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On today's podcast episode, we give out some 2024 retail awards for the most must-visit store, the Gen Z darling, the best innovator, the small stuff worth sweating award, and the comeback story of the year. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Principal Analyst Sky Canaves, Vice President of Content Suzy Davidkhanian and Senior Analyst Blake Droesch.

With AI delays and sluggish preorders, the iPhone 16 launch is testing investor patience and could signal trouble ahead for the tech giant.

The grand final of this year鈥檚 Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Liverpool, UK, on May 13. Attracting a Super Bowl-sized audience, tourists, and viewing parties, the competition鈥檚 global reach will provide marketers and retailers with a notable opportunity to drive brand awareness and sales.

Becoming Amazon鈥檚 strategic payments partner in the US, Canada, and Europe can help Stripe bolster its processing business.

Brands that engage in non-endemic advertising by purchasing ad inventory from a retailer that does not sell its goods or services are well positioned to take advantage of the partner platform鈥檚 first-party data, audience segmentation, and overall reach.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of March. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Becky Schilling and Sara Lebow will defend their list against vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Zak Stambor, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.

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.

TJX is confident it can grow market share this year: The retailer鈥檚 offerings continue to resonate strongly with deal-seeking shoppers.

Walmart was the biggest US retailer by US sales in 2022 with nearly $500 billion in sales, more than double the size of runner-up Amazon, according to the National Retail Federation.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what's driving online store sales for Amazon, its outlook on brick-and-mortar, and how its ad business is continuing to outperform the market. Tune in to the discussion with host Marcus Johnson, director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman and analyst Rachel Wolff.

Britain is looking forward to its first coronation celebration in 70 years鈥攚ith street parties, socializing, and an extra bank holiday set to give a welcome lift to retail sales.

Summer is just getting started, but it鈥檚 already back-to-school season for parents. As of mid-June, nearly a quarter (24%) of US adults have already begun back-to-school shopping and another 45% will start sometime before the end of July, according to a March 2024 survey from LTK. As retailers roll out their back-to-school campaigns, here are three tips to keep consumers engaged and spending.

For many consumers, Mother鈥檚 Day is a time to celebrate the moms in their lives and treat them to something special. However, for others, it can be an emotionally challenging time. 鈥淥ver the past few years, I鈥檝e seen more and more people comment on Mother鈥檚 Day campaigns about how it is triggering for them, reminding them how they鈥檝e lost their mother or mother figure,鈥� said Shianne Smalling, senior manager of growth marketing at New York City-based bakery, Levain.

On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss the main friction points at the point of sale and potential sticking points to adopting easier payment systems. Then for "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us four spicy predictions about the future of retail payments. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Sky Canaves and David Morris.

Roku and The Coca-Cola Co. are using shoppable media to target consumers at home during the holidays, while Saks Fifth Avenue and Dior are celebrating 70 years of partnership with a first-of-its-kind ecommerce pop-up. Plus, Uber is leveraging the 鈥淩eal Housewives鈥� franchise to build up its ad business.

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.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why the internet might be getting worse, what a new device designed for generative AI (genAI) might look like, whether we're sure about self-checkout, why a new online safety bill matters, what consumers expect from brands on social issues, where the ultra-rich spend their holidays, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our forecasting writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and analysts Bill Fisher and Carina Perkins.

More US consumers are engaging in money-saving activities (like using coupons or shopping for deals) in 2023 than they did in 2019. The number of US consumers doing more comparison shopping online in particular has risen by 17 percentage points from 2019 to 2023.

With students heading back to school, how is the sales season shaping up? We鈥檝e compiled five charts on the 2023 back-to-school shopping season. When and where are consumers shopping and how are they looking to save?

On today's podcast episode, we're at Shoptalk 2024 discussing the main takeaways, the best side conversations and booths, and the discussed trends we don't see coming to fruition. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts chief content officer Zia Daniell Wigder and analyst Jasmine Enberg, who were both at this year's conference.

Nearly a third (32%) of US consumers plan to celebrate St. Patrick鈥檚 Day this year, per Numerator. Of those, 91% say they expect to buy something for their St. Patrick鈥檚 celebration, with food and alcohol being the top items purchased.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss whether X (formerly Twitter) can recover from its latest debacle, if folks will start buying cars on Amazon, whether ad-free social networks are inevitable, companies potentially ruining "buy one, get one free" deals, United Airlines weighing using passenger data to target ads on planes, how people feel about tipping in the US, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of Briefings Stephanie Taglianetti and analysts Ross Benes and Bill Fisher.

Amazon鈥檚 revenues rose 9% in Q4: While the company鈥檚 highly profitable retail media business continued its upward trend line, ecommerce sales fell 2% YoY.

Expanding audience reach requires targeting the correct consumers. While true one-to-one advertising is still a dream, similar outcomes can be achieved by reaching the right audiences through affiliate marketing, paid social, and buy now, pay later (BNPL). 鈥淭his whole trend around personalization really applies to audiences as well,鈥� David Gill, vice president of consumer insights at Rakuten Advertising, said during our recent 鈥淢aster the Holidays with Winning Performance Marketing Strategies鈥� Tech-Talk Webinar. Data from affiliate marketing and social platforms can be used to identify which kinds of consumers brands should be reaching out to in order to expand their customer base.