As the online BNPL space saturates, Afterpay and Klarna are turning to in-store partners to fuel growth.
On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how retailers build a sense of urgency and the goals of retailer-specific holidays beyond just sales. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top three examples of effective retail holiday marketing and discuss a miss. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Suzy Davidkhanian and Briefings director Jeremy Goldman.
The rapid delivery dream is fading: Gopuff is the latest startup to scale back operations.
Walmart uses EV deal to strike out at Amazon: The big-box retailer’s agreement with Canoo explicitly prevents the automaker from selling to the ecommerce giant.
Cable is dead. Long live cable: YouTube TV surpasses five million users at a time when cable subscriptions are on the decline.
Social issues can pose opportunities and hurdles for marketers: Brands must exercise care when taking a stand on social issues, recognizing that insincerity can alienate consumers.
The neobank launched its BNPL product in Ireland ahead of a wider continental rollout.
Economic uncertainty is driving retailers to lay off staff: Victoria’s Secret, GameStop, Tonal, and Spring are among the companies that have cut staff in recent weeks.
Kroger finds an ideal time to expand its membership program: Boost by Kroger targets time-stressed shoppers who are also feeling the pinch of rising inflation.
Insider Intelligence spoke with Stacey Howe, vice president of ecommerce at Cotopaxi, about running an outdoor gear brand with human sustainability and its approach to retail expansion.
Not all venture funding has dried up: Former Snap executive Imran Khan’s luxury ecommerce site Verishop raised $40 million in a Series B funding round.
Zip said it plans to focus on its core business instead—we look at what it means for both providers.
In 2023, 5.5 million US adults will use cryptocurrency to make payments, a jump of more than 350% in three years. That said, this figure represents a meager 2.3% of US internet users, showing that crypto payments are far from mainstream.
PepsiCo and Costco take opposing approaches to inflation: The CPG giant is relying on higher prices to mitigate cost increases while the retailer focuses on retaining cost-conscious shoppers.
US inflation hit a new four-decade high in June: That’s causing some consumers to pull back on spending and others to wait for sales events such as Prime Day.