Retail includes mail orders/catalogs, restaurants/fast food, drugstores, retail stores, cosmetics stores, and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise.
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| Sep 23, 2024
I have this pet theory about the cost of living crisis weighing on consumers and their inability to afford a car and a house. Being a factor in terms of the vibes during the Biden administration and that carrying over now, and then you add in the tariffs and it just creates this very challenging environment. Joanne Hsu:.
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| Apr 9, 2025
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The most important characteristics of an identity solution include transparency in data usage, methods for acquiring and processing signals, and the use of Global Privacy Platform (GPP) and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), per ID5. 3. AI as an end-to-end marketing tool. Marketers will develop “performance-focused AI strategies” in 2025, said Skinazi.
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| Jan 8, 2025
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Source: The Harris Poll; NerdWallet
While a significant share of consumers are far more willing to trade down in areas such as paper goods (62%) and shelf-stable products (59%), most are reluctant to do so when it comes to beauty (30%), pet food (25%), or baby care (21%). Only 30% of consumers are open to buying a cheaper pet food brand, a lower percentage compared with drinks (39%), personal care (40%), and beauty (41%).
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| Dec 9, 2024
Broaden its selection in rural stores: The retailer plans to expand its product mix in about 150 additional rural locations by adding categories such as pet, workwear, and automotive supplies. Launch an online marketplace: The retailer launched an online marketplace that will enable it to offer more SKUs without having to carry inventory, manage pricing, or invest in additional fulfillment centers.
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| Dec 12, 2024
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Source: Progressive Grocer
AI companies are bullish on privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). For example, companies can use differential privacy—adding statistical noise to anonymized data sets to prevent reidentification—to reduce the risks associated with training AI models on sensitive data. It’s best to use multiple PETs to strengthen privacy protections, but they still won’t solve the data removal problem.
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| Apr 24, 2024
Of the 12 categories in our survey, only pet and automotive products have lower conversion rates than financial services. Millennials and higher-income users are slightly better prospects for conversion. ĢAV 18% of millennial social media users have purchased a financial product or service after seeing content about it. That’s nearly double the rate among Gen Zers.
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Source: ĢAV; Bizrate Insights
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| Feb 28, 2025
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Source: Numerator
In addition to restaurant delivery, Grubhub enables shoppers to get office supplies, pet supplies, and other goods delivered to their doors. Our take: Wonder is making a bet that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Mashing together assets such as Blue Apron and Grubhub along with a grocery (and other retailer) delivery service into a single app will offer shoppers a convenient option.
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| Nov 13, 2024
For example, full-service agency VIA recently uploaded survey data from a petcare client into a chatbot created using a custom version of ChatGPT. The chatbot was able to create a customer profile that best represented the client’s audience. The agency could then ask it questions to get a sense of how the company’s average customer might respond.
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Tolia highlighted the importance of the Next initiative, which is designed to make Nextdoor more indispensable by expanding beyond intent-based interactions—like finding a plumber or reporting a lost pet—to include discovery-based content that spurs daily engagement. To that end, Nextdoor plans to incorporate local news and events to deepen community connections.
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| Nov 7, 2024
Our take: One need look no further than the Crocs’ keychains in McDonald’s happy meals or the recent rollout of Crocs’ pet clogs to get a sense of how the company uses its quirkiness to appeal to a broad swath of consumers. But it has failed to figure out the right formula for Heydude, which is why the brand continues to weigh on the company’s results.
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| Oct 29, 2024
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Source: American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
A note about our digital grocery forecast: Our forecast includes the online sale of all items that consumers regularly buy from a grocery store, including food and beverages, pet food, household cleaning products, personal care products, and other household consumables.
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You're coming for the grooming, your pet comes out, they look amazing. Now all of a sudden you're talking about the shampoo that you used and the person buys it while they're there. Sara Lebow (19:55):. These people are taking better care of their pets than I. Well, I don't have a pet, but, these people are really pampering their pets. No, you're right.
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| Oct 23, 2024
That could include coverage for ride-sharing or food delivery, bed bug remediation, high-end electronics, pets, vacation, identity theft, libel and slander to cover their extensive online activities, and home-sharing (both for hosts and guests). Sources. Bankrate. CBIZ. Conning. Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC). Insurance Innovation Reporter. J.D. Power.
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| Apr 18, 2024
Baby boomers prioritize pharmacy/health products and pet supplies in their top 10 purchases. As an established generation more likely to downsize than dramatically grow their household, boomers have redirected digital purchases toward personal care and their animal companions.
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| Jan 31, 2024