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Foreign carmakers in China face ‘increasingly precarious’ position, consultancy states

Newly produced electric vehicles are being seen at Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on December 31, 2023.Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — New tariffs on Chinese electric cars aren’t enough to help foreign automakers stay competitive, especially in the lucrative China market, according to consulting firm AlixPartners.China is the world’s largest auto market.…

Florida Recommends PRIDE & PREJUDICE to Read about ‘American Pride.’ Not joking.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Florida Recommends Pride & Prejudice to Read about ‘American Pride.’ Florida, ground-zero for book-banning and censorship, continues to fumble…

Advertisement officers noise the alarm over Google’s dangerous Privacy Sandbox terms

Add contractual landmines to marketers’ growing gripes with Google’s third-party cookie alternatives.Turns out, if its tech stumbles and a company’s profits plummet, guess who’s left footing the bill? Yep, not Google. The companies diving into these alternatives (aka the Privacy Sandbox) are on their own, with no Google-sized safety net in sight.  While many ad…

Confessions of a DTC financier on the problem of dealing with the ‘increasingly typical’ founder-influencer

This article is part of our Confessions series, in which we trade anonymity for candor to get an unvarnished look at the people, processes and problems inside the industry. More from the series →The rise of the founder-influencer has been commonplace in recent years, especially for direct-to-consumer brands. As founders grow their brands they at…

‘Everything is AI now’: Amid AI truth check, firms browse information security, stability and fairness

The future of the generative AI hype cycle is up in the air, especially after a report from Goldman Sachs questioning the actual value of AI tools. Still, these tools and platforms, whether they’re built on generative AI or glorified machine learning, have flooded the marketplace. In response, agencies are wading through them via sandboxes…