Retail & Ecommerce

The Cyber Five will not see much US sales growth from last year. Cyber Monday will be the biggest day of this promotional period with ecommerce sales growing 3.8% year over year to $11.84 billion.

Walmart's strong revenues and sales growth owe significantly to ecommerce: We take a look at how a robust grocery business is fueling Walmart's ecommerce division.

It brought several digital payment solutions—like facial recognition and contactless payments tech—to Qatar. Here are three opportunities in the region.

Walmart takes a shot across the bow at Amazon: The retailer’s latest holiday marketing campaign aims to go after Amazon’s dominance of online shopping holidays.

Despite macroeconomic pressures in China, JD.com sees reasons for optimism: The digital retailer’s revenues grew 11.4% in Q3, far outpacing rival Alibaba.

Linktree’s payment lock feature should enable creators to better monetize their content: With social platforms starved for ad revenue growth, will they try to cut out the middleman?

Gen Z consumers expect retailers to get data privacy right: While they won’t give companies credit for having good practices in place, they will lose trust in those that don’t.

Product discovery is the top reason Gen Zers in the US buy through social media, with 45% saying they did so because they found items they liked. A comparatively low 22% cited influencers and creators, while just 16% were swayed by the company or brand name.

Profits slid 63% YoY in the three months ending in June as the government clamped down on the firm. Overseas Alipay expansion may help reinvigorate growth.

Meta wants to transform WhatsApp into a super app: It is rolling out the ability to search businesses by category, browse their catalogs, and buy without leaving the app.

Los Angeles to become robotaxis’ next proving ground: Despite the controversy surrounding AV technology, Motional and Lyft are gearing up to unleash driverless taxis on the streets of LA.