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Following 2020 Online Grocery Boom, Instacart Raises Another $265M

Retail TouchPoints

The company also began expanding beyond grocery into prescriptions and over-the-counter medications, office supplies, electronics, health, beauty and wellness, home décor, sports equipment and more with retailers including Best Buy , Bed Bath & Beyond and Sephora.

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Sephora’s disability efforts disappoint

Inside Retail

Makeup and beauty giant Sephora has smeared its once flawless reputation with an ugly shade of performative inclusion. While the warehouse may be the perfect environment for some, so are the finance, PR or HR departments. Include disabled talent in your advertising and marketing material. Visit: lisacox.co.

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How Retailers Can Support BIPOC Brands Beyond February — and the ‘Charity’ Space

Retail TouchPoints

And this year saw a welcome focus on not just identifying these brands but also creating the tools and infrastructure that would allow them to scale: the nuts and bolts of sourcing, distribution, financing and placement on store shelves and ecommerce websites. brands Banana Republic , Athleta and Old Navy , and the Indigo bookseller chain.

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Who will be retail’s winners and losers in 2024?

Retail Gazette

With shoppers keeping a close eye on their finances, 2024 could be set to be another turbulent year for retail. ” Loser: Boots “Boots was one of the winners of 2023, benefiting from the continuing strong recovery in health and beauty sales post-lockdown.

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27 Google Ads Benchmarks (2022)

Store Growers

This metric is a good indicator of how well your keywords match your advertisement. On average, advertisers pay $2.69 Knowing how much other advertisers spend per click can help you estimate if you’re not spending enough, and thereby limit your exposure, or if you’re overpaying for some reason. Finance & Insurance.

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YouTube Ads Benchmarks (2021)

Store Growers

People spend a ton of time on YouTube, which means more advertisers are attracted to the platform. But besides your own data, it’s often helpful to compare your metrics to benchmarks of other advertisers. But besides your own data, it’s often helpful to compare your metrics to benchmarks of other advertisers. Cost per view.

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UK shoppers are taking 30 percent longer to make purchases as inflation bites

365 Retail

Companies need to realise that getting and keeping good reviews will be essential to the health of their businesses going forward, so they will need to make sure that their goods are as advertised and that they give the best service possible.”