Retail & Ecommerce

Christmas deals may be the new Thanksgiving tradition: While some retailers are offering Black Friday deals early to avoid supply chain bottlenecks, others are following Amazon’s lead of pulling the holiday shopping season forward.

Its focus on attracting large and diverse businesses cushioned revenues and volume. Now, it's looking to BNPL, cryptos, and Cash App.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been growing in importance to holiday ecommerce for more than a decade, despite the persistent myth that early holiday promotions would pull demand forward to take the wind out of these promotions.

At Web Summit 2021, we caught up with Anthony Marino, president of online consignment and thrift store thredUP, to discuss the secondhand market’s growth, how resale drives sustainability , and how the company is expanding its footprint with its resale as a service offering.

Square opened its Cash App ecosystem to 13-17 year olds under parental supervision in the hopes of creating life-long users.

Just 7% of US adults are very likely to use buy now, pay later (BNPL) services this holiday season.

Digital items are making millions in the metaverse: Pop star Zara Larsson sold more than $1 million in digital items on Roblox, promising news for marketers dipping their toes into the virtual waters.

Allbirds’ shares soar in its stock market debut: The success shows that consumers increasingly want to transact with environmentally responsible and sustainable companies.

Insider Intelligence spoke with Reham Fagiri, co-founder and CEO of NYC-based AptDeco, an ecommerce platform that enables individuals to sell and buy used furniture.

Despite posting mixed revenues, both firms delivered strong digital volume results in Q3—which may be key to keeping competition at bay.