Insider Intelligence associate analyst Christina Obolenskaya spoke with Ricky Joshi, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Saatva, on providing "accessible luxury" products to customers. Saatva sells high-end mattresses on its ecommerce platform, as well as bedding products, bed frames, and more.

Insider Intelligence spoke with Kate MacCabe, Brooklinen's vice president of Product, a DTC brand selling luxury bedding products.

Shopping Habits and Intent to Spend. It isn’t news to note that shopping habits transitioned massively to digital over the past 15 months. With numerous enforced lockdowns for significant periods, digital shopping was the only option for the vast majority in the UK. Shopping for groceries and pharmaceuticals was exempt, of course, and classified as essential shopping.

With $68 trillion in assets set to transfer to younger generations over the next 30 years, wealth managers who target high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) must adapt by using digital solutions to enhance their existing white-glove services—not replace them.

Watch AR ecommerce at Snapchat's quarterly earnings: The company is sure to give more details on its push to make AR shopping a bigger part of its platform, especially after announcing two major partnerships earlier this week.

Snapchat cements its AR ecommerce ambitions: Snap is already a popular platform for beauty and fashion brands using AR, but recent moves suggest Snap is getting serious about expanding its AR ecommerce capabilities.

This year has been characterized by strong demand for discretionary products like apparel, luxury, and jewelry goods. Luxury retail and jewelry sectors have been experiencing some of the strongest year-over-year (YoY) sales growth, per a September statement from Mastercard. These products will drive growth this holiday season as people return to social events.

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The 2020 holiday season’s unprecedented ecommerce surge helped total US retail spending remain positive, setting the tone for healthy outlook for 2021 holiday season growth.

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But Klarna is likely banking on its ambitions of becoming a super app that’s home to shopping and financial services to keep its user base and fend off competitors by tying customers tightly to the company.

Business Insider Intelligence research analyst Daniel Keyes, eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman and senior forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Cindy Liu try their hands at playing a special, Amazon-themed game of "What's the Point?" where they discuss how the US House antitrust report affects Amazon, luxury brands on the platform, palm-print payment, all the new details about Prime Day 2020, and more.