In this Meet the Analyst webinar, eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman reveals our latest forecast numbers for total retail, ecommerce and mcommerce sales, and growth for the 2019 holiday season.

Discounts and low prices are historic holiday asks. But this year, sustainability is also top of mind. According to a recent survey, shoppers are more mindful of who they do business with, especially as it pertains to the environment.

2018 was a banner year for US holiday retail sales across both brick-and-mortar and ecommerce. But with more economic uncertainty ahead, the 2019 holiday season is not shaping up to be quite as strong.

The 2018 holiday season brought big rises in digital sales in Western Europe. The online grocery sector also experienced growth last year. Meanwhile, Amazon and Alibaba have both set their sights on major gains in the region.

For this holiday edition of the Weekly Listen podcast, we dig into some surprising data about Christmas, and welcome a unexpected visitor in the studio.

For the first time, holiday retail sales will cross the $1 trillion mark. Up 5.8% from the year prior, the 2018 season will benefit from near record-high consumer confidence, strong ecommerce sales and over 30 shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

According to data from liquidation platform B-Stock Solutions, roughly $90 billion to $95 billion in holiday gifts will be returned this year.

Holiday retail sales will surpass $1 trillion in the US for the first time this year, with mobile celebrating its own milestone by driving nearly 25% of growth.

In the latest episode of “Behind the Numbers,” retail analyst Andrew Lipsman joins us in the studio to dig into some of the shopping data from Thanksgiving weekend. What’s selling? Who’s buying? And where are they buying?

US retail ecommerce sales for the holiday season thus far (Nov. 1 through Nov. 26) generated $58.5 billion, a 19.9% increase from last year, according to research from Adobe.

As Thanksgiving rapidly approaches, the holiday shopping season is kicking into overdrive. Retailers are ready for the surge in consumer spending on Black Friday, but what shopper behaviors should they expect? We break down three key trends for the holiday weekend.

Singles’ Day is the world’s biggest shopping event, and Black Friday is just around the corner. Holiday shopping is a major driver of retail and ecommerce around the world, but spending and which holidays drive the most activity vary by region.

According to an August 2018 Pitney Bowes survey of US digital shoppers, 56% of respondents said they encountered an issue while purchasing gifts online last holiday season, up from 36% the prior year.

Retailers believe that early birds and primetime shoppers are the most important holiday audience. Procrastinators? Not so much.

A positive US macroeconomic backdrop points to strong growth across every retail channel, but retailers should pay attention to seven key trends that will determine their ultimate success for the 2018 holiday season.

For the 2018 holiday season, eMarketer expects total US retail sales to grow 4.1% to $986.8 billion, with ecommerce jumping 16.2% to $123.4 billion.

Jaime Bettencourt, senior vice president of premier sales and account management at Mood Media, explains why retailers shouldn't neglect the brick-and-mortar experience.

Amazon Prime Day has emerged as a fast-growing retail promotion that’s altered the mid-summer and back-to-school shopping landscape. This report examines what consumers shopped for and bought on Prime Day, and the implications for Amazon and competing retailers.