The US labor market is a tale of two halves: While retailers with a strong brick-and-mortar presence are intensifying their hiring efforts, startups are taking a more cautious approach to recruitment as VC funding dries up.

The pandemic-driven two-year ecommerce boom of 2020 is set to decelerate considerably this year. Brick-and-mortar retail, meanwhile, returned with a vengeance last year and is in better shape than expected going into 2022.

Retail sales for the 2021 US holiday season will soar as brick-and-mortar shopping returns with a vengeance and ecommerce maintains double-digit growth rates.

Amazon’s freewheeling approach to brick-and-mortar is at an end: The retail giant closes stores as it focuses on boosting profitability and winning grocery market share from Walmart and Target.

Retailers invest in last-mile fulfillment as shoppers clamor for convenience: Growing ecommerce business has led companies to revamp their brick-and-mortar footprints and adopt autonomous delivery methods.

Amazon’s bet on brick-and-mortar grocery has yet to pay off: A new report highlights the company’s physical retail struggles, but digital grocery remains a bright spot.

On today's episode, we discuss what Amazon's deceleration is telling us and what to make of the ecommerce giant's ad business breaking out. Then for "In Other News," we talk about whether shopping in 3D can move the needle and what store openings and closings reveal about the brick-and-mortar landscape. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Andrew Lipsman.

On this episode of Brand Anatomy, where we get exclusive looks inside leading brands, Briefing director Jeremy Goldman sits down with Matt Alexander, co-founder and CEO of Neighborhood Goods, to discuss 2021 growth metrics, how sampling and discovery come to life in a retail environment, and Neighborhood Goods' expansion plans for 2022.

Brick-and-mortar retailers will bank on digital technology to ease shopper friction points and drive in-store sales.

Across brick and mortar and ecommerce, the customer experience landscape has changed dramatically—and permanently—during the pandemic.

US ecommerce sales will surpass $1 trillion annually in 2022, up 15.9% from this year.

Black Friday brick-and-mortar traffic drops 28.3% from 2019 but rises 47.5% over last year: The results shows consumers are stretching out the holiday season by shopping earlier in wake of supply chain concerns.

Redefining the in-store experience: Another prong of Amazon’s fashion expansion is Amazon Style, its brick-and-mortar clothing initiative that features apparel from brands like Levi’s and Theory, as well as private label products.

Brick-and-mortar holiday sales surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. Non-ecommerce holiday sales jumped 17.3% to $1.017 trillion, surpassing the $1 trillion milestone and gaining share on ecommerce for the first time on record. What’s more, the massive gain wasn’t simply a rebound off mid-pandemic declines—holiday 2020 brick-and-mortar was actually up from the prior year.

Mercado Libre and Dafiti were excluded from this analysis since they do not have brick-and-mortar operations. Looking Ahead. The resurgence of in-store shopping last year proved the continued importance of brick-and-mortar retail in Latin America. Thanks to rising inflation and gas prices, as well as dwindling disposable income, shopping habits will be more fluid in 2022.

Brick-and-mortar will account for almost exactly $1 trillion of Southeast Asia’s $1.099 trillion in total sales in 2022. Total sales first crossed the $1 trillion mark in 2019. They then dipped below that threshold in 2020, due to a 9.6% contraction in brick-and-mortar sales.

On today's episode, we discuss the most interesting takeaways from Amazon's Q3 earnings, why the online store's sales hit the brakes, and how Amazon's ad business is coming along. We then talk about Walmart testing an SMS-assisted ecommerce tool called “Walmart Text to Shop,” how new brick-and-mortar stores might look different, and Pinterest's new shoppable live series called Pinterest TV. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Andrew Lipsman.

That reflects consumers’ desire to get out and shop; 54% of consumers prefer brick-and-mortar shopping to any other channel, which is more than twice the number who prefer shopping via a mobile phone (21%) or computer (18%), per an Emarsys survey. More on this: Inflation has yet to have a meaningful impact on consumer spending.

The partnership between Farfetch and Neiman Marcus gives each the best of both worlds: Neiman Marcus can boost its ecommerce capabilities, while Farfetch can learn more about the brick-and-mortar side of the business.

Liverpool noted that while click-and-collect levels did see improvement in Q2—due to the reopening of its brick-and-mortar stores—they remained below pre-pandemic levels. Establishing Dark Stores. Dark stores are large retail facilities that cater exclusively to fulfilling orders placed online. Unlike physical retail stores, dark stores are not open to the public.

Online, these services pop up at checkout and can help reduce cart abandonment, though their appeal may not translate to brick-and-mortar stores in the same manner. Demand for cryptocurrency as a payment method was muted. Only 6% of survey respondents rated the ability to use crypto for apparel purchases as “extremely valuable.”