by Mike Duff | Oct 26, 2026 | Retail Articles
To stretch consumer budgets and reduce shopper stress, Walmart announced three major holiday promotions from November 12 through December 2, expanding its Black Friday and Cyber Monday calendar and offering early access to select deals for Walmart+ members. A new...
by Mike Duff | Oct 23, 2026 | Retail Articles
Among retailers, Walmart has been moving to provide a range of shopping alternatives driven by artificial intelligence, including its Sparky AI agent and conversational commerce integrations with Muse, ChatGPT and Gemini. Now, the company is introducing Agent...
by Mike Duff | Oct 20, 2026 | Retail Articles
Shoppers in the United States spent $9.86 billion online across all retailers combined during from October 6 to 7 as Amazon ran its Prime Big Deal Days event, up 8.5% from the promotional period a year earlier, Market Defense reported. Of the total, consumers spent...
by Mike Duff | Oct 20, 2026 | Retail Articles
Walmart is offering consumers the option to combine Walmart and Sam’s Club loyalty memberships at a lower, value-added price. The combo deal could boost Walmart’s competitive advantage over rivals in the warehouse club, mass market, and digital sectors by making...
by Mike Duff | Oct 9, 2026 | Retail Articles
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days promotion this week approached the popularity of the June Prime Day promotion, though household spending was lower than during the early-summer sales event, according to Numerator. The market researcher reported that household spending on...