More customers are buying perishables as convenience and value pull spending away from supermarket chains.

Fox is acquiring streaming platform Roku for $22 billion, creating what analysts call the third-largest player in US streaming by share of viewing. The deal gives Fox direct access to Roku's 100 million households worldwide and positions the combined entity to dominate the free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) market. "For Fox it really jumpstarts their digital ad revenues," said our analyst Ross Benes on a recent episode of "Behind the Numbers." "Fox is still mostly a legacy company, and what they do have for streaming has largely been acquired, such as Tubi."

Retailers pulled out creative stops in July, from Nike's star-studded World Cup campaign to Lego's massive trophy installation in New York City. Here are the brands that broke through the noise, created memorable experiences, and made strategic bets on their future.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the biggest gaps between where Americans spend their time and where advertisers spend their money. We explore the disconnect in social media, the imbalance in subscription OTT, and why digital audio continues to be a dark horse. Join Senior Director of Podcasts and host Marcus Johnson, along with Principal Forecasting Writer Ethan Cramer-Flood and Senior Director of Forecasting Oscar Orozco. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or watch on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

Amazon keeps widening its lead: Delivery speed, AI tools, and advertising are driving growth while reinforcing customer loyalty.

Our updated forecasts show that genAI, social, and streaming are becoming the front lines where pharma must build trust and visibility.

Amazon drew 243.8 million US unique visitors across desktop and mobile in April 2026, close to the 342.5 million that Walmart, Temu, and eBay pulled in put together, according to Comscore Media Metrix Multi-Platform data.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce. 

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Retail sales remain resilient, but slowing consumer spending is reshaping ecommerce, holiday, and global growth. These benchmarks help businesses measure performance as channel shifts and emerging markets redefine commerce.

Agentic commerce is reorganizing retail around five ecosystem layers. As AI agents gain influence, retailers and brands must decide where to compete, where to partner, and who controls the customer relationship.

Albertsons gets squeezed from all sides as Walmart wins on price, Amazon on convenience, Costco on value.

A Senate probe could push the retailer to strengthen governance as concerns about manipulation grow.

What Q2 earnings say about the future of advertising

More than half (51%) of US digital buyers purchased food or beverage on Amazon in the past 30 days, including from AmazonFresh and Whole Foods, according to a May survey from Bizrate Insights and EMARKETER.