Cyber Monday news and trends

TikTok Shop Holiday Spending Jumps Despite Ban Threat
Social Commerce // December 08, 2024

If this is TikTok’s last Christmas in America, it’s not going out quietly. The social media platform’s shopping arm, TikTok Shop, has seen heavy levels of consumer spending so far this holiday shopping season, Reuters reported Saturday (Dec. 7), citing its own analysis of spending...

Walmart’s Gains in Premium Market Shake Up Holiday Sales
Retail // December 06, 2024

Following a strong Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both Walmart and Amazon reported record-breaking sales, with their platforms seeing growth from third-party sellers. Walmart reported record sales for its third-party Marketplace during the early holiday shopping season, with the period from Nov. 25 to Dec....

Sovos Sees 92% Jump in Tax Processing on Black Friday
Taxes // December 05, 2024

Sovos says it saw “record-breaking” tax processing performance on Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. The compliance company announced Thursday (Dec. 5) that it had processed taxes on close to 300 million items just on those two days, out of the more than 16 billion it processes each year. According...

Fewer Americans Shopped Black Friday Despite Record Spending
Retail // December 04, 2024

America’s biggest retailers kicked off the holiday shopping season with record spending. However, the actual number of people shopping during the Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday stretch declined slightly this year, according to data published Tuesday (Dec. 3) by the National Retail Federation (NRF). Still, the 197 million people who shopped this year...

Interviews & Exclusives
Walmart’s Gains in Premium Market Shake Up Holiday Sales

December 06, 2024
Following a strong Black Friday and Cyber Monday, both Walmart and Amazon reported record-breaking sales, with their platforms seeing growth from third-party sellers. Walmart reported record sales for its third-party Marketplace during the early holiday shopping season, with the period from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2, including Cyber Monday, marking its highest-ever sales day and […]

Retail Brief: Walmart and Amazon Revamp Strategies for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

November 01, 2024
Walmart and Amazon are both ramping up their strategies for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, seeking to capture consumer interest during the holiday shopping season. Walmart’s Black Friday events will...

5 Ways Consumers Choose to Pay This Holiday Season

December 05, 2023
’Tis the season … … to puzzle out how to get everyone on your list, well, satisfied. Without breaking the bank. PYMNTS Intelligence data, headed into the holiday shopping frenzy...

Installment Payment Plans To Spur Merchant Growth In 2021

December 30, 2020
The pandemic has heaped financial hurt on millions of consumers globally, prompting them to trim their shopping lists and seek flexible ways to make purchases. Evidence reveals that these habits...

Quick Reads
Visa: AI Helped Block 85% More Fraud on Cyber Monday

December 17, 2024
Visa’s artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities enabled it to block 85% more suspected fraud globally on Cyber Monday compared to a year earlier. It did so at a time when suspected fraudulent transactions at physical and digital stores rose by 200%, due in part to fraudsters’ use of AI, the payments technology company […]

TikTok Shop Holiday Spending Jumps Despite Ban Threat

December 08, 2024
If this is TikTok’s last Christmas in America, it’s not going out quietly. The social media platform’s shopping arm, TikTok Shop, has seen heavy levels of consumer spending so far...

Sovos Sees 92% Jump in Tax Processing on Black Friday

December 05, 2024
Sovos says it saw “record-breaking” tax processing performance on Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. The compliance company announced Thursday (Dec. 5) that it had processed taxes on close to 300 million items just on...

Fewer Americans Shopped Black Friday Despite Record Spending

December 04, 2024
America’s biggest retailers kicked off the holiday shopping season with record spending. However, the actual number of people shopping during the Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday stretch declined slightly this year, according to data published Tuesday...