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.
Prime Day swoops in to fill the personal data vacuum: The two-day sales event is a chance for Amazon to eat up more of the digital ad market.
Kroger’s retail media ambitions enter a new phase: Pacvue releases its third-party solution for optimizing, automating across the grocer’s digital ad inventory.
Canada internet goes dark: A router malfunction at Rogers takes out a quarter of Canada’s network, affecting key services and exposing the danger of consolidation and a lack of competition in network providers.