You’re watching the V spot, your home for the ecomm nearly news. We are declaring this to bt the year of the Canadian Tuxedo. As s this week GAP confirmed what Kelis used to boast about. That milkshake brought both boys and girls to the yard for GAP. You didn’t need to be Eagle Eyed to see it, it went viral, thanks to Katseye. And we already had Sydney Sweeney killing an american eagle in Denim earlier this year. A figurative killing not a literal one. We would not have got that past PETA. But this was a red letter year for Denim on Denim. Let’s do the news.
Earnings reports this week and it looks great for retailers. Lowes beats quarterly numbers and Walmart crushes them. We have just been handed the Target numbers….. Moving swiftly along.
Meta had a landmark ruling this week as they won an FTC anti trust case which started 7 months. Ago. Meta whose social competitors include TikTok, no thats an entertainment platform, Youtube, no its more video but anyway the Judge ruled that Meta do not have a monopoly in the social marketing space. Friend of Donald Trump and owner of MEta, mark Zuckerberg is said to be pleased with the outcome.
An apple pay a day keeps Tim Cook happy. Did you know - Apple Pay is now available in 84 global markets across 11,000 global banks and its penetration has grown to 85% of US retailers using the service. It is not though and spare a thought for Ton Colada over on the Tok who broke down in tears crying thinking Apple Dollars were free money. And if you think we thought that was real, then maybe you should go spend your apple dollars yourself, somewhere !
Bed Bath and Beyond CEO just got hammered (and not in a good way) by CEO Daniel Heaf. He went all 8 mile on their earnings call, slamming the business calling it slow and inefficient. He was critical too of the fact that they cannot persuade younger people to buy from them. He obviously has not seen that Genz do not care about this kind of weekend escapade. A little trip to Bed Bath and Beyond for some Saturday fun is rarely the kind of thing you see Gen z post about on the gram. Expect a rebrand in the coming weeks.
Home Depot tells us that there is distress on the way. Middle income shoppers are pulling back on home spending and instead investing their unearned income on Burritos using Klarna. This may be the most post modern post, we ever saw.
Finally, terrible tweets we saw this week.
Elton Johns life has been touched by gold in fascinating ways - oh Sorry, that’s just an ad.
In what looks like a tweet from the future at EcommerceBoy says that “tactocs for attracting and converting shoppers have changed forever.
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Thats the 6 minutes you are not getting back this week.
