Snap’s slowdown stirs doubt on redesign, triggering share plunge


Snap Inc's chief executive Evan Spiegel said the company was launching the redesign after hearing for years that Snapchat was difficult to understand or hard to use. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: Snapchat’s redesign isn’t working.

In November, parent company Snap Inc embarked on a dramatic reorganisation of its mobile photo-sharing app to combat sluggish growth. But once the update reached all of Snapchat’s users in the first quarter, user additions and sales slowed even further amid a public revolt over the new design.

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