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YoY Comparison of Top-Selling Amazon Products Tells the Tale of Two Unprecedented Years

New data from Amazon portrays recent shifts in consumer behavior through the lens of the top-selling products on the platform. Compared to…

5 Tips for Singles’ Day Success

November might seem far away, but the fact is, brands and retailers in China have already been preparing for the world’s biggest…

Tokyo Olympics: Will Changes and Challenges Put Retail Off its Game?

Before they’ve even started, the 2020 2021 Olympic Games have already made history. Cardboard beds and logo dilemmas aside, this will be…

Top Risks For Retail Businesses In 2021 (And in The Next Decade)

The retail industry is widely accepted as one of the leading economic indicators. industry. When the economy is growing, consumers flock to…

Study: Resale to Hit $47B by 2025, Giving Fast Fashion a Run for its Money

While the pandemic had a chilling effect on apparel sales as a whole, the resale sector was blazing hot: it grew 29%…

China’s Antimonopoly Fine Leads to First Quarterly Loss for Alibaba Since Going Public

The number of active users on Alibaba Group’s ecommerce platforms topped 1 billion for the first time in fiscal year 2021, but…

Cars, Wine, Trees — COVID-19 Proved Once and For All that You Can Sell Just About Anything Online

The COVID-induced ecommerce boom of 2020 saw online sales climb across almost all categories last year, including some unexpected ones. Propelled by…

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

What a difference a year can make. In March 2020, the retail (and general economic) situation looked dire, with lockdowns shuttering stores…

Convenience Increasingly Trumping Cost on Online Shoppers’ Priority List

Offering items at a lower price than competitors was once an almost guaranteed method of increasing online conversion rates, but today’s consumers…

Forrester Q&A: How CMOs Can Meet Louder Demands for Localization

Consumer demands for hyper-relevant campaigns and experiences are accelerating as a result of the pandemic. It’s time for global CMOs to respond….

CCS 2021: Levi’s, 1-800-FLOWERS, Under Armour Reveal How They’re Meeting Fast-Changing Consumer Expectations

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also…

How the Rise of the Conscious Consumer is Fueling Resale’s Rapid Growth

Not too long ago, the sale of secondhand goods was driven primarily by value: shoppers looking to avoid breaking the bank on…

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