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| JUN 23, 2022
Whitney Birdsall, senior forecasting analyst, worked on our latest forecast for US retail and ecommerce sales in Q2. She tells us how recent market turmoil, supply chain issues, and economic uncertainty could impact our forecast, which measures the total value of all the merchandise sold on ecommerce platforms
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| JUN 8, 2022
At Insider Intelligence, our forecasting team is constantly analyzing historical data, combing through insights from thousands of data sources, and reacting to industry forces to predict where markets and segments are heading. Peter Newman, senior forecasting analyst, worked on our latest forecast for US digital ad spending in Q1. He tells us how the recent market turmoil, supply chain issues, and economic uncertainty could impact the numbers in our forecast.
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| JUL 21, 2022
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| JUL 28, 2022
The cost of school supplies is weighing heavily on US parents. Between May and June, 40% of those planning to do back-to-school shopping considered it a significant concern in their budget, compared with 30% last August. Meanwhile, 19% said they could not afford it, up from 14%.
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| JUL 27, 2022
The trend: There are fewer retail vacancies than any time in the past 10 years, per a CBRE study reported by Chain Store Age. The Q2 retail availability rate was 5.1%, with available space in the neighborhood, community, and strip center segment falling by 2.4 percentage points over the past five years and 5.3 points over the past 10.
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| JUL 14, 2022
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| JUL 18, 2022
Supply chain issues have eased back from their pandemic peaks: But there are plenty of challenges ahead and slowing consumer demand could lead to a new issue: inventory pileups.
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| JUN 28, 2022
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| MAY 17, 2022
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| AUG 1, 2022
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| JUL 18, 2022
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| AUG 3, 2022
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| JUL 29, 2022
Canada’s consumers are slowly but surely shifting to online shopping, with ecommerce more than doubling its share of total retail sales since 2019. In this report, we look at the various retail milestones Canada will reach in 2022, as well as our first-ever breakdown of the country’s ecommerce sales by product category.
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| JUL 22, 2022
At the time, we posited One Medical would likely seek shelter under a healthcare giant’s roof as health tech companies like it become more financially cautious in an era of economic uncertainty. The One Medical deal will beef up Amazon’s healthcare presence in 3 key ways:. 1. Access to a ton of new employer clients.
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| JUN 16, 2022
Consumers won’t be able to maintain their spending habits in the face of rising economic uncertainty. The US savings rate is at its lowest since 2008. Personal savings as a share of disposable income fell to 4.4% in April 2022, the lowest since September 2008, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The average amount of savings is decreasing sharply.
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| JUN 2, 2022
Tech wrestles with an era of uncertainty: As 2022 hits the halfway point, we look at how various technology companies navigate expected and unexpected challenges that could alter the business landscape.
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| FEB 15, 2022
Despite uncertainty stemming from ongoing challenges in identity resolution, programmatic display ad spending is steadily taking on an ever-greater share of total US digital display ad spending.
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| APR 28, 2022
But it had losses of $2.96 billion—nearly 62% higher than its year-earlier quarterly loss. Without legacy advertising sales to fund its metaverse ambitions, the company will “slow the pace of some of our investments,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on the firm’s earnings call. Meta’s global headcount was 77,805 at the end of Q1, up 28% from a year earlier.
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| APR 1, 2022
Coronavirus lockdowns in China have global repercussions: The ripple effect of Chinese factory shutdowns will be felt far and wide while businesses are forced to adjust expectations.
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| JUN 17, 2022
Rising prices have US adults lowering their costs, and 51% of these cost-cutters are spending less on dining out. Other expenses are in their crosshairs as well: 47% are shelling out less for clothing, toys, travel, and entertainment.
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| AUG 18, 2021
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| JUL 6, 2022
In the US, 55.1% of Gen Z digital buyers ages 14 and older will use a buy now, pay later (BNPL) service at least once this year. That figure drops to 48.6% for millennial digital buyers and becomes progressively smaller among older generations.
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| JUN 30, 2022
Article: Will inflation and uncertainty affect brands’ influencer marketing spend? Article: Ahead of July Fourth, travel industry hopes for big summer rebound.
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| JUL 20, 2022