Retail & Ecommerce

A new way to shop: Snapchat is reportedly planning to integrate fashion recommendation app Screenshop into the platform to help spur users to make purchases through the social video app.

A majority of China’s online shoppers will buy via social: After last year’s ecommerce boom, the practice will see higher adoption than ever in 2021, driven by shoppable livestreams and WeChat Mini Programs.

Brick-and-mortar faces a permanent change coming out of the pandemic: Companies bullish on retail will need to incorporate something a bit more enticing than merchandise to draw consumers back into stores.

US click-and-collect sales more than doubled in 2020 and will sustain double-digit growth rates over the next four years, according to our latest forecast. We estimate that US shoppers spent $72.46 billion via click and collect last year, accounting for 9.1% of all ecommerce sales. This year, those figures will increase to $83.47 billion and 9.9%, respectively.