Retail & Ecommerce
Retailers believe that early birds and primetime shoppers are the most important holiday audience. Procrastinators? Not so much.
First books, now … mattresses? Amazon and a host of new brands are shaking up the mattress industry and remaking the customer journey. eMarketer’s Andrew Lipsman lays out the facts and data.
A new National Retail Federation study examines what it is calling "value shoppers," the 89% of US consumers who frequent discount retailers. With a figure that high, this behavior transcends gender, region, income and age.
Everyone knows shoppers love discounts, but how do they find them and which channels do they prefer?
Hossein Rahnama, founder and CEO of fintech AI firm Flybits, explains the benefits and challenges of virtual assistants for brands in Canada.
For the 2018 holiday season, eMarketer expects total US retail sales to grow 4.1% to $986.8 billion, with ecommerce jumping 16.2% to $123.4 billion.
Every week on eMarketer’s “Behind the Numbers” podcast, we take a few minutes to discuss some of the most intriguing headlines of the past seven days. This week, some of the topics we’re talking about include a security breach at Facebook that exposed roughly 50 million accounts and how Amazon has increased its minimum wage to $15 an hour.
More than half of respondents (54%) plan to shop for premium groceries this holiday season, according to a recent survey from Accenture.
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands—encompassing everything from startups like Billie offering women's razor subscriptions to Casper, the once online-only mattress company that has products now being sold at Target—have been growing in popularity for a variety of reasons.
Based on consumer surveys, the holiday season is shaping up to be more mobile-driven and social media-influenced than in years past. According to PwC, the 2018 holiday shopping period is on track to be one of the strongest since 2005.
About one-third of publishers are using CMPs to collect and store their user consent data in an attempt to avoid fines for data misuse.
Social media is hardly synonymous with shopping, but that hasn't stopped social platforms from positioning themselves as pseudo-retailers.
Nearly half of US internet users surveyed by Periscope By McKinsey said they plan to shop for Black Friday deals online.
Consumer sentiment indicates that shoppers are feeling flush this holiday season. More are confident about the economy and plan to up their gift spending this year. According to a September 2018 Field Agent study, US holiday shoppers said they would spend more in all holiday categories, including gifts, groceries for meals and decorations.
US spending on pet care continues to rise. Why? Pet food trends follow human fancies, which means a growing focus on wellness that has extended to furry members of the family.
If you think consumers want brands to be neutral on social issues, you would be wrong. Belief-driven buyers—consumers who choose, switch, avoid or boycott a brand based on its stand on societal issues—are the majority in 2018.
Ryan Fagan, director of sales and operations planning at Lowe’s, spoke about how the home-improvement brand overhauled the way it verifies which customers are eligible for discounts.
Subscription boxes are still a popular ecommerce segment despite shoppers not fully embracing them. For consumers, they fill needs from convenience to variety. Attrition is high, though. Once the novelty wears off, some start to question a subscription box's value and lack of flexibility.
Jaime Bettencourt, senior vice president of premier sales and account management at Mood Media, explains why retailers shouldn't neglect the brick-and-mortar experience.
Focusing on the holiday season is important, but incorporating the data you've collected year-round will likely make it more actionable. George Gallate, principal at MKTG2.U, spoke with eMarketer's Danielle Drolet about how retailers can leverage the data they've collected throughout the year for an effective holiday customer experience.