Amazon had another record Prime Day: While shoppers spent enthusiastically, their price consciousness was on full display as BNPL usage, comparison shopping increased.
Price increases caused PepsiCo, Conagra sales volumes to drop: CPG companies have to tread carefully as private label sales gain share.
The IPO market is beginning to thaw: A years-long freeze is starting to change as Liquid Death and Skims look to go public.
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing reported a surge in overseas revenues: The strong results drove the company to raise its full-year outlook.
But hurdles like technological resiliency and interoperability still stand in the way of mass adoption
Adyen joined the ranks of providers launching Tap to Pay for both Android and iPhone devices
The bank faces $250 million in fines and reimbursements for illegal business practices, which may dampen consumer trust
The US economy has positive momentum: Wages are rising faster than inflation, which eased to its slowest pace in over two years in June.
Arecession would put more than $200 billion in credit card issuer revenues at risk. Issuers must be fully prepared for weakened consumers hobbled by unemployment, depleted savings, and extra debt payments. And they should prepare for the toll that deteriorating credit card spending and loan risk could take on charge-off rates, merchant fee revenues, and interest income
Roku and Shopify team up on shoppable ads: Viewers will be able to purchase items from Shopify merchants directly from their TVs.
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss why beauty is doing so much better than the rest of retail, how we've seen the "lipstick effect" play out, and how beauty shopping habits are changing. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank our top four beauty brand marketing strategies other retailers can learn from. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and Carina Perkins.
Domino’s will soon list its menus on Uber Eats and Postmates: The pizza company sees the apps as a means to drive incremental revenues.
Both Amazon and its payment partners can benefit from the massive sales event
The bank will nab the portfolio from Barclays in 2025. Here’s how it could benefit from Lufthansa’s massive customer base
They partnered with EV charging platform Virta to become early market movers
Amazon Prime Day is off to a good start: Average order size so far is up over 7.7% compared with 2022; we expect total sales to top $8 billion.
Brands must ensure they’re aligned on their target audience and objectives while also using data to support their decisions. In addition, digital dollars can do double duty by amplifying in-store performance.
High food prices push shoppers to buy private labels: Store brands accounted for a record share of grocery purchases in the first half of the year.
Bud Light’s popularity plummets: The brand’s multiple missteps related to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney have driven consumers to other brands.
eBay’s growth strategy relies on fashion resale: The company’s acquisition of authentication platform Certilogo will enable it to scale up its offerings without damaging consumer trust.