Research

eCommerce research from RivalSweeper

What online stores actually do, read from RivalSweeper's daily monitoring of public ecommerce storefronts, ad libraries and newsletters. Every figure states its sample size, no store or brand is named, and the data is free to cite with attribution.

The Online Retail Radar

A monthly, anonymized read on the market: payment methods, shipping carriers, catalog changes, new-store launches, suspected decoy listings and more.

All editions, methodology and how to cite

Black Friday 2026 Rival Watch

A weekly check, through the holiday season, of when tracked brands start Black Friday and Cyber Monday across ads, emails, homepage links and sale pages. Each check is compared with the week before.

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Using this research

The Online Retail Radar is licensed under CC BY 4.0: free to share and adapt with attribution to RivalSweeper and a link to the page you quote.

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