Americans, It Turns Out, Would Rather Visit A Store Than Buy Food Online
Fear of contracting Covid-19 pushed shoppers to the web, but most still prefer to pick out their own steaks and bananas.
One chart shows the astonishing growth in online grocery shopping over 9 weeks as the pandemic set in
US shoppers are buying more groceries online than ever before.
Walmart Sales Soar on Consumer Stockpiling and Online Shift
Walmart Inc. jumped on Tuesday after reporting coronavirus-related stockpiling led to a surge in quarterly sales, underscoring the company’s strong position amid widespread carnage in the U.S. retail sector.
Black Friday came early this year due to the coronavirus, sending apparel prices plunging 12%
Apparel prices plunged nearly 12% in April, the largest April price drop in five years, driving discounts to levels usually seen around the holidays, according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index.
Home Depot, Lowe’s Primed for Historic Growth During Coronavirus
So what did Americans do during the lockdown?
Are At-Home Beauty & Wellness Treatments Here to Stay?
Shopping has changed greatly in the first four months of 2020. Concerns over the spread of COVID-19 led to a surge in buying toilet paper, hand sanitizers, and paper towels like it was the apocalypse. After several weeks of sheltering, as men’s hair started to get unruly and women’s roots started to show through, people […]
Race to 5G: Quarantines and Vandals Can’t Stop 5G Rollout
US mobile carriers are continuing to roll out 5G, and Americans are buying more 5G phones even as they aren’t leaving their homes.
US 5G Phone Share Rises to 20 Percent Thanks to Galaxy S20
PC MAG May 1, 2020 Samsung’s Galaxy S20 has made 5G a significant force in US phones, but that’s in the context of an overall sales crash during the COVID crisis. By Sascha Segan About one in five phones sold in the US in mid-April can run on 5G networks, a huge percentage jump up because of the […]
M Science Launches Customizable Dashboard to Measure Economic Impact of COVID-19
Business Wire April 7, 2020 Highlights: Impact Dashboard will track US shopper spending on a daily basis, providing additional segmentation by city, state, income levels and industry Dashboard provides investors, private equity firms and corporations with near real-time view into US spending behavior and business impact Dashboard allows M Science clients to conduct custom indexing […]
Total Attendance Is Not Enough When Measuring Theme Park Health
Leisure investors now, more than ever, need the ability to quantify the real-time health of theme parks, and using total visitors alone may provide an incomplete view despite being the primary operational metric reported by all park-managers. With so many variables affecting attendance like timing of holidays, weather, changes in academic school calendars, and the […]
M Science Again Wins “Best Alternative Data Provider” 2020 HFM US Hedge Fund Technology Awards
M Science, the pioneer in data-driven research and analytics, is proud to announce it has once again been named the “Best Alternative Data Provider” and was commended for “Most Disruptive Technology Solution” at the 2020 HFM US Hedge Fund Technology Awards ceremony.
M Science Receives SFC Approval to Advise on Securities in Hong Kong and Establishes First Asia-Pacific Office
M Science, the pioneer in data-driven research and analytics, today announced that M Science Hong Kong Limited has received its Type 4 License (Advising on Securities) from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. Highlights: M Science has received approval for a Type 4 License in Hong Kong, permitting the company to create and […]
M Science Continues to Grow; Expands its Private Equity Team
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 3, 2020– M Science, the pioneer in data-driven research and analytics, today announced the hire of Bill McCrossan to the newly developed position of head of private equity sales. McCrossan will work with M Science senior leadership and the research, product, and technology teams to expand upon the firm’s existing private equity […]
What is in a name? Roses apparently don’t smell so sweet this Valentine’s Day
When You Think “Valentine’s Day” Do You Think About Roses? Sales Of Roses As A Percentage Of All Valentine’s Flower Orders However Have Been Falling For Years. Have roses started to lose their appeal? M Science data shows that consumers may have been trading the stemmed symbol of romance for other blooms these past few […]
How LevelUp Took Over Your Salad Bowl
As Many As Half Of All Sweetgreen Transactions Appear To Be Made Through Payment Processor, LevelUp. We Look At How This Digital Payment System Drives Loyalty And Benefits Everyone Involved It’s just over 3 years since sweetgreen, the DC originated darling of health-conscious lunch-goers, made the bold decision to go cashless in favor of credit, debit, and […]
