Convenience matters, but today's cost-conscious consumers demand quality too. This shift forces marketers to rethink convenience's role in purchase decisions. Both online and physical retailers prioritize seamless experiences, but with different challenges. Brick-and-mortar stores struggle to deliver convenience, while ecommerce faces growing price sensitivity. Here are five key stats that reveal how consumers view convenience in 2025.
Walmart faces heat after asking Chinese suppliers to cut prices: The retailer’s attempt to shift the burden of US tariffs backfired, highlighting the widespread impact of the trade war.
Bridging the retail media measurement gap: Night Market’s AI-powered platform draws interest as brands seek clearer metrics.
Less than 10% of shoppers don’t expect to make any changes to their shopping habits due to tariffs, according to February 2025 data from Numerator.
Grocery sales shifting online is a lasting legacy of the pandemic: We expect 13.7% of grocery sales to occur online this year, more than double the 6.2% share in prepandemic 2019.
On today’s podcast episode, we discuss what malls are doing well (and why), the reasons folks have been skipping the mall, and why IKEA and Walmart bought one each. Listen to the conversation with our Senior Analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts Analysts Emmy Liederman and Rachel Wolff.
Inditex points to slower growth at start of the year: But Zara’s parent company remains confident about its ability to thrive in an uncertain environment.
70% of consumers worldwide have switched brands because they enjoy experimenting, according to a January 2025 Capgemini report.
Shoppers worldwide are flocking to online marketplaces and social commerce for convenience, variety, and competitive pricing. While price remains key, brand trust is becoming a major factor in certain markets. As these platforms drive discovery and sales, brands must adapt to stay competitive. Here are three ways digital shopping habits are evolving among consumers worldwide.
Exclusive events—even when cardholders have to pay to access them—have helped the brand make big gains with Gen Z and millennials.
Delinquency fears hit the highest since 2020. We look at how issuers can tailor their offerings for a new era of uncertainty.
This bodes well for fintechs trying to build out their financial services offerings.
9% of Amazon shoppers plan to participate in retailer boycott: The spending blackout is unlikely to stick as Amazon’s convenience makes it indispensable to shoppers.
Kohl’s expects comparable sales to decline up to 6% this year: Strong macroeconomic headwinds make it difficult for the struggling department store to chart a new path forward.
Trump's tariff policies fuel uncertainty: How brands and retailers can best prepare amid a perpetually shifting landscape.
Dick’s Sporting Goods had its best holiday quarter on record: While Q4 comparable sales soared past expectations, the retailer is tempering its outlook due to geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.
With billions invested and a team of pros, Visa’s strategy is stopping fraud at scale—just as consumer losses hit record highs.
"Nobody knows what's going to happen and when," said our analyst Rachel Wolff on a recent “Behind the Numbers” podcast, about the potential impact of tariffs. "Everybody's just waiting until the last possible minute to figure out, will these actually go into effect?" Retailers are bracing for disruptions as President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, China, and the EU loom.
Dollar General Media Network (DGMN) has partnered with experiential retail media platform Recess on a sampling program that reaches consumers outside of the store, in their communities.
China’s deflationary spiral is expected to continue this year: A sharper-than-expected drop in prices in February underscores Chinese consumers’ extreme reluctance to spend.