Priced for one buyer, wanted by many: management describes new sources of demand converging on the same thing it already
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2023 call → NOWe need answer YES/NO based on transcript. Need determine if management describes demand for same thing company already makes coming from more than one direction, widening recently, and management responding with steps, numbers lag. Transcript: Perion digital advertising. They discuss growth in Search, Display, Video, CTV, Retail Media. They have diversification. But question asks: demand for same thing company already makes or does now coming from more than one direction? Is there convergence on existing offering? Management describes growth in various segments. But is it same output? They have multiple products. Need see if management says existing offering has widened demand base. They mention SORT, Retail Media, CTV. But are these new sources of demand for same thing? They are different products/channels. The question is about one coherent development where existing output wanted by several different kinds of buyer. Management describes diversification across channels, not necessarily same output. They say "strategic diversification business model" and "follow digital advertising budgets as they shift between channels". That suggests they have multiple offerings, not convergence on same thing. Also they mention Retail Media uses data and AI to create ads. But is that existing? They have been doing it. They say Retail Media business continued to accelerate growing 63%, accounting for 10% of Display Advertising revenue. That's growth, but is it new sources? They have retailers like Kroger etc. But not necessarily widening of demand for same product? They are expanding into verticals. They say "expand our Display Advertising solution into other verticals such as Retail" - that is new verticals for existing solution? Actually Display Advertising solution already exists, now applied to Retail. That could be widening: same product (display ads) now used by retail vertical. But is that recent? They have been doing Retail Media for a while. They mention "Retail Media business continued to accelerate" - so it's existing. But question asks if demand base has recently widened and new sources are real. They mention "we are constantly looking to add more and more publishers" for Search. That's supply side, not demand. For Display, they are expanding into verticals. But is there convergence? They have multiple channels: Search, Display, Video, CTV, Retail Media.
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