TikTok woos brands and merchants with a new social commerce app: As competition with Instagram heats up, TikTok speeds up product development.
US ecommerce sales will surpass $1 trillion annually in 2022, up 15.9% from this year.
When it comes to Christmas shopping, the biggest priority among UK consumers is avoiding crowds, cited by 32% of those 18 and older.
Social commerce has shortened the path to purchase, allowing consumers to move through the purchase journey from discovery to checkout within one app.
The desire for sustainability extends to search engines, ads: A new report suggests consumers are ready to switch to sustainable search engines and opt out of ads that aren’t environmentally friendly.
Nova Credit transfers immigrants’ credit histories into the US financial system so Amex can reach a hard-to-tap consumer segment.
On the inaugural episode of this brand new Behind the Numbers show, Reimagining Retail, we sent our analysts out holiday shopping to see how things looked and felt to them. Co-hosts and principal analysts at Insider Intelligence Suzy Davidkhanian and Andrew Lipsman discuss how the holiday shopping season is going so far, what their personal experiences were like, and what they found to be the good, the bad, and the surprising of in-store shopping this year.
Nearly three-quarters of US adults will likely use standard delivery for their purchases this holiday season.
Buying new bedding is often triggered by necessity or a life event, and when that sale happens online, creating a sensorial experience is critical. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on D2C with Boll & Branch CMO Jonathan Bottomley to hear why great customer service paired with inspirational and educational content helps retain existing customers and prompt future sales.
Canada’s Generation Z—the kids and young adults in the country born between 1997 and 2012—is a lucrative demographic for brands, especially as it ages into higher levels of income.
eBay’s technical difficulties are the least of its worries: Though eBay remains in second place (behind Amazon) in retail marketplace sales, slowing growth and new competitors could be a thorn in its side in the long term.
7 observations from Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2021: Buy Now Pay Later, SMS Marketing, BOPIS are highlights in an uneven holiday season.
Kueski offers consumer installment lending in Mexico, and Nigeria-based TradeDepot offers B2B BNPL for online merchants.
Although eMarketer forecasts that direct-to-consumer (D2C) purchases will only account for 2.5% of total retail sales in 2022, these brands have challenged and successfully disrupted the retail industry by curating every interaction with customers.