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 Bitcoin, tech taxes, and a novel you can read on FB Messenger.

Amazon is already one of the top digital retailers in Canada. But that may not be the case with digital grocery, a highly competitive space where established players are vying to fill up virtual shopping carts. eMarketer spoke with Michael LeBlanc, founder and principal of M.E. LeBlanc & Company, about Amazon's role in the country's overall ecommerce landscape and its digital grocery sector.

In the first of a three-part series on digital video and TV, analyst Paul Verna breaks down the data on ad spending and subscription fees. When will digital video ad spend catch up with TV ad spend? How much subscription income is flowing into services like Netflix and Hulu?

This third annual StatPack compiles key metrics around digital video, television and the relationship between them.

Buying store brands used to be viewed as sacrificing quality for price, but post-recession private labels began flourishing and have gained popularity with retailers and consumers over the past decade.

Amazon Go has received a lot of attention for a store with only six locations in three cities. It's not hard to see why, since the "walk out without paying" concept is novel, and eliminating friction is the holy grail of omnichannel retailing.

Amazon might not be the first retailer that comes to mind for health, personal care and beauty products, but it's the third-fastest-growing category by our estimates. We forecast that Amazon's US sales of those products will reach $16 billion this year, a 37.9% increase over 2017.

Online grocery sales are reaching a tipping point, a fact that was a given at the inaugural Groceryshop conference held this week. Overall themes of digital transformation and the power of the consumer emerged while Amazon was mentioned less often than you might think.

Quartile's Daniel Knijik and Alfaparf's Andrea Omodei explain why Amazon is an important sales and marketing tool for brands expanding internationally.

In the latest episode of eMarketer's "Behind the Numbers" podcast, analysts Nicole Perrin and Andrew Lipsman dig into Amazon's latest results and consider the commerce giant's prospects as it heads into the crucial fourth quarter.

Kids and teens may not be old enough to buy a smart speaker, but that's not stopping them from spending a lot of time with voice technology.

Price is one of the most important factors for shoppers, so it's paramount that retailers get it right.

There were no major announcements akin to the Prime membership fee increase earlier this year. But Prime is playing a prominent role in Amazon's growth, as are a few other factors.

Following Amazon’s decision to ban consumers suspected of abusing its return policy, 61% of US retailers in a recent Brightpearl survey said they would consider a similar move to rid themselves of serial returners.

In today's episode of "Behind the Numbers," eMarketer's Paul Verna breaks down Netflix's latest results and asks who are its most credible challengers in the streaming space?

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, some of the topics we’re talking about include Amazon's hunt for the perfect second home, a blockchain startup comes up short with a crypto offering, and a new study suggests that virtual reality can actually tingle the taste buds.

News this week of Sears filing for bankruptcy protection wasn't exactly a shock to anyone. According to a new Adthena study that looked into how digital commerce competition affected Sears, the retailer fared poorly compared with its counterparts.

Our updated US ad spending forecast shows digital ad spending outpacing expectations. Digital media will capture $111.14 billion in ad dollars in 2018 and surpass traditional media ad spending by 2019, according to our latest estimates.

Social media is hardly synonymous with shopping, but that hasn't stopped social platforms from positioning themselves as pseudo-retailers.