Adobe

If store floors weren’t scuffed up as much this year, it’s probably because phone screens and keyboards were getting smudged. According to Adobe, online sales hit a new $9.12B record in the US, beating last-year’s $8.9B record by 2%. Throwing greens on the black: There are some interesting trends that contributed to this year’s spending …

You already know about Adobe’s imminent acquisition of Figma, that cult-status browser-based collaborative design platform, for around $20 billion in cash and stock. Here’s what you need to know: Figma launched six years ago. Designers use it universally to build high-fidelity mockups for interface design. Figma made big waves very quickly as the Sketch-killer, which, …