While buying clothing online may be popular across all generations, other categories (such as accessories, home furniture, and computers/computer accessories) are purchased at higher rates by consumers ages 18 to 34. Younger generations are getting a later start on adulthood.
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| Jan 31, 2024
Brands are creating immersive environments and selling virtual goods in digital spaces like Roblox, ranging from pop-up experiences in popular games to avatar clothing and limited-edition collectibles, with some virtual items even translating into real-world products. Hochberg shared success stories from Barbie and Forever 21.
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| Oct 15, 2024
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Makeup sales jumped 54% YoY, and fashion and accessories sales rose 32% YoY. Flipkart’s flagship event, The Big Billion Days—which launched September 27—attracted more than 330 million user visits across its Early Access phase and Day 1. Online marketplace Meesho roughly doubled last year’s order volume in the first day of its “Mega Blockbuster Sale” that began the same day, per Indian Retailer.
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| Oct 11, 2024
Grocers would feel the impact on many of the food items they sell—like coffee and avocados—as would retailers that sell apparel, consumer electronics, and a host of other products.
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| Oct 30, 2024
The most popular categories consumers bought in were household essentials (24%), apparel and shoes (22%), home goods (22%), and beauty/cosmetics (21%). That said, the event does appear to be priming (pun intended) consumers to buy at Amazon later this year: 88% of shoppers expect to shop on Amazon again in the next three months for gifts, decorations, and other items.
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| Oct 9, 2024
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Yeah, it feels like Shein is going toe to toe with is Target, which has really high quality private label clothing for children, children's clothing. Suzy Davidkhanian (10:05):. Yeah, me too. I think this is brilliant for both of them. For exactly what you both said.
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| Nov 27, 2024
But after significant industry and regulatory pushback, Google has delayed its Privacy Sandbox solution again and will keep cookies around in a limited fashion. But even with cookies lingering, Chrome is moving toward a more privacy-focused infrastructure, which should give advertisers and extension operators some peace of mind.
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| Oct 22, 2024
Explain our predictions for ecommerce sales across four major categories: food and beverage; textiles, clothing, and footwear; household goods; and health, personal care, and beauty. Help brands and retailers capitalize on opportunities for growth.
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| Jan 23, 2024
Sustainability awareness is high in Asia-Pacific, where the majority of consumers are open to spending more on eco-friendly products. How can brands and retailers capitalize on the green opportunity—while also doing good for the environment?
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| May 31, 2024
Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James clothing line set up shop inside Hilton’s Graduate Hotels in college towns during football weekends. Womenswear brand Amir Taghi hosted trunk shows in top clients’ homes across the country to land wholesale accounts.
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Dupes in particular are difficult to guard against, given that they occupy a legal gray area and are becoming increasingly common thanks to social media, as well as Chinese ecommerce companies like Temu and Shein (not to mention fast-fashion stalwarts like Zara and H&M).
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| Sep 30, 2024
Motor vehicle and parts dealer sales; furniture sales; electronics and appliance sales; building material and garden equipment sales; food and beverage sales; health and personal care sales; gasoline sales; clothing and clothing accessories sales; sporting goods, hobby, book, and physical music sales; general merchandise sales; miscellaneous sales; nonstore sales (i.e., pure-play ecommerce platform sales
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| Feb 27, 2024
Apparel retailer MandM Direct uses AI to deliver personalized, real-time recommendations at the optimal point in the shopper journey. Virtual try-on tools. Skincare brand Ulta Beauty is using AI in several consumer-facing ways to improve personalization.
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Source: Ģą˝AV; BIA Advisory Services; Premion
So we're in this interesting moment where things are kind of almost being re-litigated moves that were allowed to have been made quite a while ago in the past that again, if we were in the shoes of Google executives in that moment, we would probably do the exact same thing. Marcus (08:12):. Yeah, there's a lot of cases, as Jeremy's mentioned. There's a lot of cases going on in terms of antitrust.
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| Apr 28, 2025
In addition to the recent Amazon Go closures, the retailer also shuttered several other concepts—including its apparel-focused stores, bookstores, 4-star shops, and pop-up stores—amid corporate belt-tightening. Physical stores accounted for just 4.3% of the company’s worldwide net sales in Q2 and have been around that share for some time.
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| Oct 21, 2024
Chinese ecommerce players Temu and Shein disrupted the digital advertising market in 2023 as they competed to attract online shoppers by bidding up keywords—particularly in apparel and accessories and home goods. But Temu has also been on a global tear, expanding to nearly 80 countries since early 2023. It has diversified ad spending accordingly to acquire customers in new markets.
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| Oct 16, 2024
Cardholders can put their rewards points toward purchasing, servicing, or buying accessories for their GM vehicle. The price of the deal was not disclosed. High charge-off rates reportedly became a point of contention during negotiations, per the Wall Street Journal. CEO David Soloman expected to take a $400 million pretax hit from the GM card sale. Why did Goldman sell the portfolio?
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| Oct 15, 2024
AR enables customers to visualize products in their own space and virtually try on items, like clothing and cosmetics. These immersive experiences enhance convenience, boost engagement, and potentially increase sales, making AR an increasingly essential tool for retailers in the digital age. AR usage is experiencing notable growth in ecommerce.
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| Jun 13, 2024
And it would send more shoppers and commerce budgets to Meta and trend-based, fast-fashion players like Shein and Temu. Amazon would also breathe a sigh of relief due to TikTok’s growing role in product search and discovery, especially among young people. To view the full forecast, click here. TikTok is a top influencer marketing platform.
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