. 8) that it is partnering with media giant Meredith Corporation...

September 08, 2021
Antitrust Brainstorming Board with Catherine Tucker

Below, we have provided the full transcript of the interview with Prof. Catherine Tucker, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT Sloan, recorded on August 12, 2021. This interview was...

September 08, 2021
Streaming App Provider Ranking Update Is a Cliffhanger This Month

In August, PYMNTS reported the following: “The largest share of U.S. cable or satellite TV users pays more than $100 per month for services,” compared to the average streaming consumer,...

September 07, 2021
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple’s App Store Policies Face Scrutiny;...

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing global scrutiny. Australia Mulls Regulations For Apple Pay, Google Pay, Other Big Tech Players The Australian government...

September 03, 2021
App Dev’s $200B Class Action Suit Against Apple Moves Forward

The $200 billion class action filed against Apple by App developer Primary Productions is moving forward in California with U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley presiding, according to Apple Insider and other media. “This...

September 02, 2021
Apple Offers Concession In Easing App Store Rules For Netflix...

Apple will let some apps like Netflix provide links to their websites for user payments, a small concession that would allow app developers to bypass the controversial 30% App Store...