Retail & Ecommerce

Airlines can’t keep up with booming travel demand: With more travelers heading overseas and paying for premium seats, United, Delta, and American Airlines are reaping the rewards.

TikTok is using creator payouts to boost Shop adoption: The platform is offering some influencers cash incentives for reaching sales or livestream goals.

NBCUniversal and Roku experiment with shoppable ads to reach viewers in their homes, while Netflix courts customers in the real world. Here’s how each company is leaning into commerce to diversify revenue streams.

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss data, campaigns, and non-Amazon retailers that captured our attention during this year's Amazon Prime Day. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us some spicy predictions about what changes to Prime Day we may see in the future. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Blake Droesch and vice president and analyst Andrew Lipsman.

It claimed in a lawsuit that the card networks conspired to inflate the fees

Indian tourists can now use the UPI in France, which will help boost the payment method’s worldwide volume

Walmart taps B2B to grow its margins: The retail giant is adding new products and tools to Walmart Business to attract more B2B customers and drive loyalty.

The IPO market is recovering: Beauty company Oddity raised $424 million in its public debut, following better-than-expected showings for Cava and Savers Value Village in June.

Optoro's new service, Home Pick-ups, aims to transform the retail returns process: It looks to provide an efficient, sustainable solution that benefits both shoppers and retailers alike.

Calendar context: With the invention of Prime Day, Amazon created an industrywide retail holiday consumers can now count on in the summer each year. Last year, Amazon also launched its Prime Early Access Sale in October. “We now have three key tentpoles,” said our analyst Andrew Lipsman on “Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail,” referring to Prime Day, the Prime Early Access Sale, and Black Friday. But spring remains untapped. “A question I get is, ‘Is Amazon going to do more of these?’ And I think the answer is yes, eventually,” said Lipsman.

On today's episode, we discuss a milestone for digital video, why TV lovers still love their TVs, and the relationship between digital audio and social networking. "In Other News," we talk about how many US shoppers use their phones to pay for things at the register and how many generative AI users there are in the US. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood.

Prime Day advertising had a higher ROI than last year: Amazon worked out kinks from 2022’s event that will help it secure relationships with sellers.

US cosmetic and beauty sales are expected to grow over 10% this year—more than three times the 2.9% rate of the overall retail market, according to our forecast. It’s a sign of the “lipstick effect,” said our analyst Sky Canaves on our “Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail” podcast.

US consumer spending power rose in June: Wage increases and an encouraging retail sales report should give retailers cause for optimism.

The feud between Temu and Shein rages on: In a new US lawsuit, Temu accused Shein of cutting off its access to manufacturers, inflating prices and reducing consumer choice.

Growing debt, high interest rates, and recessionary threats could spell trouble despite the positive spending patterns

The partnership will help them capture more of the growing in-car commerce market, which could reach $600 billion by 2030

The solution can help Checkout.com attract merchants as they face growing payments fraud