online sales

Mall Traffic Drops As Online Sales Jump During Pandemic
Mall Traffic Drops As Online Sales Jump During Pandemic
May 21, 2020  |  Today In Data

All eyes have been on the reopening of malls this week and shoppers’ reactions. Mall traffic at eight reopened shopping centers reached record lows, but Wall Street...

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Ex-Walmart Supply Chain Exec Now Leading DRINKS’ Digital Shift
Ex-Walmart Supply Chain Exec Now Leading DRINKS’ Digital Shift
May 19, 2020  |  Retail

Hans Holmer is a quick study – and he needs to be. As the new vice president of operations for DRINKS, he is responsible for...

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Data Drop: eCommerce Numbers Steal Relevance
Data Drop: eCommerce Numbers Steal Relevance
May 18, 2020  |  Retail

Is the retail industry looking at the wrong numbers? It could be. While last week’s 16 percent overall spending drop lit up the headlines and...

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As Consumers Buy Online Inflation Follows, Index Shows
As Consumers Buy Online Inflation Follows, Index Shows
May 12, 2020  |  eCommerce

Online grocery sales saw a 110 percent increase in activity in April, according to Adobe’s Digital Economy Index (DEI), numbers spurred by the coronavirus‘s push...

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Square Challenges PayPal With Branded Online Checkout Button
Square Challenges PayPal With Branded Online Checkout Button
May 07, 2020  |  eCommerce

Square has launched an alternative to PayPal, according to VentureBeat. The new payment tool was designed for small businesses looking to move from brick-and-mortar to...

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Wayfair’s Sales Up 20 Pct As Homebound Consumers Feather Nests
Wayfair’s Sales Up 20 Pct As Homebound Consumers Feather Nests
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

Online retail giant Wayfair saw its sales surge in the first quarter of 2020, even while its net loss grew. The increase in sales figures...

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Could TJX, Other Offline Retailers Regret Their eCommerce Abandonment?
Could TJX, Other Offline Retailers Regret Their eCommerce Abandonment?
April 09, 2020  |  Retail

It seems like a year ago, but it was actually only March 8 when discount retailer Burlington announced that it was abandoning its admittedly watered-down...

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eCommerce Rising: Retailers Watch For Trendlines
eCommerce Rising: Retailers Watch For Trendlines
March 25, 2020  |  Retail

So far, we know a lot about what U.S. consumers are not doing. As seen in Karen Webster’s report on our exclusive COVID-19 consumer survey,...

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eCommerce Helped Nike Mitigate Lost Sales In China
eCommerce Helped Nike Mitigate Lost Sales In China
March 25, 2020  |  Retail

After the COVID-19 outbreak, business for Nike Inc. has bounced back in China. The brand was also able to help mitigate lost sales with eCommerce...

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