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On today's podcast episode, we discuss whether Humane's new AI pin is about to become as ubiquitous as the smartphone, just how much ground brick-and-mortar retail will give to online shopping, the next big social media app, if folks will start shopping on Amazon right from their Facebook and Instagram feeds, how news consumption on social media is changing, which airlines carry the most passengers, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Max Willens and Yory Wurmser.

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.

Like last year, we expect deal-hunting consumers and mobile-forward brands to drive the 2024 holiday season, according to our US Holiday 2023 Recap and 2024 Preview report.

Steep discounts drove record Black Friday online sales: Ecommerce sales surged on the day after Thanksgiving, while brick-and-mortar sales grew just 1.1% YoY.

Despite slow US adoption and economic downturn affecting advertising, TikTok’s 1 billion daily users and Instagram’s exit from live shopping present opportunities for growth.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what finding products online will look like in 2025, if Target's new membership program can stack up against Amazon Prime and Walmart+, how ads on chatbots will change advertising, how to make stores more fun places to shop, what the world's first "ketchup insurance" offers, how Americans use dating apps, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf and Carina Perkins.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss why TikTok might not actually be a social media platform, how much young people use it to search for things, and whether TikTok Shop is ruining TikTok. "In Other News," we talk about the battle between Threads and X (formerly Twitter), as well as whether Snap distancing itself from social media will work and start a trend. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Jasmine Enberg and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.

On today's podcast episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss how to define an impulse buy and some of the challenges in sparking them online. Then, for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank three suggestions for inspiring online impulse purchases. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analyst Arielle Feger and director of Briefings Jeremy Goldman.

So it's a little bit of a hybrid between live streaming and mobile shopping and what you can do with traditional TV or connected TV, but it shows just how an in-demand product can really drive this kind of livestream commerce or live shopping.

And that's really only going to appeal to not only the mobile shoppers who use the target app. But then those who take the next step and get the Target credit card as well. Jaime Toplin:. Definitely. And I think what Sky said about Starbucks is really valuable. And I think the quick service restaurant players actually have a bit of a leg up here.

We are going to see 139.5 million mobile buyers in 2023, which means that 69.2% of digital buyers will make a purchase on a smartphone or tablet this year. And that's up from 68.8% last year and almost 5% higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bill Fisher:. Wow, really interesting. But I just want to touch really quickly on some of the main players in your market. So we had Prime Day recently.

Some of the drivers for that in the future include emerging platforms and new technology that will help to drive the growth for marketplaces, as well as the continued rise in the popularity of mobile shopping. That's going to have a huge impact on it as well. Sara Lebow:. Sure. $385 billion to over $500 billion is definitely a big climb over just a few years. Whitney Birdsall:. Yeah. Sara Lebow:.