Ecommerce & Retail

The brand will make its Walmart debut next month as part of a broader emphasis on big-box retail.

From McDonald’s to Whirlpool repairs, brands feel the impact as consumers run out of money.

Consumers locked out of traditional lending give their loyalty to Cash App.

Affirm Card growth can help launch a flywheel effect across the BNPL provider’s network.

AI will be an efficiency driver, while capturing young premium users is a top priority.

AI-referred traffic has become a year-round structural feature for retailers of how consumers find and buy products.

Account holder growth and engagement drove its first profitable quarter. Read online

Rewards similar to traditional competitors could help push users to book with on-chain assets.

Iran conflict and weak sentiment curb visits, making value menus the main draw.

DoorDash and Uber post brisk order gains as consumers pay up for ease.

Aggressive spending helped the brand add about 2 million customers as its sales jumped 29%.

On today’s podcast episode, we discuss what in retail is overhyped or underrated, what most brands get wrong about discovery, and the one idea in retail that more companies should be trying to replicate. Listen to the discussion with Vice President of Content and host Suzy Davidkhanian, Analyst Arielle Feger, and Chief Content Officer at The Lead, Sonal Gandhi.

Consumers are approaching holiday shopping with a sharper focus on value, taking more time to compare options and make deliberate choices, often with the help of AI tools. For brands, this shift changes what will drive results at the tail end of the year.

Partnership could make streaming ads easier to buy and measure as marketers seek more accountability.

AI discovery brings new buyers and higher traffic to merchants.

Flexible credentials and installments can boost the issuer processor despite anticipated slowdowns.

Amazon and Walmart are expected to top 50% of US ecommerce sales as inflation steers shoppers to scale.

Meta is turning Instagram into a checkout machine: Agentic AI tools could let users tap Reels to buy instantly as Meta tightens its grip on social commerce.

Reinvestment in marketing and innovation helped stabilize the business in Q1, but cost-of-living pressures are a major headwind.