This week, our Reimagining Retail podcast crew gave their predictions on what will drive the next phase of ecommerce growth, ranked from least “spicy” to four-alarm fire.

Google has added new features for merchants just in time for the holiday season.

On today's episode, in our "Retail Me This, Retail Me That" segment, we discuss whether ecommerce actually accelerated 10 years in 10 weeks, what is happening by category, and the ceiling for the share of things Americans will buy online. Then, in our brand-new segment "Red-Hot Retail," our analysts give us their very specific—and potentially risky—predictions about what they think will drive ecommerce’s next phases of growth. Mild predictions are plausible outlooks. Extra-hot predictions are our pie-in-the-sky prognostications. The higher the spice level, the riskier the prediction. Join our analyst Sara Lebow as she hosts analysts Blake Droesch and Andrew Lipsman.

Once again, Walmart takes the No. 1 spot in our US grocery ecommerce sales forecast, but Instacart and Amazon are fighting for the second spot.

Mercado Libre is Latin America’s biggest ecommerce player by far, but competition from local players is heating up.

Macy’s is making moves. It’s expanding its Toys R Us shop-in-shops to every Macy’s location and will open four smaller-format off-mall stores this fall.

Mercado Coin can be used for Mercado Libre purchases. Combining its ecommerce platform and financial products takes the company a step closer to super app status.

TikTok announced new Shopping Ads this week in an effort to streamline in-app ecommerce.

With millions of views on social media, celebrity endorsements, and even a scandal under its belt, Olaplex is primed for the spotlight.

More than half of US adults shop online at least once a week, and 16% do so at least once a day. Overall, online shopping is on the rise and moving to mobile.

In December 2021, Insider Intelligence analysts published their top five retail trends for 2022, detailing our predictions for the upcoming year. But 2022 has been anything but predictable. In this Analyst Take, we revisit those trends to find out what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and how we’re thinking about five of retail's biggest trends amid this era of uncertainty.

For the love of bots: Economic uncertainty and continued supply chain angst aren’t stopping the robotics sector from making science fiction a reality. With bots permeating society, ethics battles will follow.

In the US, digital retail media and the ecommerce channel are growing faster than any other major ad format except connected TV. This report analyzes our latest retail media forecast and examines the role market uncertainty could play in this space.

China leads the world in retail ecommerce share, with 45.3% of the country’s retail sales occurring online this year. The UK will take the No. 2 spot, with a 35.9% share, followed by South Korea, where 30.1% of retail sales will be via ecommerce.

As digital fitness goes mainstream, leading brands Nike, lululemon athletica, Peloton, and Apple are trailblazing a path for lifestyle brands toward a more profitable future.

While others are struggling, luxury brands are taking a victory lap.

Nearly every modern consumer has at least some concern about the environment, but its influence on shopping behavior is far more nuanced.

Until last year, worldwide ecommerce sales growth had always exceeded 20% per annum.

This year is like no other. Retailers of all sizes will need to react to supply chain woes to get a better handle on their cost of goods and therefore margins.