CPGs stick with price hikes despite private label pressures: Unilever and Nestlé were the latest companies to report disappointing Q2 sales as shoppers seek value.
Hasbro and Mattel smell opportunity despite category headwinds: Both companies expect performance to improve in the second half of the year, driven by kidult demand and their IPs.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss this years Prime Day. Was Amazon's ad platform breaking on the day a big deal, how other retailers event day behavior is changing, and how the shopping holiday is impacting the back-to-school season. Listen to the conversation with our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sarah Marzano and Zak Stambor.
50% of US shoppers use retail apps to get the best prices, according to a May 2024 SPAR Group report.
Best Buy looks to distinguish itself from the competition: The struggling retailer refreshes its online and offline presences to turn around its two-year slump.
Retail foot traffic is bouncing back, especially in malls, thanks to diverse tenant mixes and engaging experiences that attract shoppers, Ethan Chernofsky, senior vice president of marketing at Placer.ai, said during a recent EMARKETER webinar. The pandemic’s lasting influence has also changed how we shop, with more people visiting multiple grocery stores for the best deals and quality, while small-format stores are helping retailers meet local needs.
Office furniture demand grows as RTO pushes gain intensity: The increase in “office busyness” is also benefiting surrounding restaurants and retailers.
Saks makes San Francisco store appointment-only as part of focus on luxury consumers: While the move will make it harder for shoppers to wander in, it could deter theft and reduce operating costs.
EV sales growth slowed significantly in the first half of the year: Many consumers remain skeptical about the technology, driving Tesla, GM, and Ford to shift gears.
“Google will account for over half of search ad spending this year, but Google's not the perfect fit for every query that every person could ever ask,” our analyst Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf said on a recent EMARKETER webinar. “It never has been, and now consumers are also going elsewhere to satisfy their search needs.”
Transferring some Walmart cardholders to Quicksilver will help it capture more consumer spend and retain customers as the Walmart tie-up ends
The launch helps the NPCI expand the UPI’s use cases and can boost the payment method’s fast-growing volume
That may damage its customer relationships and prove costly when the UK’s new fraud rules go into effect
FTC wants to know how companies use AI to adjust prices: “Surveillance pricing” targets prices to individual consumers, which is a bad look for retailers.
Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program lost share across nine of the top 10 consumer packaged goods (CPG) categories between 2023 and 2024, according to June data from Numerator.
Although price is crucial in back-to-school shopping this year, consumers are ready to spend. Discounting will be essential for retailers to secure their share of back-to-school sales, as will employing omnichannel strategies to connect the physical and digital experience.
Albertsons’ same-store sales rose 1.4% in Q1: The grocer expects headwinds due to the confluence of rising labor costs, declining margins, and the cycling of food inflation.
TikTok Shop reverses course on European expansion yet again: The marketplace will launch in Spain and Ireland as early as October as it tries to catch up with its competitors.
LVMH’s growth cooled in Q2 as consumers reorient spending: While the weak yen boosted international sales, price hikes are turning off aspirational shoppers.
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