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Retail ecommerce sales include the sale of products and related services ordered using the internet, regardless of the fulfillment method. We exclude the following consumer categories from our definition of retail ecommerce sales:.

At the same time, Amazon is on a relentless push to speed up fulfillment, which is where the new rapid-delivery service fits in. The Kia Soul drivers deliver packages from 鈥渟ub-same day鈥� facilities that are located closer to urban centers than its massive fulfillment centers to get items to shoppers quickly.

Tariffs will upend the status quo: Retailers need to brace themselves for a new era of protectionist trade policies that drive up costs and eat into consumers鈥� spending power.

DoorDash is the latest delivery platform to turn to streaming to boost membership sign-ups: The company will offer DashPass subscribers free access to Max鈥檚 ad-supported tier in a bid to boost sign-ups and grow sales.

Trump鈥檚 tariff threats create stress and uncertainty: 鈥淣othing is off the table鈥� when it comes to the shape, structure, or form of tariffs, which makes planning for them difficult.

Albertsons looks ahead: With the proposed Kroger merger in the rearview mirror, the grocer raised its annual profit forecast and mapped out its growth plans.

Walmart鈥檚 holiday events and other sales from last year onwards 鈥渨ere predominantly run by sellers,鈥� Manish Joneja, senior vice president for Walmart鈥檚 marketplace and fulfillment services, said at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference in September. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 where the inventory was.鈥�.

AI voice tech reshapes content marketing: ElevenLabs is helping brands scale multilingual campaigns and allowing creators to monetize their voices鈥攂ut trust and authenticity remain concerns.

Record holiday sales helped retailers, but purchasing patterns across income groups diverged starkly. Middle- and lower-income consumers grew more selective, carefully weighing where and when to spend amid economic uncertainty. Meanwhile, higher-income shoppers continued to spend freely.

Anxiety around inflation, a deteriorating labor market, and trade war consequences have deepened consumer uncertainty about the US economy, with wide-ranging implications for retail.

Same-day fulfillment options accounted for about two-thirds of the retailer鈥檚 digital sales, with Drive Up alone accounting for more than $2 billion in Q2. Walmart customers kept spending, driving comparable sales up 4.2%.

Amazon鈥檚 latest test could transform how shoppers engage with the ecommerce platform: The retailer鈥檚 mobile search results will feature links to products not available on its site.

Christmas Day is less than a week away, but some consumers are still chipping away at their lists. That鈥檚 why Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Dollar General are announcing last-minute holiday deals for consumers seeking the perfect gift.

"Sam's Club's in-store experience is really smooth, easy, and elegant thanks to technology," our analyst Zak Stambor said on a recent "Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail" podcast.

GoodRx rolls out expanded online pharmacy services: Consumers fill medications and pay for them on GoodRx鈥檚 platform. Struggling drugstore chains can partner with GoodRx and improve their customers鈥� pharmacy experiences.

done a really good job, I think, of just cutting anything that's underperforming in the least, whether that's shutting down Amazon Go stores, and I guess we'll talk about this more with the physical retail piece, but even recently they shut down their TikTok-like content feed because it wasn't giving them the results that they wanted, and that's freed up resources that they can funnel back into their fulfillment

Amazon is currently building a micro fulfillment center that鈥檚 attached to a Whole Foods Market store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, which will enable Whole Foods shoppers to order items from Amazon's website and Amazon Fresh and then pick them up in store.

This is the first installment of our 鈥淩etail and Ecommerce Sales Benchmarks鈥� series, which helps retailers calibrate their sales mix against the market.

This is the first installment of our 鈥淩etail and Ecommerce Sales Benchmarks鈥� series, which helps retailers calibrate their sales mix against the market.