For digitally native brands moving from the web to brick and mortar, startups are providing a platform to help with the transition. Uppercase Co-founder and CEO Yashar Nejati said that anyone can start a brand online, but when brands arrive at a certain threshold –...
Consumers love choice and are always ready to embrace the next big thing. The explosion of voice assistants and the smart speaker market are a testament to that. But customers also want what they can rely on – which is why subscription services of all stripes have grown in recent...
Retail sales in the U.S. recorded their largest drop in almost a year, as households seem to be tightening their belts when it comes to major purchases like new cars and building materials, according to CNBC reports. The latest figures out of the U.S. Department...
Approximately 44 percent of U.S. eCommerce sales, and 4 percent of total U.S. retail sales, were generated by Amazon in 2017, according to findings from market analytics firm One Click Retail. Impressive numbers, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Jan. 3), yet ones which also reveal plenty...
December 12, 2017
Some things about holiday shopping trends will never change, Mastercard’s Sarah Quinlan told Karen Webster in their annual discussion of the trends to watch for the holiday season. Women in 2017 will do the bulk of the family’s holiday shopping – to the tune of 75 percent. Men will pick up their remaining 25 percent at the last possible minute […]
January 16, 2020
With a late shopping rush around the holidays that ended a more moderate spending year, retail sales in the United States strengthened in December. Commerce Department data indicated that the value of receipts at merchants increased 0.3 percent and rose 5.8 percent from December 2018, Bloomberg reported. Purchases at apparel stores rose the most as […]
January 03, 2018
Approximately 44 percent of U.S. eCommerce sales, and 4 percent of total U.S. retail sales, were generated by Amazon in 2017, according to findings from market analytics firm One Click...
November 24, 2017
This Cyber Monday could be the biggest online shopping day in history, according to Wednesday (Nov. 22) reports from CNBC. Bearing out the “Gray November” theory — that is, that Black...
November 10, 2015
With Black Friday just weeks away, both retailers and consumers alike are gearing up for (or even already in the midst of) the holiday shopping season. Armed with the retail...
