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Mobile Voice Search Behavior [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic from SERanking illustrates when, what, where, why and how of mobile search behavior. 

Amazon Sales Growth By Retail Category [CHART]

Food is one of the most underpenetrated digital sales categories in the US: eMarketer expects only 2.8% of food and beverage sales will occur online this year.

Instagram Influence [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic from X-Cart illustrates the many ways in which Instagram is exerting its influence as a social media channel.

Facebook Video Interactions By Topic [CHART]

Buffer partnered with BuzzSumo to analyze more than 43 million posts from the top 20,000 brands on Facebook in one of the largest studies of 2018. The most enaging topics posted as video content to Facebook include food, fashion and beauty, animals, do-it-yourself, and humor. The least engaging topics include finance and stocks, real estate, marketing and cars.

eCommerce Sales Growth By Category [CHART]

Despite persistent gloom and doom surrounding the retail industry, the first half of the year has been positive for most product categories. According to the newly released monthly retail sales report from the US Census Bureau, for H1 2018, retail sales (excluding auto parts and gasoline) totaled $2.06 billion, up 4.9% year over year.

Consumer Trust By Industry [TABLE]

Consumers are more likely to trust banks—and even insurance firms—than marketing or advertising companies. That’s according to a September 2017 PwC survey, which found that just 6% of US internet users said they trusted media and entertainment companies.

Grocery Store Omnichannel Services [TABLE]

Keeping up with technology isn’t the most pressing concern among grocers (that would be labor issues or competitive threats), but it’s definitely on their minds. In fact, it was the third most cited concern in the annual Progressive Grocer survey, up from ninth place last year.

Voice Assistant Use By Daypart [TABLE]

After a surge this past holiday season – when 4% of U.S. adults reported they acquired their first smart speaker device — ownership is up 128% since January 2017, to now one in six Americans (16%) having a smart speaker.

Word-Of-Mouth Drives Consumer Sales [CHART]

Word-of-mouth has time and again been shown in research to be the top influencer of consumer’s purchase decisions. Now, a new study from Engagement Labs quantifies the extent to which word-of-mouth drives sales, finding that an estimated 19% of consumers sales are the result of online and offline conversations.