Home Depot hypes its Halloween decorations seven months before the holiday: Retailers look for surefire ways to push shoppers to spend when they’re pulling back on other nonessential goods.
Price cuts are helping upmarket UK grocers win back share: While grocery inflation is at a two-year low, shoppers continue to be highly responsive to deals.
NBCUniversal expands shoppable TV opportunities amid growing interest from consumers: Viewers will soon be able to order food delivery and purchase items inspired by their favorite Bravo shows.
Anta Sports is bullish on China: The sportswear company expects solid growth this year, while competitors Nike and Li Ning struggle to keep up.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of March. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Becky Schilling and Sara Lebow will defend their list against vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Zak Stambor, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.
This is a problem considering younger consumers are BNPL providers’ core targets
They expect the same digital experience online and in-store—including payment choice. We look at how retailers can respond
It could eventually force Apple to open up its NFC capabilities to other mobile wallets, disrupting industry dynamics
Asia-Pacific remained a global hotspot in 2023, with six of the top 10 fastest-growing retail ecommerce markets worldwide. In particular, China's online shopping market showed signs of resiliency, with growth rates in the double digits.
“What’s really exciting about retail media is a lot of it is uncharted territory,” said Paul Longo, general manager of retail media at Microsoft. “We’re in inning two, inning three. What’s gotten us here will not get us where things need to be.”
Payment networks provide the infrastructure (rails) through which funds flow between payers and recipients. They come in different flavors based on settlement speed, supported transaction types, costs, and operational hours.
Mobile commerce growth increases the impact of a straightforward checkout process: Half of consumers surveyed consider how easy a merchant’s checkout process is when deciding where to shop.
South Korea cracks down on Chinese ecommerce players as their influence worries local retailers: AliExpress, Temu, and others will now be subject to greater scrutiny over consumer protection measures and other business practices.
Walmart is likely to bring Vizio advertising data in-house: While the company hasn’t yet sent a clear signal, it’s time for advertisers to start preempting the change.
Offsite programmatic retail media ascendant: A 167% spike in the category will help drive US retail media to $81.6 billion by next year.
Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed as Rockstar Games calls employees back to office: It wants to boost productivity, but RTO mandates can have the opposite effect.
The US housing market perked up in February: But retailers in adjacent categories remain under pressure as housing turnover stays near a 40-year low.
Especially at the POS, US consumers have been slow to embrace digital wallets. The softPOS boom and new features could change that
Cross-border volume has driven Mastercard’s growth. China’s massive remittance volume and Alipay’s 1B users make this a fruitful deal
The tie-up can help MoneyGram capitalize on the lower costs and faster speeds open banking can bring to remittances