FedEx’s Q1 earnings raise more questions than answers: The company blamed a global slowdown, overexpansion, and inflated operating costs for its poor quarter, despite posting record revenues a few months prior.
Social commerce experienced two years of exceptional growth amid the pandemic, and while growth in the number of social buyers is slowing, the amount of social commerce sales is still rising rapidly, said our analyst Jasmine Enberg on a "Behind the Numbers" podcast.
Walmart’s holiday messaging focuses on convenience and value: The retailer introduces three new returns options and price rollbacks in key categories.
Insider Intelligence spoke with Kate Biancamano, director of events and experiential marketing at Sephora, about expanding the beauty brand’s offerings into the virtual world.
Affirm can maintain its market lead by working with the country’s largest etailer, and Amazon can use a growing payment method to avoid bleeding customers to rivals.
For the marketing and retail sectors, it’s not all bad news: despite inflation and uncertainty, a number of positive signs suggest marketers would be wise to not overcorrect.
Retailers face the prospect of a lackluster holiday season: That’s caused Walmart to significantly cut back on holiday hires, while Target hopes its ecommerce strategy will lure deal-seeking shoppers.
Home goods retailers feel the ripple effects of the housing recession: As the housing market slows, so does consumer spending on home-related items such as appliances and furniture.
It rolled out a simpler tech stack with UPI Lite and introduced credit card linking, which can aid its global expansion efforts.
Pinduoduo’s US launch is off to a positive start: The ecommerce platform plans to invest billions into its cross-border business as China’s economy slows.
Panera Bread brings personalized rewards to its nearly 48 million loyalty members: The chain hopes that moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach will encourage more signups and spending.
Stitch Fix ended its 2022 fiscal year on a less-than-stellar note.
Drizly is the latest company to roll out an ad network: The Uber-owned alcohol delivery service’s ad products may enable advertisers to run finely targeted multimedia campaigns.
With grocery prices soaring, shoppers are looking to save: That’s providing a prime opportunity for discount grocers such as Aldi and Lidl.