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Amazon sits at the top of US ecommerce, accounting for 37.6% of sales this year, according to our forecast. In addition to generating billions of dollars in sales, Amazon鈥檚 ecommerce business propels its other ventures, including retail media and B2B ecommerce. By harnessing the power of generative AI, Amazon could leave its retail competition even further in the dust, and possibly catch up to the Google and Meta duopoly.

This year, Walmart ranks second on our list of top 15 US retail ecommerce companies by retail ecommerce sales share, making up 6.4% of total retail ecommerce sales, way behind Amazon鈥檚 37.6%. In terms of sales growth, Walmart sits third (behind Carvana and Chewy), with sales growing 10.9% this year and 11.3% next year to reach $81.75 billion, according to our forecast. 2.

Athleisure brands lululemon athletica and Vuori are expanding their presence overseas as the US market cools. With the US market looking increasingly uncertain, it鈥檚 no surprise that brands like lululemon and Vuori are looking to international markets to shift growth into a new gear. This trend will likely pick up among apparel brands this year, as they look for ways to mitigate the impact of tariffs and reduce their reliance on US shoppers.

Ten of the 15 fastest-growing companies worldwide in 2024 were retailers, according to our analysis of the 44 players we forecast and actively track. Six of the region鈥檚 leading retail and ecommerce platforms featured prominently in our global analysis鈥攊ncluding three from Brazil that posted triple-digit gains.

Booking, Airbnb, and LATAM Airlines rank among the top 15 most-visited ecommerce sites in Brazil. According to Similarweb, January 2025 user traffic for each was comparable with that of prominent retailers like Casas Bahia and Magazine Luiza鈥檚 Netshoes, underscoring the travel category鈥檚 growing digital footprint and advertising potential.

Legacy pharmacy chains鈥� strategy of locking up items to prevent theft is frustrating shoppers and leading them to shop online. Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy noted on an earnings call last August that products being locked up has been a boon for the ecommerce giant鈥檚 pharmacy business. Consumers are also facing longer lines at the pharmacy counter.

In fact, all FAANG companies (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) except Facebook are among the top 15 US OOH advertisers, according to Kantar and the Out of Home Advertising Association of America.

The senators recently received answers to numerous questions they sent to telehealth companies about their business deals with Pfizer and Lilly. Four key takeaways from the report鈥檚 findings, per STAT:. 1. Pfizer and Lilly are paying their affiliated telehealth providers considerable money.

Companies like Apple resumed spending on the platform after a 15-month pause, while Amazon significantly increased its ad spending on X despite pulling nearly all of its ad spending from the platform in 2024. The change is largely in response to Musk鈥檚 new political power. Brands are hoping to improve relationships with Musk and, in turn, curry favor with the current administration.

Alibaba鈥檚 open-source large language model (LLM), Qwen2, was recently ranked at the top of Hugging Face鈥檚 Open LLM Leaderboard, based on 15 benchmarks. Among marketers in China, content and creative ideas generation is the most popular genAI use case, according to a May 2024 iResearch Consulting Group survey. China is enthusiastic about genAI usage.

Industrial production鈥攑articularly for motor vehicles, a key export to the US鈥攁lso declined in April, after having risen strongly in the first three months of the year due to demand from businesses looking to get ahead of tariffs. Nearly 1 in 5 companies with 10 or more employees (17%) expected US tariffs to affect their businesses in May, according to an April ONS survey.

Eleven of the 15 fastest-growing companies worldwide were retailers, according to our analysis of the 39 players we forecast and actively track. Eight of Latin America鈥檚 most prominent retail and ecommerce players were well represented in the global ranking, with six posting gains north of 50%. TikTok was the only nonretailer to experience comparable growth in digital ad revenues, at 55.7%.

From supply chain to shopping apps and retail advertising, we deliver daily insights on ecommerce, marketing, and customer experience. Not a subscriber? Sign up here and get our quizzes sent directly to your inbox to see if you can pick a winner. September 3, 2025. True or false? The percentage of US adults who have heard at least a little about Labubus has doubled from June to August.

The ecommerce giant also launched a low-cost line of essential grocery items, Amazon Saver, in late 2024, with extra discounts for Prime members. The strongest private label retailers draw shoppers to their own brands. Limited-selection retailers (such as warehouse clubs and discount grocers) lean into private label to offer value-focused products and drive customer loyalty to their brands.

Eleven of the 15 fastest-growing companies worldwide were retailers, according to our analysis of the 39 players we forecast and actively track. Eight of Latin America鈥檚 most prominent retail and ecommerce players were well represented in the global ranking, with six posting gains north of 50%. TikTok was the only nonretailer to experience comparable growth in digital ad revenues, at 55.7%.

Players like United Wholesale Mortgage, Rocket Mortgage, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, and CrossCountry Mortgage comprised 15 of the top 25 US mortgage lenders by originations in 2024, per The Motley Fool.

Canada鈥檚 click-and-collect buyer growth tops our rankings among the countries we forecast. It鈥檚 a key option for consumers in Canada who prefer speedier order fulfillment and want to avoid home-delivery costs.

Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok all have different audiences: YouTube is the top platform for watching creator content among males ages 15 to 26, and Shorts also tends to attract more male than female Gen Zers, per our survey. But video is the one thing all three top creator platforms have in common, so marketers should take a video-first approach to better align with consumer behavior.

Temu overtook Target in US unique website visitors in January, but Walmart and Amazon remain on top (by a wide margin, in Amazon鈥檚 case), per Comscore Inc.

All FAANG brands (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) except Facebook are among the top 15 US OOH advertisers, per Kantar and OAAA. Google and Apple overindexed on OOH, spending 4.9% and 6.9% of their total media budgets on OOH in 2022, respectively. By comparison, US advertisers will spend 2.6% of total media budgets on OOH this year.

However, this quarter鈥檚 successes in e-commerce and advertising will help prop up margins for now.

Economic instability is the top challenge cited by small businesses in the US, per April data from Practical Ecommerce. Which of these choices is the second? A) Political instability B) Decline in consumer spending C) Inflation D) Tariffs on foreign goods. Some 36% of small business owners cited political instability as their top business challenge. AUGUST 13, 2025. True or false?