UK food price inflation is hitting record highs—but grocery sales are flat. Faced with rising bills, consumers are changing shopping habits to keep spending in check.
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| Feb 17, 2023
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| Feb 14, 2023
Retail media platforms like Amazon offer many of the same benefits that social platforms do, including a large and engaged audience, targeted advertising, and ecommerce integrations. A burgeoning list of companies are throwing their hats in the ring in the US, Europe, and Latin America; the threat of retail media to the social platforms’ future ad revenue growth cannot be ignored.
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| Jan 31, 2023
Across Western Europe, inflation and uncertainty have hit consumers and businesses alike. But some may prosper in these conditions—such as brands using retail media networks and firms advancing sustainability goals.
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| Jan 6, 2023
Alibaba, Amazon, and Mercado Libre dominate retail ecommerce in different parts of the world. Here’s a look at how these marketplaces stack up, in seven charts and graphics.
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| Dec 15, 2022
Economic conditions will have a huge effect on the retail, media, and marketing industries in 2023. For companies to succeed, the cost-conscious consumer must be front and center.
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| Dec 14, 2022
UK consumers’ hearty appetite for ecommerce hasn’t extended to social shopping. But there is strong potential for growth as TikTok triggers a new wave of community-driven commerce.
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| Nov 3, 2022
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| Nov 2, 2022
Macroeconomic headwinds are sweeping through retail markets worldwide, and ecommerce conditions are deteriorating rapidly, especially in mature markets. Globally, total retail is chugging along, but the big stories will be around ecommerce growth in emerging economies.
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| Jul 29, 2022
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| Sep 23, 2022
How should businesses view these global trends and events? How are behaviors and spending changing? In this report, Insider Intelligence analysts weigh in on the questions they’re being asked by both clients and the media about the shifting landscape in key areas like digital advertising, retail and ecommerce, and financial services.
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| May 17, 2022
Ecommerce transactions on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, tripled to $77.48 billion (RMB 500 billion) in gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2020, per a report by Chinese news outlet LatePost. (More recent figures are not available.).
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| Mar 30, 2022
Amazon Prime Day 2022 comes as ecommerce is buffeted by rising ad and supply chain costs and softening growth. This report provides a Prime Day sales forecast for the US, and a breakdown of strategies brands should use during the midsummer event.
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| Jun 8, 2022
Stock trading: After retail traders more than doubled in 2020–2021, stocks could be another user engine for providers. Cash App is already dabbling in the space, and PayPal is reportedly exploring it as well. Shopping: Providers are already becoming more effective commerce engines; 12% of respondents to a Bizrate survey used Venmo in-store as of April 2022.
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| May 31, 2022
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| Jul 29, 2022
Total retail sales volume in Western Europe will surpass $4.7 trillion in 2022 and reach $5.096 trillion in 2025. While retail sales will rise 1.4% this year, ecommerce sales will jump an estimated 5.1%, as digital claims an ever-larger slice of total sales.
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| Jul 29, 2022
Key developments to watch in 2022 include the evolution of in-store retail technology; hotter competition in the paid-for video marketplace; the revival of digital out-of-home ads; and ongoing issues with digital privacy and security.
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| Dec 15, 2021
Wallet providers could use that to attract new customers to proximity payments, beginning with converting the 47% of UK shoppers who have used a digital wallet to make an ecommerce payment online to do so in-store as well—if they have not already.
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| Oct 29, 2021
UK retail sales are performing better than expected, with consumers still spending despite high inflation—but ecommerce will lose further share this year as shoppers continue returning to stores and cut nonessential spending.
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| Jul 24, 2023
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| Mar 4, 2024
Shoppers may have once turned to phones for high-ticket purchases to avoid the contactless limit—previously set at £45 ($61.89). But when the limit was increased to £100 ($137.53), shoppers had even less incentive to change their ways, further entrenching contactless cards’ position in the ecosystem.
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| Sep 1, 2022
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| Jun 30, 2023
Our inaugural forecast for retail ecommerce sales by product category in Argentina will help retail professionals understand the current state of the country’s ecommerce ecosystem. We also look at the categories driving growth in 2022 and beyond.
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| Aug 25, 2022
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| Dec 23, 2022
CTV ad spending will grow 21.2% this year—outpacing ad spending growth of retail media networks (19.7%). Measurement standardization would allow advertisers to optimize their investments more effectively across streaming platforms. As CTV grows, so does programmatic.
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| Apr 11, 2023