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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

FastSpring

As mobile game and app developers gasp for air under a player-gouging 30% duopoly-tax on nearly all mobile game revenue worldwide, Epic Games has emerged as the de facto leader of the gaming community in the fight for open computing on mobile. There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game.

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How I Think About Marketing

Kissmetrics

I thought I would let you into my mind, so you can see how I think of marketing. And what you’ll read next will probably come as a shock, as I don’t really view marketing in the same traditional way you read online. It’s a digital marketing agency where we help companies of all sizes grow. My company is NP Digital.

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FastSpring and EBANX Forge Partnership to Expand Pix Payments for Digital Products in Brazil

FastSpring

According to market data from EBANX’s annual study, Beyond Borders , Pix is projected to account for 40% of the total value of digital commerce in Brazil by 2026, tied with credit cards in market share. Adding Pix opens up the Brazilian market to new buyers who do not have internationally enabled cards.

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News: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple and Epic in Antitrust Case

FastSpring

Supreme Court denied requests to hear appeals from both Apple and Epic Games regarding the antitrust case Epic filed against Apple in 2020, Reuters reported. Further Epic Games v. Related reading about Epic vs. Apple and Epic vs. Google: Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want? In 2021, U.S.

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How Vintage Wine Estates is Uncorking New Opportunities in Alcohol Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Tech Advancements Help Alcohol Ecommerce Expand Alcohol ecommerce didn’t really pick up steam until 2005, when the Supreme Court struck down laws in New York and Michigan that banned vineyards from selling across state lines. It’s the norm for Coke; it’s the norm for Yoplait — it’s not the norm for us.”

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How to Manage Marketing Campaigns like a Financial Currency Trader

Kissmetrics

Juggling multiple marketing campaigns is stressful. Here’s the problem with digital marketing. You really don’t know which playbook, game plan, or actionable tip is going to work until you experiment. Adjusting Your Budget Based on Market Movement. As more and more people use these tactics, the market becomes saturated.

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Mirakl Rakes in $555M in New Funding as Online Marketplaces Boom

Retail TouchPoints

The company’s founders first launched an online marketplace targeted to the gaming market in 2005 that was acquired by major French retail chain Fnac in 2008, which became the basis Fnac’s own third-party marketplace. Marketplace software solution Marketplacer, based in Australia, is making inroads in the U.S.

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