Social platforms use holiday shopping season to boost livestream ecommerce: Facebook and Pinterest are hoping the holidays can help increase consumers' adoption of their live shopping features.
Shopify’s cross-border features show it’s shifting away from smaller sellers: The platform rose to popularity in part due to supporting mom-and-pops, but its newest international-focused features show it’s going all in on its biggest clients.
How Cyber Five, Top Retailers, and Product Categories Will Perform
Fiserv notched $3.96 billion in revenues—and recent partnerships this quarter can help it shake off losing one of its processing partners.
Zip’s preholiday shopping event clocked stellar numbers, but diversification and increased credit card use might challenge BNPL growth.
Walmart’s holiday shopping will feature live video and AR: Platforms have spent the last several months launching social commerce features, and retailers are jumping on board for their busiest season.
Holiday sales in the UK this year will grow by 8.1% from last year, with ecommerce sales growth rates stabilizing after spiking in 2020.
Here’s what the data suggests regarding a return to in-person events: many business travelers are cautiously weighing travel opportunities versus the often mixed bag that is virtual events.
Insider Intelligence associate analyst Christina Obolenskaya spoke with Ricky Joshi, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Saatva, on providing "accessible luxury" products to customers. Saatva sells high-end mattresses on its ecommerce platform, as well as bedding products, bed frames, and more.
On today's episode, we discuss whether Amazon's new home robot could be the "fourth screen," the significance of the creator economy, online shopping's ceiling, how much people notice social media ads, YouTube's upcoming Holiday Stream and Shop event, the real meaning of freedom at work, an explanation of who you’ve been dreaming about, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer analyst Blake Droesch and senior analysts at Insider Intelligence Audrey Schomer and Ross Benes.
Both card networks reported quarterly gains and could see an even bigger bump in Q4 thanks to upcoming holiday shopping and new products.