The 2018 holiday season brought big rises in digital sales in Western Europe. The online grocery sector also experienced growth last year. Meanwhile, Amazon and Alibaba have both set their sights on major gains in the region.

Cashierless stores, like Amazon Go, have great potential to shake up the brick-and-mortar landscape. According to GPShopper, 48% of US internet users believe scan-and-go technology would make shopping easier. And 43% would rather try scan-and-go than wait in a checkout line.

Ratings and reviews matter a great deal during the shopping process. Not only can they influence a purchase—or steer consumers to one store over another—but they can also get shoppers to spend more than they intended.

Over-the-top video inventory demand is very strong, but the supply of impressions is limited. This has created an opportunity for fraudsters to trick advertisers into buying inventory that does not really exist.

Consumer brands have long competed against each other, first in brick-and-mortar stores and now online. But the latest competitive threat is coming from an unexpected source: Amazon's 135+ private-label brands, as tallied by TJI Research.

Amazon and Alibaba continue to expand into Western Europe—Amazon with hopes of capturing a greater European consumer base, and Alibaba selling luxury European goods to its tens of millions of consumers in China.

Consumers don’t fully trust retailers with their data. But, they’ll put their reservations aside for the right price.

Every week on eMarketer’s “Behind the Numbers” podcast, we take a few minutes to discuss some of the most intriguing headlines of the past seven days. This week, we're chatting about YouTube and others' efforts to remove content from their platforms, one city's attempt to make tech disruptors play by the rules, and new and improved robot voices.

"Do You Have a Second?" is a pint-sized, daily podcast that highlights three new data releases and offers some context--all in five minutes. Here are this week's episodes, packed together for easy listening.

Last week, more than 188,000 tech enthusiasts descended upon Las Vegas for CES to get a glimpse of the latest and greatest gadgets from around the world. As far as dazzle, the show didn’t disappoint.

As Netflix moves to lift its subscription prices, new streaming services are looking to chip away at its base. In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," we take a look at the expanding list of competitors in the streaming space, and how consumers may respond.

The ecommerce giant is leveraging its trove of first-party data to help brands target prospective customers with free swag.

Every week on eMarketer’s “Behind the Numbers” podcast, we take a few minutes to discuss some of the most intriguing headlines of the past seven days. This week, we're chatting about Apple's surprise revenue warning, Roku's move to sell video subscriptions, and bots everywhere.

Walmart is doubling down on its digital grocery efforts with a splashy new campaign promoting Walmart Grocery Pickup, its click-and-collect service.

As new voice tech has emerged, functions normally embedded in phones have begun shifting to smart headphones, aka hearables.

In 2019, 5.8 million people in Canada will use a smart speaker at least once a month. That's a 51.2% increase from 2018, according to eMarketer estimates.

In the past few years, some key ecommerce players—including Amazon, China’s Alibaba, and eBay—have rolled out visual search tools that allow users to submit images as queries instead of text.

The numbers aren't in yet, but Walmart might have overtaken Amazon as the largest digital grocery player in the US.

Consumers in the market for a smart speaker have more options than ever, and Amazon will lose some of its majority share as a result.

The number of smart speaker users in the UK is set to grow by almost one-third in 2019, after doubling this year. And the speaker of choice is decidedly the Amazon Echo, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast. But how long will Amazon be able to hold on to the lead?