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Amazon’s second annual Prime Day came back with a vengeance. Last year, customers complained about a lack of enticing deals and limited availability on hot products to such a degree that the hashtag #PrimeDayFail started trending. As a result, Amazon promised to not disappoint their beloved Prime customers this time.... Read more

Last year, Amazon Inc. (AMZN) celebrated its 20^th birthday by inviting its Prime customers to take advantage of exclusive online deals. This “Prime Day” resulted in the sale of 34 million items—or about 398 per second—and generated over $520 million in revenue—more than three times the company’s daily average. To put this in context: this spike in sales meant that the retailing giant captured 72% of all ecommerce sales that day.  Looking ahead to tomorrow’s event, it will be interesting to see if last year’s trends are mirrored—the top sales categories on Prime Day were hardly different from any other day for Amazon—or how they might evolve as competitors promote their own deals in order to capture more market share.... Read more

While traditional brick and mortar retailers struggle to connect and grow shopper’s mindshare, online shopping continues to boom across all categories, including fashion.  In this case, “fashion” is being defined as any clothing or accessory.... Read more

On Friday Walmart announced a partnership with Uber and Lyft to provide same day and last mile delivery service. Ten years ago consumer trust was a major factor in online shopping behaviors.  Today, trust is less of an issue and instead, the major factor is convenience.  Amazon has mastered convenience through their Subscribe & Save, Amazon Dash, Same-Day Delivery and now, their Drive-up Grocery stores.... Read more

I tend to be critical of what often passes for analysis (and, in many cases, even for reporting). My complaints tend to revolve around imagination and scope—I pretty much ignore technology (given that storage and compute power are, by and large, commodities) and methodology (because for the past five or so years I have been fortunate enough to work with some talented developers-cum-data scientists who have done outstanding jobs of translating ideas into analytic workflows and interactive dashboards in methodologically-sound ways).... Read more

Have you ever walked into a store, seen a creative product display, thought to yourself “that’s a clever promotion”, and wondered what went on behind the scenes that led to that display? Hint: it was probably a collaborative data-driven insights effort between the product manufacturer and the retailer.... Read more

What do Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, Marc Leishman, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen have in common?  The answer isn’t what you think.... Read more

In Q1 2016, Apple was the #1 tablet brand sold online, holding onto the #1 spot from Q1 2015. The biggest gainer was Microsoft who captured an incremental +9% in Q1 share year-over-year. In contrast, Amazon lost -4% in Q1 share year-over-year.... Read more

Last week, 1010data hosted more than 325  clients, partners, and staff at its third Insight Summit, an opportunity for all of us to step away from our day-to-day analytic practices and think about how data and advances in analytic technologies can elevate our work. Here is our insight on the Insight Summit! ... Read more

Getting food delivered to your doorstep is getting easier and easier and the market for convenience is getting more and more crowded.   According to a recent report published on TechCrunch, the takeout and delivery market is $70 billion overall... Read more