Retail sales up in September with impressive year-over-year gainsRetail spending continued to grow in September led by a strong rebound in apparel. Study: Amazon passes $10 billion in Prime Day salesAmazon experienced 45% year-over-year growth in revenue for its sixth annual Prime Day sales extravaganza, according to Digital Commerce. Is Prime Day part of the ‘new normal’? Nobody questions the success of Amazon Prime Day, but has retail simply adjusted to it? CPG: Strong September sales bode well for holiday; forecasts 5.8% growth Stellar sales in September should lead the way to a surprisingly strong holiday for retailers. Google: The five big shifts in holiday shopping behavior are… An adjustment in the timing of Cyber Monday is just one significant change Google predicts will occur during the 2020 holiday shopping season. Real Estate Investor Survey: Retail sector will be hurt most by COVID-19 Nine out of 10 investors and senior property company directors think real estate transaction levels will return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021. Survey: Consumers say indoor air quality crucial to prevent COVID-19 spread Consumers are paying close attention to the indoor air quality of public spaces amid the pandemic. Study: COVID-19 creates e-commerce windfall; to reach $1 trillion by 2023 U.S. online retail sales are expected to soar in 2020 as the pandemic shifts consumer spending to the internet. Americans’ average weekly grocery spending up 17% from pre-pandemic levels Americans are going to the grocery store less but spending more than they did before the pandemic started. Survey: Global parcel volume surpasses 100 billion Over 3,000 parcels were shipped every second in 2019 in the world’s 13 major markets. Counterfeits could turn a bright Black Friday bleak Customers plan to spend money online this Black Friday, but take a dim view of e-commerce platforms that sell counterfeit items. eMarketer: U.S. e-commerce to grow over 30%; Best Buy, Target to see biggest surges U.S. online sales will reach $794.50 billion this year, up 32.4% year-over-year and accounting for 14.4% of all retail spending. First Previous 168 169 170 171 172 Next Last