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Ready to Go Global? Ask These 5 Questions First

Retail TouchPoints

Younger consumers are especially open to buying from brands beyond their own borders. In fact, research from ESW found that 54% of Gen Zers and 56% of millennials believe it’s “irrelevant” whether an online retailer is located overseas or not.

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Holiday 2022 Recap: Promotions, BOPIS Drove Late-Season Engagement as Overall Growth Slowed

Retail TouchPoints

The 2022 holiday season showed slow, but steady, improvement for the retail industry. As economic headwinds curbed spending capacity, online retail grew in the U.S. but at its lowest rate in years: up 3.5% billion, according to Adobe Analytics. Global digital sales topped $1.1 trillion for the season, while sales in the U.S.

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May E-Commerce Sales Up 81%, But Total 2020 Retail Sales Still Expected To Drop 10.5%

Retail TouchPoints

Brick-and-mortar stores are beginning to reopen in some geographies, but e-Commerce is still riding high: online retail transactions grew 81% year-over-year in May, led by sportswear and sporting goods ( 216% ), housewares and DIY supplies ( 190% ) and gaming ( 84% ), according to ACI Worldwide. drop in overall retail sales.

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How Top-Performing Health & Household Pages Win on Amazon

Salsify

Non-food consumer packaged goods are the biggest drivers of US ecommerce sales across the entire fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) category, according to Nielsen.

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What COVID-19 Has Taught Us About eCommerce Spending

RetailMinded

Consumer Electronics. Looking across these categories, our data shows it is clear that consumable goods have seen an increase in eCommerce volume since the start of the pandemic. This could be due to the essential nature of consumables like groceries and a lack of eCommerce adoption for the retail segment prior to the pandemic.

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Adobe: As U.S. Ecommerce Booms, Global Online Spend Projected to Reach $4.2 Trillion in 2021

Retail TouchPoints

This data indicates a sales surge almost on the level of Black Friday 2020, when consumers spent $9 billion. And that wasn’t any normal Black Friday either, capping as it did a year of record growth in online retail propelled by the pandemic. And travel is slowly regaining its share of wallet against consumer goods.

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#RSP20 Webinars Offer Guide for Growth in the New Retail Reality

Retail TouchPoints

Speakers included industry experts from RSR Research, Coresight Research and Creative Realities as well as retail executives from companies including Office Depot and Regina Andrew Design. Following are brief recaps of the #RSP20 sessions: Online Retailers Must Look to Automation to Support Global Expansion. The Wayfair.

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