Analyzing the U.S. fast fashion market with consumer transaction data analytics

      Complementing traditional fundamental data, alternative data enriches investors’ workflow and equips analysts with insights into company performance and consumer trends. More specifically, consumer transaction data analytics offer a direct view into a company’s observed transactions, which in turn gives a read into important revenue and KPIs across a broad segment of industries. Bloomberg Second Measure … Continued

        Uber vs. Lyft: Who’s tops in the battle of U.S. rideshare companies

        When U.S. cities and states faced shelter-in-place orders to limit the spread of the coronavirus, Americans’ reduced mobility resulted in plummeting sales at rideshare companies. Bloomberg Second Measure’s transaction data shows that while sales at rideshare industry leaders Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) and Uber (NYSE: UBER) began to recover shortly after their early pandemic drop, they did so at different rates.

          Which company is winning the restaurant food delivery war?

          When many Americans sheltered in their homes early in the coronavirus pandemic, meal delivery sales reached new heights. Bloomberg Second Measure’s consumer transaction data analytics show that in April 2020, combined observed sales for major meal delivery services grew 162 percent year-over-year and 59 percent compared to the previous month. The meal delivery industry as … Continued

            COVID-19 Industry Tracker

            U.S. consumer spending has been altered by the coronavirus pandemic. By analyzing industry-level data, consumer spending trends can provide insight into which sectors of the economy are recovering fastest.