Ecommerce and retail stories that caught my attention, plus, some of my honorable mention Bluesky posts from this week.
Retail & ecommerce stories that caught my eye
1. Dollar General says its new high-income shoppers are ‘making more trips and spending more’
2. Survey: Social media overtakes search engines among Gen Z
3. U.S shoppers already worried about rising costs of holiday essentials
4. Amazon is making Prime Day a four-day event in 2025
5. Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’
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Recapping the top retail news stories
bluesky posts of the week
This seems more like an addition than a replacement. There is no way these walk faster than humans, especially across landscaping and other features. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #Amazon #delivery #robots
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Amazon moving from 2 days to 4 days for its big sale. That's a whole lot of extra ad sales! www.modernretail.co/operations/a... #amazon #primeday #ecommerce
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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In other words, they want cheaper prices. chainstoreage.com/survey-consu... #ecommerce #retail
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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99% of the time, thinking customer loyalty is real sets you up to fail. Modern-day loyalty is about being one of the first options, not THE option. Brands that don't approach their customers with this perspective will lose big when journeys move from human to AI-assisted. #Customerloyalty #AI
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Temu struggling to find its value-prop in the US. It built its reputation on cheap prices and lower quality products. When cheap prices go away, you're left with lower quality. Not a winning combo in my opinion. retailwire.com/temu-us-dail... #Temu #tariffs #deminimis #ecommerce #retail
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Product discovery continues to change, and AI will only make it messier. chainstoreage.com/survey-socia... #SocialMedia #GenZ #Search #Ecommerce
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Just like Walmart's been seeing for the past year-plus! This should be worrisome, as high0income shoppers don't prefer to shop at DG. www.modernretail.co/operations/d... #DollarGeneral #Retail #Economy
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Say goodbye to canned beer and soda??? www.cbsnews.com/news/tariff-... #retail #tariffs #ecommerce
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The race continues www.pymnts.com/news/artific... #ecommerce #walmart #AI #agenticAI #retail
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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You may like hiking, but price hiking is less fun! Walmart warned of this, and it appears to be tricking in. The question on my mind: how will this impact back-to-school shopping? www.businessinsider.com/walmart-pric... #Ecommerce #retail #walmart #tariffs
— Greg Zakowicz (@gregzakowicz.com) June 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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