Buying Tock will deal a blow to Chase and puts Capital One’s dining reservation partnership back in play.
Saks Fifth Avenue’s The Fifth Avenue Club is in expansion mode: The personal shopping service will have 20 standalone locations by year-end as the retailer leans into high-touch experiences.
Nike just closed one of its worst years in two decades: That’s the result of missteps including losing ground in the critical running category and leaning too far into D2C.
Latin America retai media ad spending is set to triple by 2028: Our new report unpacks what's driving the growth as well as the opportunity for retailers.
Bosch weighs Whirlpool acquisition as it braces for weaker consumer demand until 2025: The move would enable the German company to grow its share of the market and capitalize on strong sales for smaller appliances like stand mixers.
Almost a quarter of retailers (22%) have already deployed genAI to automate customer service, with a further 25% currently trialing it.
Amazon to launch budget marketplace to compete with Temu, Shein: The retailer is copying their playbook—complete with cheap products and longer delivery times—to stay ahead in the ecommerce race.
Sam’s Club grew its Gen Z membership 68% over the past two years: Younger consumers’ growing focus on value has made warehouse clubs and their high-quality private label brands more appealing.
While intermediaries’ share of ecommerce sales (grocery or otherwise) will remain relatively flat for the next couple of years, they’re still a long-term threat to traditional retail. But there’s an opportunity for retailers to use intermediaries’ strategies against them.
Grubhub pushes deeper into groceries: The delivery company will fulfill orders for Albertsons’ banners that include Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, and Vons.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of June. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Becky Schilling and Sara Lebow will defend their list against vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the main ways the shopper journey is evolving, how retail media is shifting to encompass the full funnel, and how in-store retail media can help bring a brand's shopping message to life, particularly during holidays and events. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Sarah Marzano and Nikhil Sharma, senior director of performance and insights at Roundel.
Prime Day will run from July 16 to July 17: Amazon will offer shoppers a wide array of discounts and personalized deals on 35 categories as it tries to hold off competitors.
Advertisers will increase their spend on US retail media search ads every year of our forecast period in 2028, when it will see its most growth at 23.4% YoY, according to our March 2024 forecast.
Private label sales are growing as consumers seek cheaper alternatives to national brands, but price isn’t the only reason.
The high cost of returns continues to weigh on retailers: Nordic department store Boozt took the extreme step of banning “serial returners.”
A card comparison widget could hurt affiliate marketing sites—and open the door to Google controlling the entire card acquisition journey.
Supply chain headaches mount for retailers: Disruptions in the Red Sea are driving up shipping rates and creating backups at key ports.
As digital makes up more remittance share, providers need to compete on costs and find new ways to bolster revenues.
But it needs to accelerate adoption of Klarna Plus before it can commit more resources to those efforts.