On today's podcast episode, we discuss consumer spending over the holidays, how transaction data can help brands build deeper relationships with their customers, and what's next for consumer purchase data. "In Other News," we talk about Google starting to phase out cookies in a few weeks and what to make of the economy's mixed signals. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and Jonathan Silver, founder and CEO of Affinity Solutions.
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| Dec 19, 2023
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| Jan 16, 2024
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| Jan 16, 2024
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| Jun 1, 2023
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| Feb 22, 2023
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| Jul 22, 2022
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| Jun 1, 2022
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| Mar 15, 2022
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On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how the Thanksgiving numbers look, why folks are online shopping more this season, and where the ecommerce ceiling is. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us four spicy predictions about the remaining few weeks of holiday shopping. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman and analyst Zak Stambor.
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| Dec 6, 2023
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| Jan 9, 2024
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On today's special podcast episode, we continue our monthly show where we discuss the biggest trends of the moment and the newest research, sprinkle in some analysis, and bundle it up into a quiz. Every month, three of our analysts representing their respective coverage area teams compete against each other. (We also encourage you to play along at home.) We keep a running score and will crown a winning team at the end of the year. Today, we cover the future of AI devices, shopping Amazon from your social feed, what happens now that the Hollywood strikes are over, and how Amazon is expanding. Tune in to the discussion with this month's contestants: our vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti and analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Carina Perkins.
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| Nov 30, 2023
On today's podcast episode, we discuss whether Humane's new AI pin is about to become as ubiquitous as the smartphone, just how much ground brick-and-mortar retail will give to online shopping, the next big social media app, if folks will start shopping on Amazon right from their Facebook and Instagram feeds, how news consumption on social media is changing, which airlines carry the most passengers, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Max Willens and Yory Wurmser.
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| Nov 21, 2023
Shopping on mobile apps is on the rise; 65.5% of US smartphone users will use mobile shopping apps this year. Temu and Shein are boosting US mcommerce, but Amazon still dominates the US mobile shopping app landscape in terms of daily usage. Use this chart:. Determine mobile advertising strategy. Assess mobile sales strategy. More like this:.
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| Sep 12, 2023
Steep discounts drove record Black Friday online sales: Ecommerce sales surged on the day after Thanksgiving, while brick-and-mortar sales grew just 1.1% YoY.
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| Nov 25, 2023
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| Dec 15, 2023
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On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how to define an impulse buy and some of the challenges in sparking them online. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank three suggestions for inspiring online impulse purchases. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Arielle Feger and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.
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| Nov 8, 2023
Payment providers will invest in the mobile shopping and buying experience. They’ll simplify mobile checkout through AR-based solutions and in-demand personalization services that surface the most relevant payment options for a given buyer.
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| Feb 28, 2023
The number of mobile buyers is increasing at a slightly higher rate than mobile shoppers, which continues to push up the percentage of mobile shoppers who are also mobile buyers. That growth in mobile buyers is coming from smartphone shoppers starting to convert. Tablet shoppers are becoming less likely to also buy items on their tablets—and becoming a smaller portion of digital shoppers overall.
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| Aug 9, 2022
Because about a quarter of “other” activities still occur on the web, including much of mobile shopping. The web also still has life on desktop. Each year, the share of digital time spent on desktop/laptop drops, but these devices still generate nearly 15% of time spent on the internet. As with mobile web, that time is fairly diffuse and skewed toward shopping, so opportunities remain.
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| Jun 21, 2023
Mobile shopping adoption grew. Consumer shopping on mobile drove over half of the weekend’s sales for the first time this year. Thanksgiving, in particular, saw a surge in mobile shopping, with 55% of sales coming from smartphones (up from 51% last year). 3. Consumers dug flexible payment options.
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| Dec 1, 2022
Mobile buyer penetration. Analyst Yory Wurmser is keeping an eye on the percentage of mobile browsers who become mobile buyers. This year, 83.3% of US adults will browse products on their phones, while a considerably lower 65.2% will actually make a purchase on a mobile device.
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| Sep 9, 2022
Mobile shopping also made up the majority of Cyber Five online sales for the first time in 2022, taking a 51% share, per Adobe. And nearly 45% of online spending from October 1 to December 31 came from mobile shoppers. Zoom out: Mcommerce’s steady rise has led more retailers to launch mobile-specific experiences to maximize convenience for shoppers.
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| Jan 30, 2023
Many are browsing but not actually buying, meaning there’s a sizable chunk of mobile shoppers who could be converted to buyers. 3. Mcommerce spend isn’t the only measure of mobile’s importance in retail. Smartphone QR scanners have increased by more than 30 million since 2019.
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| Dec 6, 2022
The mobile shopper base will reach 233.1 million in the US this year. More like this:. Report: Digital Coupons. Article: Most US adults don’t know or care about livestream or video commerce. Article: Mcommerce metrics to watch according to our analysts. Ready yesterday’s Chart of the Day here.
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| Oct 24, 2022