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Amazon is the latest threat to Facebook as ad targeting suffers

Amazon is the latest threat to Facebook as ad targeting suffers

Amazon is the latest threat to Facebook as ad targeting suffers

For Matthew Hassett’s smart alarm clock company Loftie, the 2022 holiday shopping rush was the busiest in its five-year history despite a lackluster U.S. economy and persistent concerns of a recession.

Hassett, who’s based in New York, attributes the boon to one key decision. He reallocated his marketing budget, decreasing spending on Facebook

 and, for the first time during a holiday season, committing ad dollars to Amazon

“So many people start their shopping on Amazon,” Hassett said in an interview. “I do personally for most things. So, we have to be there.”

Read more about this at: cnbc