Conversely, Best Buy is expected to have soft sales as consumers move to other categories outside home and electronics post-pandemic. Amazon Is a Clear Winner; Walmart to Gain Share Again.

Twig’s app lets users sell and trade digital and physical items—like clothing or electronics—on its platform. Payments can be made in cash and in the future in digital assets like cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform will support cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum. Payments can then be applied to future purchases.

They are ahead of incumbents in popularizing innovative features like OTA updates and in creating advanced electric and electronic (E/E) architectures. This is a highly dynamic space, with new startups emerging quickly and venture capital following the leaders. These players include new automakers like Tesla, Rivian, Aurora, and Canoo.

When US adults do make a purchase via smart speaker, it is likely to be in the health and beauty category or for electronics, according to a study conducted between August 2019 and August 2021 by Comscore Plan Metrix Multi-Platform. Consumer interest in voice shopping services is low.

Computing products and customer electronics, financial services, and automotive follow retail but with just £260 million separating them in the rankings. Digital Ad Spending by Device. When it comes to device trends, the pandemic did little to change the narrative.

Category diversification into smart home electronics, newfound demand for home video and audio entertainment, and ongoing needs for home office gear will continue bolster the category, but ecommerce growth will slightly underperform the overall benchmark because of tough comparisons with last year. Toys and hobbies category strength will come from sporting goods, not toys.

Apple’s blowout Q4 highlighted strength in iPhone, Mac, and AirPod sales, while gaming consoles, smart TVs, home audio, and smart home electronics all continued to perform. Amazon, Walmart, and eBay again topped the list.

Although HIPAA sets strict regulations around the accessibility and security of patient health information, its parameters govern the use of certain types of information by physicians, health insurers, and healthcare clearinghouses via electronic or paper health records.

Further, about one-third of respondents who had not yet purchased private label accessories, electronics, and footwear were open to doing so; for home furnishings, the figure was almost 46%. This signals consumers’ willingness to discover store-owned brands in a broader range of categories.

Shipment tracing was the second-most important use of blockchain, ahead of cryptocurrency exchange (but behind facilitating internet of things authentication and connections), in a survey of tech leaders by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Better integration with wearables, condition-specific devices, and electronic health records (EHRs) will help disease management apps prosper. Providers and patients want mHealth apps to be convenient and to synchronize easily with other technology.

Providers that move to electronic statements and payments see their average days of receiving patient balances cut by 55%, while increasing the number of full payments submitted by 23.4%, according to a Waystar analysis of the company’s healthcare organization clients.