Amazon 2Q Earnings; Home Depot Enhances Omnichannel; Wayfair Turns Profitable

Ecommerce

Last week Amazon reported earnings for what proved to be a phenomenal quarter, despite the high costs related to COVID-19 ($4B+). During the second quarter, the company grew its GMV an estimated $36B+, to ~$113B. To put that in context, this level of incremental growth in 2Q surpassed what it accomplished…

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eCommerce Growth; Bezos’ Testimony; eBay and Shopify 2Q Results

Ecommerce

According to our interview with Michael Lagoni, Founder and CEO of Stackline, eCommerce growth has normalized around 60-70% year over year for the past several months. This is down from 80-90% growth in March and April, but is well above the 17% rate at which eCommerce was growing pre-pandemic. Stackline…

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Consumers Returning to Stores; Walmart’s Special Bonuses; ’21 Growth on Amazon

Ecommerce

Our consumer research suggests delivery to home has continued to decline for the past month for groceries but has remained relatively consistent for general merchandise purchases. For groceries, the peak appears to have occurred in May with 31% of consumers reporting they received deliveries to the home vs. 17% in…

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Instacart’s National Reporting; New Amazon Warehouse Rules; Return to Normal

Ecommerce

In our most recent research, Instacart has been called out as offering a range of good activations including search advertising, national coupons, and free shipping programs. The one downside to participating in these programs is that Instacart only reports the national results, rather than illustrating performance/results at the individual retailer…

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Digital Activation; Changes to Amazon Seller Profiles; China’s Shopping Holidays

Ecommerce

Our most recent report on commerce marketing highlighted steady, but perhaps, slow progress from Amazon’s key omnichannel rivals. In our research, brands are continuing to look for more advanced analytics and activation options across Walmart, Target, and Kroger in particular. While these retailers are eager to build a robust advertising business…

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Costly eCommerce Growth, COVID-19 Bonus Pay, China Retail Slow to Recover

Ecommerce

COVID-19 created an unprecedented shift to eCommerce, representing a significant change in eCommerce acceleration. While many brands have seen tremendous growth since the start of the crisis, eCommerce represents a headwind to profitability for omnichannel retailers. According to our research, 29% of manufacturers have already seen key omnichannel customers looking…

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COVID-19 Amazon Benchmark

Amazon Activations Recovering; Counterfeit Crimes Unit; Highest Outperformance in Two Years

Ecommerce

Our research throughout the COVID-19 crisis has suggested manufacturers tended to invest more deeply into AMS so long as they were able to stay in stock. The most recent benchmark suggests that principle remains, as we now see a net positive number of both essential and non-essential manufacturers investing more,…

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Instacart partners with Staples

Rising 2020 Forecasts; Instacart Expands; US Ranks Second for Relief Packages

Ecommerce

Forecasting the remainder of the year is challenging considering the duration of the COVID-19 crisis seems to stretch out further each month. In addition, it remains uncertain the degree to which new shoppers now prefer online channels to B&M channels. That said, many manufacturers have increased their 2020 growth plans…

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Amazon, much like its technology peers Google and Facebook, has continued to face antitrust concerns for multiple years now across global regions, stemming from dominance in their respective areas, privacy concerns, and content concerns.

Return to “Normal”; Antitrust Charge in Europe; Income Breakdown

Ecommerce

While the COVID-19 crisis will leave us with a “new normal,” we have been gauging when consumers expect to resume behaviors that were considered commonplace prior to the crisis, such as going out to eat and shopping at an indoor mall. In comparing the results from our study last month,…

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