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But its broader ambition is to 鈥渂uild the Apple stores of apparel,鈥� according to Grede鈥攚hich means prioritizing locations on high-end, high-trafficked corridors like New York City鈥檚 Fifth Avenue and London鈥檚 Regent Street, grade-A malls, and outdoor shopping centers.

It makes sense to ensure its cardholders can use their Amex cards at their vacation destinations 鈥攖hat way, Amex can capture everything from booking the flights to dining and souvenir shopping.

The news: Urban Outfitters is teaming with Nike to debut 鈥淥n Rotation,鈥� an in-store concept designed to deliver community-driven, experience-rich retail environments that cater to the evolving shopping habits of Gen Zers.

Use this chart: Retail marketers should consider highlighting private label value messaging in digital promotions, expanding premium store brand offerings to capture trade-down consumers who don鈥檛 want to sacrifice quality, and leveraging shopper data to identify national brand loyalists who may be ready to switch. Related 蘑菇AV reports:.

At the same time, shoppers are paying closer attention to what they put in their bodies. 鈥淏etter for you鈥� products like yogurt and anything protein-infused are high in demand, even at more expensive price points.

Retailers are already feeling pressure to absorb significant tariff-related costs without driving away price-sensitive shoppers. But that鈥檚 a significant strain for many; 34% of retail executives say they can鈥檛 absorb any more tariff costs without raising prices, per a recent 7thonline survey of retail executives.

That unease extends to affluent consumers as well: Just 28% of luxury shoppers feel optimistic about the economy鈥攁 sharp 13-point drop since January, per the Saks Global Luxury Pulse. That growing pessimism is translating into softened spending intent.

TikTok Shop gears up for busy holiday season in the US, UK: The platform expects hefty ecommerce and ad growth this year as shoppers get used to transacting on the app

While 88% of consumers use retail site search, per a July 2024 Disqo survey, retailers have an opportunity to optimize the search experience. 68% of consumers say retail website search needs improvement, per a December 2024 Constructor survey. 42% of shoppers say that although their search results seem technically relevant to their queries, the products aren't what they're actually hoping to see, per Constructor

Our take: 鈥淎s competitors brace for volatility, Mercado Libre鈥檚 multibillion-dollar bet on Latin America鈥檚 ecommerce potential offers a powerful buffer against economic headwinds, reinforcing its position as the region鈥檚 undisputed ecommerce leader,鈥� said Matteo Ceurvels, 蘑菇AV principal analyst for Latin America and Spain.

Digital wallets are already the leading payment method for ecommerce, notching 40% of transaction volume in 2024, per Worldpay鈥檚 Global Payments Report 2025. And they鈥檙e making headway at the point-of-sale (POS), accounting for 18% of POS value last year, versus credit cards鈥� 24%. Worldpay forecasts that share will grow to 33% by 2030.

But other definitions include showing a product ad when a customer is shopping on a competitor鈥檚 page, showing an ad to a customer who hasn鈥檛 purchased that product before, and serving ads to customers when they are likely to repurchase. To navigate these challenges, advertisers and agencies are employing a variety of strategic tactics, including:. 1. Data clean rooms.

UK retail footfall declined in November as shoppers waited for Black Friday deals: Poor weather and subdued confidence also weighed on traffic, souring retailers鈥� holiday prospects.

Last week, Walmart warned shoppers could see price hikes by month鈥檚 end, as elevated tariffs threaten its 鈥渆veryday low prices鈥� model. In response, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Walmart should 鈥渆at the tariffs鈥濃�攁 rare admission that tariffs squeeze margins and lead to price increases.

An example of the latter is Amazon Prime Video targeting using shopping history on the ecommerce platform. Additionally, retailers are opening their media networks to non-endemic buyers (brands that don鈥檛 usually sell through the retailer property but offer related products that appeal to certain user behaviors). In-store ad inventory also represents a growing opportunity.

While many struggled to get it right, ecommerce giants like Amazon and Mercado Libre accelerated retail鈥檚 digital transformation, setting a precedent that other sectors are now racing to replicate. CMNs should prioritize third-party tech integration to accelerate time to scale efficiently.

Steep discounts drove shoppers to splurge on Black Friday: Consumers scooped up bargains across several categories, helping online sales jump 14.6% YoY the day after Thanksgiving.

Off-price retailers pushed past weather-related headwinds in Q3: 厂丑辞辫辫别谤蝉鈥� sharp focus on value helped Burlington, Ross, and Nordstrom Rack deliver solid results in Q3.

Constellation Brands said Hispanic shoppers, who account for more than 50% of Modelo beer drinkers, have cut back on social events and purchases. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a fear of the ICE raids鈥� that is causing consumers to change their behavior, Jim Sabia, president of the company鈥檚 beer division, said during the Goldman Sachs Global Staples Forum this week.

A new four-day format for Amazon鈥檚 tentpole event will shake up the playing field.

The global payments industry will be a $2.3 trillion revenue opportunity in 2028. But shifting business models, new technologies, and alternative payment methods are changing how key card players compete for a share of this revenue.

The trend: A growing parade of retailers are front-loading July promotions to capture sales before the start of Amazon鈥檚 Prime Day event, which will run from July 8 at 12:01am PDT through July 11. Our take: There's a good reason that more retailers are joining Walmart and Target in attempting to get a head start on Prime Day. Amazon typically garners an outsized share of sales during its marquee event; we expect Amazon will account for 75% of US ecommerce sales during Prime Day this year.

This is the Q2 2025 installment of our "Retail and Ecommerce Sales Benchmarks鈥� series, which helps retailers and brands gauge their sales mix against the market.