E-Commerce

The National Retail Federation (NRF) yesterday forecasted that holiday sales during November and December will increase between 3.6 percent and 5.2 percent over 2019 to between $755.3 billion and $766.7 billion. The numbers, which exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, compare with a 4 percent increase to $729.1 billion last year and an average holiday…

You'll soon be able to recreate the treasure-hunt experience of shopping at HomeGoods from the comfort of your couch. The store where you can spend hours perusing aisle after aisle of affordable home accessories plans to roll out an e-commerce site in 2021, according to a statement from The TJX Companies, parent company of HomeGoods. The brick-and-mortar retail…

A little over two years after its $753 million acquisition of the prescription medicine delivery service Pillpack, Amazon.com has launched Amazon Pharmacy, an online and mobile prescription medication ordering and fulfillment service. After launching its own line of over-the-counter drugs in 2019, this is arguably Amazon’s broadest push into the healthcare business to-date, one that could open up very…

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Melissa Campanelli and Kristina Stidham discuss Singles Day, the annual shopping holiday in China that rakes in billions of dollars for online brands and retailers. This year, the shopping event is an even larger opportunity for cross-border e-commerce growth as online shopping is already heightened amidst…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interview Sanjeev Sularia, CEO and founder of Intelligence Node, a real-time retail intelligence platform that empowers businesses to drive product-level profitability and grow margins using data-driven competitive insights. Listen in as Sularia shares his advice for retailers looking to thrive in this new era of…

This year hasn’t been like any other for retailers, and the upcoming holiday season promises continued challenges — and opportunities. Consumers are predicted to do more of their shopping online and earlier due to the pandemic, so it’s a crucial time for retailers to ensure they’re best equipped to navigate the impending surge in e-commerce…

Retailers don’t know if what they’ve seen from shoppers since the onset of the pandemic is a new set of permanent habits or only temporary reactions to a global shopping shakeup. Therefore, how can retailers prepare for the holidays in light of unpredictable store strategies and a mass migration to digital shopping channels? At a…

For many retailers, the coming holiday season will be a make-or-break moment at the end of a challenging year. There's enormous pressure to make the most out of any opportunity to close a sale — especially now that Amazon.com has elongated the season by setting Prime Day for October 13. But first, retailers will need…

Like much of everything in 2020, the holiday shopping season is expected to look quite different than prior years — and it extends way beyond just wearing a mask to the mall. Every year, Shopkick surveys U.S. consumers to learn more about their holiday shopping plans. This time around, amidst a global pandemic, findings show…

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss 2020 Halloween shopping trends as we approach the holiday. The National Retail Federation (NRF) conducted its annual Halloween survey on consumer perspectives for the holiday, and the data points to one key theme: despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Halloween 2020 is still…