Spotify's Shopify integration brings shopping in-app—is social commerce the end goal? Spotify is separately pursuing ecommerce and social audio and could eventually look to unite the two.
Pinterest's new TikTok-like feature is more of a video discovery tool than an outright clone: Videos on the new Watch tab won't be separate from normal in-feed videos, so marketers don't need to develop entirely new campaigns around the feature like they had to with Instagram Reels.
YouTube is carving into social commerce and TV measurement: The platform is leveraging both its deep pool of creators and large TV-based audience to get a leg up on competitors.
Starbucks is reportedly considering cashierless cafes using Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech, and Instacart will acquire smart cart provider Caper AI.
Gen Z is the most likely age group among US adults to travel this holiday season, with 59% of those ages 18 to 24 saying they’ll probably venture to other places.
On today's episode, we discuss our holiday shopping expectations, the differences between this year and last, and where people are shopping. We then talk about how shipping delays will change holiday shopping this year and what the major theme of retail media will be in 2022. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Andrew Lipsman.
Gorillas’ $1 billion raise underscores the market opportunity for last-mile and fast grocery services: The US and EU markets are both heating up, putting pressure on Amazon and Instacart—but is the category sustainable?
Synchrony reported a 16% YoY jump in purchase volume in Q3—partnering with Fiserv’s Clover and a new BNPL solution can sustain that growth.
US holiday retail sales in 2021 will see the strongest growth in more than 20 years, rising 9.0% from last year to $1.147 trillion.
Walmart tries SMS shopping again, this time backed by AI and customer data: It will use the same conversational commerce tech that helped make its voice-assisted shopping successful.
Retailers are opening, not closing, physical stores: While the pandemic was a major boon for ecommerce, brick-and-mortar openings suggest retailers don’t expect physical shopping to disappear anytime soon.
Lawmakers claim the company may have misled them on its policy toward using third-party data to create copycats and give preference to its own products.
Klarna implemented a number of changes to make its UK business more transparent and limit consumer BNPL risks.