Food services and drinking place sales (i.e., restaurant sales, restaurant delivery ordered online); travel sales; event ticket sales; payments such as bill pay, taxes or money transfers; gambling and other vice good sales. UK Retail and Ecommerce Sales. The pandemic has altered our retail forecasts substantially. Though retail sales will decline, ecommerce will see a significant bounce.

According to a Partnerize analysis of US gross merchandise sales from affiliate promotions on its platform, sales in the food and drink category surged 148% YoY in 2020. Meanwhile, travel sales fell by 61% from 2019. “Right off the bat, there were declines in categories like travel.

Retail: Includes mail order/catalog, restaurants/fast food, drugstores, retail stores, cosmetics stores, and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise.

The US Food and Drug Administration currently reviews virtual and augmented reality devices via its Medical Extended Reality Program, a precursor to setting regulatory requirements for future devices and uses. Below, we detail just a few examples of how healthcare is integrating virtual, augmented, and mixed reality today. Still confused about what the metaverse is? 

The regional rankings will look much the same in 2021 as they did in 2020, though every area is showing a much bigger number and an upshifted trend line compared with 2019. Recently, Latin America has been growing faster than Central and Eastern Europe, although this trend is expected to fall off. The relative scale of ecommerce between regions should remain consistent for many years to come.

However, it will reverse that trend in 2020 thanks to its resilience during the lockdown and its ability to supply China’s buyers with the full suite of essential supplies they were seeking.

Austin-based food influencer Jane Ko, @atasteofkoko on Instagram, told us that she’s “never been a fan of gated content,” as it cuts off access for some of her followers. Ko added that she prefers brand partnerships over other monetization options because it’s a way for her to “share experiences with her followers” and “bring a brand to life in a creative and authentic way.”.

This report features our latest forecasts for digital ad spending in Germany across six sectors—auto, consumer packaged goods, financial services, healthcare and pharma, retail, and travel—and outlines key trends shaping these forecasts.

“In one sense, the growing popularity of D2C illustrates the value of differentiation, product innovation and addressing unmet customer needs,” said Andrew Lipsman, eMarketer principal analyst and author of our latest report, “The Future of Retail 2020: 10 Trends that Will Shape the Year Ahead.”.

Accepting cards, which we expect to account for over 80% of US retail and food purchases this year, remains most important, though they’re approaching ubiquity, per Paysafe. The next frontier of payment acceptance innovation for PSPs will focus on three types:. Buy now, pay later (BNPL).

We recently spoke with Scott Crawford, chief merchandising officer at FreshDirect, about this change in consumer behavior and other trends that he and his team are observing. Tell us about your role.

Not only has it been a leading driver of influencer marketing adoption overall, it also has driven many of the recent trends within the industry, including the rise of micro- and nano-influencers.

Consumer packaged goods (CPG): Includes food products, household products, packaged goods, tobacco, personal care products, toiletries, and cosmetic products. (A large portion of these products are categorized in the UK as fast-moving consumer goods, or FMCG.).

Despite intense competition and slim margins, the food/grocery segment will lead the way with 5G, with those retailers expecting 50% adoption in the next two years, followed by specialty soft goods and hardgoods (36% and 29%, respectively).

KitchenAid used social listening to “identify the most popular recipes, ingredients and genres of food people are making right now,” Cole of Digitas said. It also used listening to learn what foods people were stocking up on, or were unable to find, so it could tailor the content to what was top of mind and relevant, she said.

If you really want to create value out of raw data, it's not just about what a user tells you but also what you observe—the interactions, behaviors, trends, and so on. Machine learning allows publishers to create value out of their data. Value that is usable for content personalization but also for ad targeting.

Search ad spending in the US will rise by 5.9% this year, significantly below trend, in the face of the massive disruption to consumer lifestyles. But the pandemic is setting search up for a bigger future.

Some of the emerging markets, on the other hand, will be more even-keeled year on year, as the countervailing trends of decreased consumption and increased ecommerce activity cancel each other out. Ecommerce Channels by Market. The global retail ecommerce market has been characterized by three channel trends in recent years:.

Food service beyond grocery will shape up differently post-pandemic, with a wider variety of options supplementing the patronizing of sit-down restaurants, including meal kit delivery and ordering food online directly and via third-party aggregators' apps.

Retail: Includes mail order/catalog, restaurants/fast food, drug stores, retail stores, cosmetics stores, and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise.

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During this period, people were only allowed out of their homes for one form of exercise per day or to collect essential items such as food or medicine. Economically, meanwhile, the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has helped furloughed employees remain financially solvent.

Food services and drinking place sales (i.e., restaurant sales, restaurant delivery ordered online); travel sales; event ticket sales; payments, such as bill pay, taxes or money transfers; gambling and other vice goods. Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc on the Economy.

Tyson Foods took out a full-page ad in major newspapers on April 26 warning that “the food supply chain is breaking.”. Currently, Americans are concerned, about both the virus and the economy.

China’s ad industry has long been digital-centric, and the events of 2020 have only exacerbated this trend. Despite many projections that China’s GDP will expand by upward of 8% in 2021, we forecast that OOH will be the only traditional media format to rebound in a meaningful way (up 6.5%).