holidays

Walmart Adds Free Shipping To Walmart+ Subscription Program
Walmart Adds Free Shipping To Walmart+ Subscription Program
December 02, 2020  |  Walmart

Another day, another move to capture consumer spend as the holiday shopping season enters into its second half in 2020. This time around it’s an announcement...

READ MORE >
From Retail To Restaurants, Holiday Gift Card Sales Are Hot
From Retail To Restaurants, Holiday Gift Card Sales Are Hot
December 02, 2020  |  Retail

In a year that’s been filled with lifestyle changes, personal pivots and business adaptations, 2020 may also go down as the year of the gift...

READ MORE >
Black Friday Data Shows Changing Future For Department Stores
Black Friday Data Shows Changing Future For Department Stores
December 02, 2020  |  Retail

They used to have an iconic place in the life of the American consumer. They were the places where kids met Santa. Or maybe where...

READ MORE >
Subscription-Based Companies See Happy Holidays (And Renewals)
Subscription-Based Companies See Happy Holidays (And Renewals)
December 02, 2020  |  Subscriptions

For all its many horrors, 2020 has turned out to be a surprisingly good time to sell subscriptions to consumers. The latest PYMNTS/Recurly Subscription Commerce Conversion Index found...

READ MORE >
Cyber Monday Rings Up $10.8 Billion In Record Sales
Cyber Monday Rings Up $10.8 Billion In Record Sales
December 01, 2020  |  eCommerce

Cyber Monday consumers rang up $10.8 billion in sales for the holiday, smashing records for the biggest online shopping day ever, according to new data...

READ MORE >
Consumers Don’t Like Shopping In Physical Stores — Here’s Why
Consumers Don’t Like Shopping In Physical Stores — Here’s Why
December 01, 2020  |  Retail

The digital-first nature of this year’s holiday shopping season has gone from theory to reality in short order. The unofficial official start of the 2020...

READ MORE >
Cyber Monday: Sales Records Abound For Obsolete Holiday
Cyber Monday: Sales Records Abound For Obsolete Holiday
December 01, 2020  |  Retail

Anyone who missed the significance of Cyber Monday this year gets a hall pass. The pandemic has rendered what started in 2005 as a reason...

READ MORE >
The Digital-First Economy’s Impact On Holiday Shopping
The Digital-First Economy’s Impact On Holiday Shopping
December 01, 2020  |  Today In Data

The tally on Thanksgiving weekend keeps favoring the digital-first economy, with in-store shopping on the decline and eCommerce sales dramatically rising as expected. Shoppers have taken...

READ MORE >
Walmart, Target Take In-Store Spending Title For Black Friday
Walmart, Target Take In-Store Spending Title For Black Friday
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

Although most consumers did their Black Friday shopping online this year, new research shows young shoppers were most likely to head into physical stores, suggesting...

READ MORE >