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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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What COVID-19 Has Taught Us About eCommerce Spending

RetailMinded

However, these consumer shopping behaviors vary from shopper to shopper and even between retail segments. For example, millennials and baby boomers have exhibited far different shopping activities, and the channel preferences for shoppers buying groceries versus consumer electronics also varies. Consumer Electronics.

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Retail media’s rise, eComm profitability pressure, and more — Profitero press highlights

Profitero

There are eerie similarities to many of the growth inhibitors faced in early stage search marketing, albeit with some new twists. . […] Retailers raised prices to ease some of the profitability pressure as demand soared during the early months of the pandemic. in the month of September, compared to June. Excerpted from Forbes.

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The Top Ecommerce Trends You Need to Know About for 2020

SellBrite

But as businesses experiment and try to give consumers what they want, the online retail space is changing rapidly. If you’re looking for ideas to improve and expand your own online retail business, check out what to expect in ecommerce trends in 2020. In fact, consumers spent $128.5 Gen Z buyers are 1.5

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Time to move past eCommerce analysis paralysis and the ?incrementality? mindset

Profitero

The latest Nielsen/FMI study says that online grocery adoption in the U.S. is accelerating with 70% of consumers predicted to be shopping online in the next 5-7 years. Online will remain the U.K.’s s fastest growing grocery channel in the next five years, according to IGD’s latest forecasts. With sales of £11.4

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Finding The Path To Growth With A View Of The Total Consumer

Profitero

Make no mistake about it: The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and retail landscape is facing systemic change unlike anything in recent history. population growth, fragmented spending across channels and deflationary pressures remain key challenges. So Where Do Manufacturers And Retailers Find Growth?