More than 75 companies are now providing scheduling solutions, resulting in a super fragmented marketplace where no single company has even five percent of the existing market. One by-product of…
Local On-Demand Economy (LODE) apps were the largest recipient of VC funding in 2014. And it makes sense given the favorable unit economics that LODE services can accomplish, along with…
The 2022 midterm elections, like fall, are fast approaching and some areas of the U.S. are going to be inundated with more political advertising than others, according to data from…
In this edition of BIA Advisory Services’ Vantage Points series, Emilee Bond, director of the media vertical at Revenue Analytics has a conversation with BIA's managing director, Rick Ducey, about using…
In this edition of BIA Advisory Services’ Vantage Points series, Robert Hawthorne, president of Hawthorne Search is our guest and he shares his perspective on how the pandemic will have a lasting impact…
Virtual reality is assumed to be a gaming technology and most people expect it to be proven first with game enthusiasts. But the real economic opportunity for VR lies in…
In the sexy topic of on-demand, business models hinge on a decidedly unsexy feature: logistics. Logistical systems -- like Uber's matching algorithm -- connect buyer & seller and execute fulfillment or…
BIA/Kelsey NOW | Seattle, our second local, on-demand economy (LODE) conference, kicked off last Thursday with a short explanation of the emerging technical, design, demographic and work arrangements that are…
What will "phase II" of the local on-demand economy (LODE) look like, and what were the lessons learned from phase I? Among other things, we're seeing retraction, unicorn valuation adjustments,…
Tomorrow's the day. BIA/Kelsey hosts our second Local, On-Demand Economy (LODE) event, NOW | Seattle, beginning at 8:30 AM with a short explainer on the evolution of local commerce and…