We’ve got a wide-ranging newsletter to start the year. First up, a look at the 2017 retail and e-commerce holiday sales season where a 5% increase in US retail sales, surprised many. Next, we feature a brand-new research report from Feedvisor with an in-depth look at Amazon Prime member shopping habits compared to non-members. It’s valuable intelligence for retailers and e-commerce business.
Finally, we have a great guest post from Håkan Nordfjell, SVP of Digital Banking, Gemalto. Nordfjell offers insight into the banks’ battles with fintech challengers over data and the implications for the financial industry and consumers.
2017 holiday retail roundup: Winners and losers
Final 2017 holiday e-commerce sales results are in with numerous winners mixed in with some prominent losers. Let’s start with the good news. Adobe e-commerce sales highlights Adobe’s 2017 Online Shopping Holiday Report was mostly positive, with some valuable insight for next year’s planning. Read more…
Amazon ruled 2017 US e-commerce: 27 competitive facts to know
Amazon, utterly dominated e-commerce in the US in 2017. We’ve got 20 facts from a Feedvisor research study of Amazon shoppers that every online competitor should know in order to compete in 2018. Amazon has between 70 million and 90 million Amazon Prime members and 85% visit the website once a week. Read more…
Banks, Fintech Must Meet in the Middle on Data Sharing
The battle of the moment in the financial services industry is over access to and control of consumer financial data, whether login details like account numbers and passwords or data about how customers use banking and payment services, such as interest rates and historical purchase records. Read more…
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