🚨Deflation alert Ecommerce prices were down markedly in November, according to Adobe's Digital Price Index. Is further cooling of economy-wide Consumer Price Index next?

Everyone is building the same platform: Marketplace + discovery + ads + delivery, fueled by membership

Inflationary last-minute shopping brings another round of retail events.

Alotta checks getting written for brands and commerce startups as we hurtle toward the end of 2022.

👋 Hey 2023. Leaders from Meta, Salesforce, QuickBooks and Pitney Bowes share ecommerce predictions for the year ahead.

Great start to 2023 today. 5 stories on the latest commerce news published. 13 executive takeaways for brands and retailers shared. Sign up for the The Current to get them all tomorrow AM: bit.ly/3Ci1eQk

More tech layoffs already in 2023. The fallout from inflation + interest rates + consumer shifts in reopening continues, even as supply chain congestion eases.

You can learn a lot from the WD-40 earnings call.

Say it with me: The return to in-person shopping in 2022 didn’t cancel out ecommerce. Rather, it underscored how physical and digital retail have to operate together going forward.

Intriguing point from 2PM: Amazon Buy With Prime actually leads back to advertising, too. "Now consumers can pseudo-shop with Amazon while shopping other sites; Amazon gets the transactional fees and a clean source of first-party data in response." bit.ly/3Zuqm01

Tfw you break the over/more than rule for space sake. #headlinewriting

Just like inflation, consumer sentiment is digging out after June's all-time lows

Big B2B vibes from Walmart already this year

What ranked list in commerce do you want to read? Thinking ecommerce, retail, CPG, retail media.

20+ years ago, Leonard Lauder coined the Lipstick Index to describe rising sales in an economic downturn. In this slowdown, @CotyInc CEO Sue Nabi says the Fragrance Index is emerging as people seek "affordable luxuries." thecurrent.media/fragrance-index

US ecommerce sales reached historic highs of $1T+ in 2022. Growth also slowed significantly. Both can be true!

Smoke showing to the west of downtown Baltimore

The Sellers Mansion is on fire again. #historic #harlempark

Walmart sold Bonobos at a big discount. But don't mistake: You're still going to see digitally native brands at the world's largest retailer. thecurrent.media/walmart-bonobo…

Yes, IKEA USA is set to massively expand its footprint. But this is also a big push to grow ecommerce. Big box stores are now fulfillment centers, too. thecurrent.media/big-box-retail…