Global smartphone shipments fell 20% year-on-year (YoY) to 254.7 million units in 3Q26, according to Omdia , marking the lowest third-quarter shipment volume since 2013. Rising smartphone prices continued to weigh on consumer demand, particularly in emerging markets. Distributors and retailers also remained cautious about replenishing inventory ahead of the holiday season, as higher device costs increased working capital requirements and limited stocking volumes. This press release features mult...

Built with Google Cloud and Gemini for business, NIQ and Google commit to transforming AI-driven product discovery, availability, and measurement Today, NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ) and Google announced a broad collaboration to advance agentic commerce, aiming to bring NIQ’s global retail and product intelligence together with Google’s AI commerce ecosystem to improve product discovery and local availability. NIQ and Google are looking to complement Google's extensive Shopping Graph of more than 60 bil...

Joseph Assad was never indicted or tried; arrest and detention orders have been withdrawn following proceedings that damaged his reputation for nearly a decade Montenegro has terminated all criminal and financial proceedings against former CIA counterterrorism officer Joseph Assad after determining that the evidence did not establish reasonable suspicion that he committed any criminal offence. Mr. Assad was never indicted or tried. Montenegro's courts have now withdrawn the arrest and pretrial d...