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Adobe reported record-breaking online holiday shopping data for the 2024 season (Nov. 1 - Dec. 31), with consumers spending $241.4 billion, up 8.7% year-over-year. Mobile shopping reached a new milestone, accounting for 54.5% of online transactions. Electronics ($55.3B), apparel ($45.6B), and furniture/home goods ($29.2B) drove 54% of total spending.

Strong discounts attracted price-sensitive shoppers, with electronics seeing peak discounts of 30.1%. The season saw a 1,300% increase in traffic from generative AI-powered chatbots, with Cyber Monday experiencing the highest growth. 'Buy Now, Pay Later' usage hit an all-time high of $18.2 billion, up 9.6% YoY, with 79.1% of these transactions made through smartphones.

Adobe (ADBE) reported strong financial results for Q4 and fiscal year 2024. The company achieved record revenue of $21.51 billion for FY2024, representing 11% year-over-year growth. Q4 revenue reached $5.61 billion, with diluted earnings per share of $3.79 (GAAP) and $4.81 (non-GAAP).

Key highlights include record Q4 operating cash flows of $2.92 billion and record Remaining Performance Obligations (RPO) of $19.96 billion. Digital Media segment revenue grew 12% to $4.15 billion in Q4, while Digital Experience segment revenue increased 10% to $1.40 billion. The company repurchased approximately 17.5 million shares during the fiscal year.

For FY2025, Adobe targets revenue between $23.30 billion to $23.55 billion, with Digital Media segment revenue projected at $17.25-17.40 billion.

Box (NYSE: BOX) and Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) announced a partnership integrating Adobe Express as the default image editor in Box's platform. This integration allows Box users to create and edit visual content directly within Box's secure environment without requiring a separate Adobe Express subscription.

The partnership enables users to perform tasks like image cropping, resizing, filtering, and background removal using Adobe Express's AI-powered features. The companies plan to expand capabilities to include video editing and AI-generated image creation using Firefly AI technology. Adobe Express features are designed to be commercially safe for enterprise use.

This integration builds upon Box and Adobe's decade-long partnership, which includes integrations across Adobe Document Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Creative Cloud.

Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced it will release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 earnings results after market close on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. The company will host a conference call with investors from 2-3 p.m. Pacific Time on the same day.

The conference call will be available via live stream on the Adobe Investor Relations Site, where a recording and related materials will be accessible afterward. Adobe utilizes its website as a primary channel for distributing important company information.

Adobe (ADBE) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced an expanded partnership to make Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) available on AWS. This integration will enable brands to deliver personalized customer experiences through deep insights and real-time interactions across channels. The partnership includes AEP-powered applications like Adobe Real-Time CDP, Journey Optimizer, and Customer Journey Analytics on AWS.

The joint offering will provide brands with centralized AEP-driven insights and workflows on AWS's cloud infrastructure, offering enhanced flexibility and scale. Major brands including Coca-Cola, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Marriott International currently use AEP for customer experience management. The solution will be available through Adobe and AWS Marketplace in 2025.

Adobe has appointed Lara Balazs as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, reporting to CEO Shantanu Narayen. Balazs joins from Intuit, where she served as CMO and General Manager of Strategic Partner Group, successfully transforming the company's brand and go-to-market activities. In her new role, she will lead Adobe's Global Marketing Organization, overseeing the company's brand, Adobe.com, events, campaigns, communications, social media, and marketing operations. Her extensive experience includes leadership positions at Amazon, Visa, and Nike, where she drove significant growth initiatives and digital transformation projects.

Adobe unveiled over 100 new Creative Cloud features at Adobe MAX 2024, including AI-powered capabilities using Adobe Firefly. Key announcements include:

1. Firefly Video Model (beta) for generating and editing video content
2. Improved Firefly Image 3 Model with 4x faster image generation
3. Enhanced Firefly Vector Model (beta) for Adobe Illustrator
4. New features in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Frame.io
5. GenStudio for Performance Marketing now generally available

Adobe also committed to helping 30 million learners develop AI literacy and content creation skills, and donated $1M to support Florida hurricane recovery efforts.

Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced a new global initiative at Adobe MAX 2024 to expand its Digital Academy, aiming to equip 30 million next-generation learners with AI literacy, content creation, and digital marketing skills by 2030. The program will offer training, certifications, and access to Adobe Express through collaborations with Coursera, NGOs, schools, and alternative education organizations.

Adobe has committed over $100 million this year in donations, scholarships, product access, and partnerships. The initiative includes curricula on Generative AI Content Creation, Creative & AI Skills, Social Media Content, and Content Marketing. Courses are available on Coursera, with $250,000 in scholarship licenses for the first year. Adobe is also expanding partnerships with NGOs and General Assembly to create direct career pathways.

Adobe has expanded its Firefly family of creative generative AI models to include video, alongside enhancements to its Image, Vector, and Design models. The Firefly Video Model, now in public beta, is designed to be safe for commercial use. Since March 2023, Firefly has generated over 13 billion images, with a 6 billion increase in the past six months.

New offerings include Generative Extend for video editing in Premiere Pro, Text to Video & Image to Video capabilities in the Firefly web app, and Firefly Image 3 enhancements for faster image generation. Adobe also introduced Generative Workspace in Photoshop and advancements to the Firefly Vector Model in Illustrator.

For enterprises, Adobe unveiled new offerings including Dubbing and Lip Sync and 'Bulk Create, Powered by Firefly Services' to scale production workflows. Adobe continues to prioritize responsible innovation, training Firefly on licensed content and applying Content Credentials to indicate the use of generative AI.