Amazon will increase its share of US ecommerce sales in five product categories next year, per our forecast. The biggest gains will be in health and personal care, furniture and home furnishings, and apparel and accessories.
As Texas considers sports betting, the future of a lucrative industry is at stake: FanDuel, DraftKings, others compete for dominance in a divisive, fast-growing market.
FedEx announces massive consolidation plan in a push for greater efficiency: The company will combine its Ground and Express units to eliminate redundancies and improve the customer experience.
A year in, Buy with Prime is struggling to attract retailers: Opposition from Shopify and UX limitations are keeping merchants away, despite the opportunity to reach Amazon Prime users.
It’s trying to mitigate the growing threat that card networks face at the online point-of-sale from open banking.
On today's episode, we discuss why brands should be thinking more about community; Apple rolling out its buy now, pay later offering; consumers' shipping priorities; H&M's new resale program; what in-store retail robots can do; facts about US national parks; and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood, vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, and analyst Blake Droesch.
Retailers are increasingly pessimistic about consumer spending this year: That explains why the retail industry comes in fourth for the most planned job cuts of any sector this year.
Gen Zers make up about 20% of the US population, and they’re growing up. The digitally native generation has unique shopping habits after going through the pandemic during their formative years. From TikTok to the creator economy to payments trends, here’s how our analysts predict Gen Z will change shopping.
Levi Strauss’ revenues grew 6% in Q1: But its gross margin declined thanks to high transportation costs and increased promotions to move excess inventory.
Latin American luxury sales growth is expected to decelerate this year: Mounting inflation and sluggish economic growth are at play.
Is India the next China? Retailers from Apple to Dior to Levi’s are looking to expand in the world’s fastest-growing retail market, but success isn’t guaranteed.
It added Apple Pay as a payment option for Advanced Checkout and introduced new features to streamline customer checkout.
Secondhand shopping is soaring: We expect resale volumes will grow more than twice as fast as total US retail sales through 2026.
From the explosion of ChatGPT to confusing economic indicators, the first quarter of 2023 has proven to be a mixed bag for retail. We break down major developments from the past few months and what they mean for the year ahead.
L’Oréal’s Aesop purchase is the company’s biggest yet: The beauty giant is spending $2.53 billion to stake a larger claim to the highly profitable luxury skincare category.
The company is shedding dozens of jobs while giving employees a chance to be rehired, revealing it is far more resilient than other Big Tech companies.