eMarketer principal analysts Nicole Perrin and Mark Dolliver discuss Uber’s plans to be the go-to transport hub, four ideas on how to rein in big tech, the changing motivations for watching the NFL and which types of ads are mostly likely to influence purchasing decisions.

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry in the UK has to deal with not only Brexit effects, but also strong competition from retailers’ own-label products. As such, we predict that this industry will see a diminishing share of the digital ad spend market through 2020.

As privacy concerns continue to rise, you’d think consumers would be dubious about sharing their data. But according to a number of surveys on the topic, that’s not necessarily the case—especially if they get some value out of it.

A pioneer in the delivery space, ecommerce powerhouse Amazon has transformed the standards for logistics when it comes to the customer experience. It's been so impactful that shoppers have come to expect almost immediate delivery after they click “buy now.”

This follow-up to our Amazon Prime Day 2019 preview report analyzes the post-event results for Amazon and other retailers, and its implications for back-to-school season and beyond.

Last month, Amazon held its fifth annual Prime Day event to honor its Prime members with steep discounts and deals across a range of products and categories. This year’s midsummer shopping event—extended to 48 hours and held on July 15 and 16—racked up record sales, further cementing Amazon’s ecommerce leadership position, while creating incremental opportunities for sellers and competing retailers.

Utilizing marketplaces is one way for a seller to expand reach. But for some manufacturers and distributors, that increased reach is not worth the competitive threats that they may face on a marketplace.

To explore new online sales channels, B2B sellers are looking to marketplaces like Amazon, Alibaba and others. This report will cover how and why B2B sellers use marketplaces and how these platforms are transforming B2B ecommerce.

eMarketer senior forecasting analyst Oscar Orozco shares our numbers for traditional pay TV and the impact of on-demand streaming services like Netflix and Amazon. Watch now.

The reports in this collection look at ad spending in the retail, financial services, computing products and consumer electronics, automotive, telecom, travel, health and pharma, media, entertainment and CPG industries. Countries covered in this report series include the US, UK and Germany.

eMarketer principal analysts Nicole Perrin and Andrew Lipsman, along with senior forecasting director Monica Peart, discuss Q2 results for Amazon and Google. They also chat about Equifax's $700 million fine, Amazon delivering packages to your trunk and interesting findings from Prime Day.

The second half of July means Q2 earnings are out. While some results were surprising, others showed companies’ continued growth, and in one instance, even a potential rebound. We offer our analysis on six companies as well as our own forecasts.

CPGs are increasing their search budgets, but private-label competition and mergers and acquisitions activity is hampering overall ad spending growth.

Retail ad budgets continue to grow at a steady pace as retail stalwarts battle disruption from Amazon and other digitally savvy companies.

Facebook, Google and Amazon are engaged in a game of thrones—an epic battle for digital supremacy. The anointed one will be whichever company stakes its claim to all three coins of the digital realm: media, advertising and commerce.

Twenty-year-old Chinese ecommerce giant The Alibaba Group is making moves to grow its US B2B business, allowing US-based small and medium-sized sellers to list goods on its B2B marketplace, Alibaba.com.

eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman explains how Amazon Prime Day complements the company’s flywheel of commerce, digital content and advertising. He also reviews estimates of how much business Amazon did on Prime Day and examines the event’s ripple effect on other retailers.

Despite protests, technical concerns and stiff competition from ecommerce rivals, Amazon managed to hold its most successful Prime Day yet. Though the company did not disclose its sales figures—or how many new Prime members were added—Amazon announced that it sold 175 million items during the two-day event and surpassed its combined sales total from Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2018.

AmazonFresh, Amazon Pantry and Amazon’s Whole Foods operation cater specifically to the consumer packaged goods (CPG) market. But almost none of the retail giant’s CPG sales come from Amazon-branded goods.

Global trends shifting shopping, including omnichannel selling, the rise of “New Retail,” cross-border ecommerce, social commerce, and top ecommerce players like Amazon and Alibaba and why marketplaces are dominating worldwide.