Americans harnessed buy now, pay later (BNPL) methods for their Black Friday purchases, while curbside pickup has been a hit during the pandemic period. In consumer behavior, the shopping journey of a “typical” grocery shopper has changed in a way that is increasingly looking to be a permanent shift instead of a transient event. And in the stock market, Petco and Poshmark are among the most important connected-economy initial public offerings (IPOs) expected this year. All this, Today in Data.