Searches for “vintage backpack” reached a record high on Google this month, the company disclosed in a back-to-school shopping report. Google Shopping’s Aya Kanai said “the early 2000s are having a moment” in Wednesday’s blog post. The “Y2K” aesthetic is Read more
Amazon said Prime members purchased over 300 million items worldwide during this week’s 2-day Prime Day 2022 shopping event (held on Tuesday and Wednesday) and saved over $1.7 billion. In a press release issued on Thursday, Amazon called it the Read more
We still remember a time when Amazon and eBay were neck-and-neck leaders in ecommerce, but data from eMarketer shows just how much of a lead Amazon currently has not only over its longtime rival, but other retailers selling online. Amazon Read more
Walmart recently shared some summer shopping trends with marketplace sellers that may be helpful wherever you sell online – and it also offered sellers a chance to get more exposure on its Marketplace. The retailer identified the following four trends: Read more
eBay said apparel sales are climbing, which it attributes to people returning to the office “as the world begins to reopen.” eBay said it’s seeing growth specifically in the resale market for pre-owned apparel. Some statistics it published in an Read more
March 2021 saw healthy retail sales growth over March 2020 when pandemic restrictions went into place. The boost was due in part to government stimulus checks and attitudes about COVID as more people get vaccinated, according to the National Retail Read more
The National Retail Federation expects online sales to grow between 18% – 23% in 2021 to between $1.14 trillion and $1.19 trillion. The trade group, referred to as NRF, anticipates total retail sales (including ecommerce) to grow between 6.5% – Read more
Consumers who turned to ecommerce websites when the pandemic hit are likely to visit them for holiday shopping, Criteo found in its “Peak to Recovery” survey of over 1,300 US consumers in May. The ad tech company found that during Read more
DHL eCommerce Solutions analyzed what’s been shipping domestically and internationally among its online retailers who ship lightweight packets and parcels, and it identified five categories with the greatest volume growth since late February. It also reported that online purchases pushed Read more
There’s a lot of talk about increased sales of essential goods during the pandemic, but apparently there’s more to life than peanut butter and toilet paper. As people spend more time at home due to the pandemic, some are looking Read more
