Warehouse club membership has its privileges: Strong sales show that consumers see these stores as a smart way to save as costs rise.
As the world's largest toy company, LEGO has built a retail empire that outpaces competitors Mattel and Hasbro combined through a sophisticated, centered multichannel strategy.
Amazon is testing non-endemic ads in its search results, which link out to products on external websites. It's a move that shows Amazon’s need to demonstrate further growth and non-endemic advertising’s potential to meet that need.
Walmart’s ad business fuels operating income growth: Retail media revenues jumped 29% driven by marketplace expansion.
While retail media networks (RMNs) sell brand safety and predictability to marketers, influencer marketing boasts direct access to loyal audiences. Pairing these two channels together, experts stress, can drive significant growth for brands. Nine in 10 US marketers plan to promote their creator partnerships via RMNs in 2025, according to an October 2024 LTK survey.
Shein is in trouble: The fast-fashion marketplace’s profits fell nearly 40% in 2024, even without the impact of de minimis changes and higher US tariffs.
Prosus to buy Just Eat Takeaway for $4.3 billion: The firm plans to reuse the playbook that drove growth at its Brazilian food delivery company iFood.
Domino’s US same-store sales rose 0.4% in Q4: The chain’s emergency pizza promotion and other offerings weren’t enough to convince cost-conscious consumers to bite.
Shoppable beauty ads lose luster: Industry KPI engagement data suggests the sector’s social commerce wave is slowing.
Ramping up marketing spend and integrating Cash App, Afterpay, and Square should put it in a stronger position in 2025
The POS provider achieved this milestone despite slowing growth due to intense competition
The solution will let the network capitalize on the quickly expanding creator economy
Post-relisting, TikTok skyrocketed past US rivals in downloads, reclaiming its dominance while RedNote, once a rising competitor, struggles to keep users.
This week, consumers are concerned about tariffs but continue shopping via mobile and on low-price retailers associated with China. Consumers are also less focused on fast delivery and flocking to Google for reviews.
Consumers are voting with their wallets: 1 in 4 has stopped shopping at their favorite stores because of politics.
Tariffs threaten Canada’s retail sales recovery: Confidence is falling as consumers brace for higher prices and economic upheaval.
Ikea thinks small: The retailer plans to open eight smaller-format stores this year to get closer to where its customers live and work.
While many users sell products via Twitch livestreams, Amazon has yet to position the platform as a rival to other social video commerce sites like TikTok Shop.
Partnering with a major BNPL player like Klarna could help Mastercard catch up to Visa’s head start
Exclusive experiences like this are helping Amex to win over millennials and Gen Zers