TikTok bets on social commerce to deliver significant revenues: The platform is reportedly planning to build its own network of fulfillment centers.

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss Amazon's ambitions in the grocery space, how it's leveraging Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods, and whether the ecommerce company could become the biggest seller of digital groceries. Then for "Pop-Up Rankings," we rank the top four tech innovations giving Amazon an advantage in grocery. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Blake Droesch and Andrew Lipsman.

Advertisers saw higher ROAS from Walmart than Amazon in Q2: But the ecommerce giant continues to attract the lion’s share of retail media spend.

Amazon’s Early Access Sale is primed for success: The event is expected to attract more shoppers—and spending—than ever before, despite competing sales from Target and Walmart.

The Roku Channel takes first place in value among free ad-supported TV services. Among US users of these services, 84% said it provides excellent or good value. The CBS app holds the No. 2 spot, cited by 80%.

We take a look at how the partnership has evolved in the five years since Amazon’s acquisition.

Omnipresent Amazon craves omniscience: The company’s latest products show it wants to get even closer to customers in the real world. But with concerns over privacy and security, there could be trouble ahead.

Amazon’s $1 billion-a-year Thursday Night Football bet appears to be paying off, drawing record Prime sign-ups and reinforcing advertisers’ confidence in Amazon’s streaming tech. Once a pillar of pay TV, live sports have become the next big thing in streaming.

Google’s latest search features streamline the shopping experience.

Recurring revenue is the key to long-term success for connected fitness: Peloton and Mirror take steps to get people to buy their gear—the first step toward getting them to subscribe.

The top five digital grocers in the US will capture 67.2% of the country’s grocery ecommerce sales in 2022. That figure will rise slightly over the next two years, with leaders Walmart Inc. and Amazon growing their shares by about 1 percentage point each.

Retailers’ theft-prevention strategies risk alienating consumers: But Home Depot, Wegmans, and Best Buy show the difficulties of striking a balance between shopper satisfaction and store security.

Amazon’s second shopping event for Prime members will take place October 11 and 12. The event, called the Prime Early Access Sale, will be virtually the same as Amazon’s Prime Day held earlier this year.

Major streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ dive into advertising while more viewers cut the pay TV cord.

Walmart’s holiday messaging focuses on convenience and value: The retailer introduces three new returns options and price rollbacks in key categories.

Affirm can maintain its market lead by working with the country’s largest etailer, and Amazon can use a growing payment method to avoid bleeding customers to rivals.

Zuck has a golden opportunity if he doesn't muck it up: Meta’s market valuation drops are tied to its metaverse aspirations. Its upcoming product releases need to be crowd pleasers.

On today's episode, we discuss how Amazon's Thursday Night Football debut went, whether TikTok might be the new search engine, if people want to buy things with emojis, how many folks will sign up to Netflix with ads, how many ads are too many, an explanation of whether Apple is the dark horse of search, how much the world doesn't recycle, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha and analysts Ross Benes and Evelyn Mitchell.

Retailers look for more ways to monetize their customer bases: Kroger, Sam’s Club, and Best Buy keep seeking new ways to entice advertisers to their retail media networks.

Inflation will drive sales growth, but consumers are also spending more of their overall grocery dollars online.