Retail & Ecommerce

We spoke with Pat Bigatel, general manager of Amazon ShopLocal, which helps third-party sellers reach more customers by listing products in Amazon’s store and offering local customers the opportunity for same-day order pickup. Amazon Local Selling launched in October 2021 as a way to extend support to local retailers.

Latin America leads in cryptocurrency ownership, with 30% of adults there holding the digital assets. Within the region, ownership jumps as high as 45% in Argentina.

Enabling cryptos into products like Apple Pay and Apple Card could open up monetization and engagement opportunities.

In this Meet the Analyst Webinar, Suzy Davidkhanian, eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence, revealed our new retail ecommerce sales estimates for 2022 and beyond

While Amazon has the largest share of holiday ecommerce sales this year at 41.9%, Apple will post the strongest growth at 36.9%.

Amazon is adding Venmo as a payment method to reach younger shoppers: The partnership marks progress in PayPal’s efforts to monetize the mobile app and may pave the way for similar deals.

Amazon customers will be able to checkout with Venmo in 2022, which should drive the app’s revenues.

Social media platforms are racing to attract creators with monetization tools to drive a social commerce wave: Instagram’s new creator subscriptions are a way for the platform to offer money to creators outside of brand deals.