Retail & Ecommerce

Neighborhood Goods saw 270% growth in Food & Beverage, capping strong 2021: Despite industry store closures, the experiential retailer demonstrates that brick and mortar is still unparalleled as a place for brand discovery.

Tapping into high-demand sectors lets Amex start a long-term engagement pipeline, grab younger users, and improve competitive positioning.

On this episode of Brand Anatomy, where we get exclusive looks inside leading brands, Briefing director Jeremy Goldman sits down with Matt Alexander, co-founder and CEO of Neighborhood Goods, to discuss 2021 growth metrics, how sampling and discovery come to life in a retail environment, and Neighborhood Goods' expansion plans for 2022.

The Great Resignation is having a significant impact on retail: Retailers are feeling pressure to boost pay and benefits for both corporate workers and store employees.

The banks knocked Block and PayPal down to third and fourth place thanks to a stronger digital focus.

Google’s EU antitrust woes multiply: Sweden’s PriceRunner sues Google for skewing search results toward its own shopping service. The move could prompt more legal action from European shopping services.

Ecommerce sales in Canada will reach $79.80 billion in 2022, up 10.4% year over year (YoY).

Cyber Week was the biggest ecommerce week of the US holiday season in 2021, accounting for 23% of the online gross merchandise value (GMV) from that period. The week of December 12 was the second biggest, contributing a much smaller share, with 13% of ecommerce GMV.

On today's episode, we discuss the reasons the metaverse will get held back and why it might not end up being the next version of the internet. Then for "In Other News," we talk about the main reason shoppers abandon their carts and why people buy things on Amazon. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Andrew Lipsman.

Snap and Pinterest reported profits, sidestepping other social platforms’ woes: Both companies are banking on augmented reality and social commerce to lift them above competitors.

Property developer Simon hopes to make malls into dining destinations: As consumers prioritize flexibility and convenience, mall operators are having to rethink the physical retail experience.

PayPal said the accounts were linked to user acquisition campaigns—here’s what our forecasts say about the firm’s user base.