Green shoots emerge in the restaurant industry: After a challenging 2024, executives have reason for optimism in the year ahead.
Luxury ecommerce gets a boost from wealthy shoppers: Our Industry KPIs data shows that spending from top-tier consumers offset softening aspirational demand.
Amazon strengthened its grip on ecommerce in 2024: The retailer warded off growing competition from Temu and Walmart by improving delivery speeds, offering deals, and enhancing Prime benefits.
Shoppers were willing and able to spend this holiday season: Even as consumers focused on value, sales rose 3.8% YoY from November 1 to December 24.
Value was the name of the game in 2024 as retailers scrambled to keep consumers shopping. But that wasn’t the only thing on retailers’ minds this year.
Over half (54%) of US holiday shoppers expect to give clothing or accessories as gifts this year, the most popular gift category, according to a November 2024 survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) conducted by Prosper Insights and Analytics.
Digital wallets are solving this with passwordless checkout, which will likely become the industry norm
Word-of-mouth marketing is critical to the customer acquisition process for credit cards
Back in January, the Retail Daily newsletter editors made some retail predictions for 2024. While we were right about Amazon opening fulfillment centers out of physical stores, we were wrong about more digitally native brands partnering with Amazon. Want the full rundown? Here’s how we did.
Retailers are forging closer relationships with creators. Retail media networks (RMNs) have partnered with creator networks and social platforms to satisfy advertiser demands for incrementality and stay relevant as shopping becomes more social.
From revolutionizing logistics and digital payments to capturing a major share of ecommerce and retail media ad revenues, Mercado Libre has profoundly reshaped Latin America’s digital economy.
One-third of consumers drank more nonalcoholic beverages this year: Nonalcoholic beer is the fastest-growing sector of the sluggish beer market.
Delinquencies, co-brand movement, and the biggest mega-merger yet are just some of the things that will shape the new year.
From a slew of major partnerships to our forecasts for slower user growth, we look at the biggest BNPL trends of 2024—and what they mean for 2025.
Traveling for the holidays? Here are four episodes of our "Reimagining Retail" podcast for your listening pleasure.
Companies implemented the tech for hyperpersonalization, AI chatbots, fraud prevention, and other use cases
The office of the Delaware State Bank Commissioner granted its approval, leaving just stakeholders and federal regulators to decide the deal’s fate.
TikTok is driving social commerce sales and buyer growth: The platform’s popularity and influence with Gen Zers contributed to its 2024 successes. We look at how that could change in 2025.
Temu and Shein won over cost-conscious shoppers in 2024: But regulatory concerns over tax loopholes, product safety, and labor practices could weigh on growth in 2025.
Consumers focused on value in 2024: Retailers and brands like Aldi, e.l.f. Beauty, Temu, and Walmart benefited from consumers' growing cost consciousness.