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Analysis
Holiday Season Forecast: 50 Percent Of All U.S. Consumers Will Own A Smart Speaker
Even though just 17 percent use voice to initiate a one-time order for pick-up in-store, as more brands strike deals with Google and Amazon, that will likely change as well as more smart devices alter the way people initiate a purchase, an Adobe study suggests.

Analysis
Google My Business Just Made Online Discovery Easier For 2.5 Million ‘Veteran-Led’ Brick-And-Mortar Businesses
"If your business is owned, led, or founded by a veteran, you can enable this 'Veteran-Led' attribute through Google My Business, and it will appear on your Google listing alongside other details like 'Has Wifi' or 'Outdoor Seating,'" says Google Data Scientist Sean O’Keefe.
