Consumers are shopping online more for health and wellness: We explore which health product categories US consumers are flocking to online and examine how in-store retailers can respond.

“Sleepmaxxing” is the newest health fad to go viral on TikTok: The social media-inspired trend entails using a range of products, services, and gadgets to optimize one’s sleep. But some ideas have gone too far and are potentially harmful.

GoodRx moves into health and wellness e-commerce: We explore why GoodRx could be a good distribution channel for consumer health and pharma brands.

Global consumers feel pressured by society to improve their well-being: Marketers have a unique opportunity to re-write the narrative of the well-being space with a lighter spin.

Global consumers are investing money to improve their health: There’s a market opportunity for brands and retailers across multiple sectors to reach consumers’ wallets via social media.

Calendar context: With the invention of Prime Day, Amazon created an industrywide retail holiday consumers can now count on in the summer each year. Last year, Amazon also launched its Prime Early Access Sale in October. “We now have three key tentpoles,” said our analyst Andrew Lipsman on “Behind the Numbers: Reimagining Retail,” referring to Prime Day, the Prime Early Access Sale, and Black Friday. But spring remains untapped. “A question I get is, ‘Is Amazon going to do more of these?’ And I think the answer is yes, eventually,” said Lipsman.

L’Oréal’s Aesop purchase is the company’s biggest yet: The beauty giant is spending $2.53 billion to stake a larger claim to the highly profitable luxury skincare category.

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

The issuer’s Q1 growth sets it up for a strong year as it leans into drivers like digital purchasing and health and wellness products.

As the use of smart-home technology increases, brands are experimenting with ways to use these connected IoT devices and systems—and the massive amounts of data that flows from them—in their marketing activities.

This year, 23.8 million US millennials will have used a wearable device at least once per month. That's roughly a third of the millennial population, according to our estimates.