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Inventory
Charts: Investment Trends in Operations Q1 2024
May 1, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
PwC surveyed U.S. operations and supply chain executives on tech investments — plans and outcomes.
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Business
Charts: Global Executives’ Plans, Projections Q1 2024
April 17, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Global execs foresee a softening of demand for their company's products but remain optimistic about profitability.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: U.S. Manufacturing Trends Q1 2024
April 10, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
U.S. manufacturing activity increased in March for the first time in 16 months.
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Social Media
Charts: TikTok in the U.S.
April 3, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Roughly half of U.S. adult TikTok users have never posted a video. Over two-thirds have not completed their bio.
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Business
Charts: Retail Sporting Goods Trends Q1 2024
March 27, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
McKinsey & Company foresees better times ahead for global sporting goods retailers despite shifting consumer preferences and uneven supply chains.
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Platforms & Apps
Charts: How Consumers Use the Internet 2024
March 20, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Research firm GWI surveyed global consumers as to their internet habits. Chatting and messaging were the top activities.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: Fastest Growing Ecommerce Companies 2023
March 6, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
The fastest-growing publicly-traded ecommerce companies are mostly marketplaces, per Yahoo Finance.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: U.S. Retail Ecommerce Sales Q4 2023
February 28, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
U.S. retail ecommerce sales in Q4 2023 were 15.6% of the total — online and in-store — an all-time high.
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Local Business
Charts: U.S. Small Business Trends Q1 2024
February 21, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
January survey results from the National Federation of Independent Business are mostly gloomy.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: Global Economic Outlook Q1 2024
February 14, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Per the International Monetary Fund, global economic growth will continue through 2024 and 2025, although differences in advanced versus developing economies will persist.
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Cross-border Selling
Charts: Ecommerce in Emerging Markets 2024
January 31, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Most of the growth in global ecommerce is from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Asia.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: 2024 Outlook of Global CEOs
January 24, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Per a PwC survey, global execs see a long-term need to reinvent their companies and short-term optimism on economic improvement.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: U.S. Consumer Outlook Q1 2024
January 16, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Heading into 2024, a majority of U.S. consumers had a mixed outlook on the U.S. economy.
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Finance
Charts: Global Investor Trends for AI, Sustainability
January 3, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Concerns of global investors are easing compared to a year ago. AI and sustainability remain top priorities.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Charts: Shipping Priorities of Online Consumers
December 27, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Two separate surveys of U.S. ecommerce shoppers report similar findings: free shipping is a priority.
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Cross-border Selling
Charts: Ecommerce in Asia 2023
December 13, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
The number of ecommerce shoppers in Asia will grow by 52% from 2023 to 2028, although the rate of growth is slowing.
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Finance
Charts: Top Publicly Traded Ecommerce Companies, Q3 2023
December 6, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
The first step in ranking ecommerce companies is to define the term. Online only or omnichannel? Software vendors or merchants?
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Finance
Charts: Venture Capital Trends Q3 2023
November 29, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Global VC investments are rebounding. Top industries are biotech, payments, and clean energy.
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B2B
Charts: U.S. Wholesale Trends Q3 2023
November 15, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Wholesalers in two Census Bureau surveys report mostly flat revenue and inventory levels.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: Ecommerce in the U.K.
November 8, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Retail ecommerce in the U.K. will decline in 2023 per industry estimates. Still, ecommerce sales in the U.K. are the world's third largest.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Charts: Ecommerce Trends in Europe
November 1, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Ecommerce comprises one-third of total commercial revenue for some European countries.
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Finance
Charts: Ecommerce VC Deals 2022, 2023
October 18, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Venture capital investments in 2022 slowed substantially from 2021. Funding to Amazon aggregators has been stagnant thus far in 2023.
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Social Media
Charts: Top Global Social Networks Q3 2023
October 11, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Meta-owned properties — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger — dominant global social media.
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Analytics & Data
Charts: Ecommerce in Europe 2023
October 4, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Over three-quarters of European internet users will buy products online in 2023.
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Business
Charts: Retail Trends in China Q3 2023
September 27, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
China's National Bureau of Statistics reports flat retail sales growth thus far in 2023.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Charts: Top Global Marketplaces by Monthly Visits
September 13, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Amazon is the dominant B2C marketplace — in U.S. and worldwide.
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Business
Charts: E.U. Retail Trends
August 31, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Confidence among E.U. retail businesses is mostly negative with no widespread plans to hire additional employees.
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Fraud Prevention
Charts: Global Cybersecurity Trends 2023
August 9, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Cybersecurity remains a priority for business and cyber leaders, although their risk assessments vary.
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Finance
Charts: Global Unicorn Trends Mid-2023
July 26, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
In 2021, 606 global unicorns were created at a total valuation of $1.5 trillion. Thus far in 2023 there are 44 new unicorns valued at $87 billion.
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Local Business
Charts: U.S. Retail Trends July 2023
July 12, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
The U.S. Census Bureau surveys 1.2 million businesses every two weeks to assess the state of the economy and expectations of owners and managers.