Shein has experienced a meteoric rise in the U.S. fast fashion market, with its sales overtaking established competitors such as H&M and Zara during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using U.S. consumer spending data, we analyzed how Shein sales have boomed over the past few years, as well as how other fast fashion companies have fared.
While some video streaming platforms have recently implemented ad-supported tiers or experienced declining subscriber counts, our data shows that as of March 2022, major music streaming subscription services like Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) and Amazon Music continued seeing subscriber growth in the U.S. for their paid subscription plans.
In addition to some wholesale clubs continuing to see strong growth in sales and average spend per customer throughout the pandemic, we also found that fuel sales through wholesale clubs skyrocketed in March 2022.
Grocery delivery companies such as Instacart experienced heightened demand during the pandemic. Here's how Instacart's quarterly sales growth has fared nationwide and in major metro areas.
Quick-service restaurants have seen their sales grow during the pandemic. Bloomberg Second Measure transaction data shows that this has also been the case with major fast food chains such as McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) and Wendy’s (NASDAQ: WEN).
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) knocked it out of the park in the fourth quarter of 2021, reporting another earnings beat. Consumer transaction data shows that most sales for the sports retailer over the past several years have continued to originate from in-store purchases, rather than a shift to ecommerce.
