In the first of two special episodes of “Behind the Numbers,” we look back at three key digital trends from earlier this year: Facebook ad revenues, digital disruption in retail and the surge of voice assistants.

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.

Growth of retail sales in China is declining, due to economic and geopolitical challenges, and will not overtake the US until 2021. But retail ecommerce has continued to flourish in some surprising ways under these current circumstances.

Furniture is one of the fastest-growing categories in ecommerce today. More consumers have come around to the idea of purchasing furniture online, and new direct-to-consumer (D2C) companies are entering the space, hoping to win market share by streamlining aspects of the customer experience like cost, shipping and installation.

After initially struggling to gain traction, social commerce has finally begun to materialize as platforms, including Instagram and Pinterest, fill the need for discovery in the digital shopping environment.

eMarketer is pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk presentation featuring Mahmoud Arram, co-founder and CTO at Bluecore and William Bonnell, Customer Engineering Manager at Google. While there are many factors that contribute, Mahmoud and William will discuss the heart of the issue: The CMO-CIO relationship and whether or not they are able to create true synergy between their respective organizations.

Three in five US internet users say they've purchased clothes, shoes or accessories online in the past month, according to an April 2019 eMarketer survey conducted by Bizrate Insights. That figure climbs to 68% for females as well as younger consumers (ages 18 to 34).

The fashion resale market has grown 21 times faster than the traditional retail market over the past three years, according to a January 2019 report from online resale marketplace thredUP.

Mundane concerns like getting a quality product or service at a good price are still the biggest drivers of brand loyalty for US internet users.

Join us for an upcoming Meet the Analyst webinar, featuring eMarketer principal analyst Andrew Lipsman, as he discusses how these digital natives have become experts at developing innovative products, building culturally relevant brands, and hacking their way to growth.

In this webinar, eMarketer moderates a Tech Talk Tuesday presentation featuring Salsify's Andrew Waber, manager of data insights and media relations, who will share data insights and detailed strategy that will help you build a product detail page (PDP) that outranks competitors and earns buyers' trust.

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.

We forecast digital ad spending in Germany for 2018-2019 in five key industries, including spending on mobile.

Amazon will become the No. 3 digital ad seller in the US this year, according to our estimates, with $4.61 billion in ad revenues, or 4.1% of the digital advertising market.

We talk to four agency executives about the challenges brands need help solving to optimize their Amazon product detail pages.

We forecast digital ad spending in the UK for 2018-2019 in five key industries, including spending on mobile and in search and display.

In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," eMarketer analyst Andrew Lipsman discusses how emotions play a role in shopping behavior even if consumers don't think that they do.

A recent survey by Citi Retail Services (CRS) found parents will spend an average of $322 per child while back-to-school shopping this year. But that total climbs if their kid tags along.

Digital commerce allows shoppers to buy from anywhere in the world without leaving their house. But compared with other countries, relatively few in the US engage in cross-border ecommerce.