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Complexity

Marketplace complexity: why your ecommerce growth feels stuck

Discover how marketplace complexity hinders ecommerce growth and learn strategies to align your brand across multiple channels.

April 6, 2026

Complexity

Analysis: The Pandemic’s Impact on Back-to-School Shopping

Our data shows how COVID-19 impacted online demand for back to school shopping in 2020, how things are trending in 2021, and future implications.

August 5, 2021

Analysis: The Disruption of the Holiday Shopping Season

What were the most popular categories during the holiday shopping season last year? Which items got the biggest holiday bump? Which are the hottest items heading into this year’s shopping season?

November 4, 2021

Analysis: Online Sales of Musical Instruments

Are favorite at-home instruments like the ukulele still a high-demand item? Did traditional band instruments like the trumpet or clarinet see demand bounce back once schools opened back up? And which instruments had the strongest 2021 compared to 2020?

January 19, 2022

Analysis: The Market Impact of New Year’s Resolutions

Is home exercise the hot item this year, or is it all about mindfulness and improving the inner-self? We dug into the data to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted self-improvement trends and how things look as we head into 2022.

December 22, 2021

Analysis: How Coronavirus Is Affecting Ecommerce in China & the U.S.

The coronavirus outbreak is affecting global ecommerce. Pattern analyzed our China and U.S. operations to better understand COVID-19's implications.

March 13, 2020

Analysis: How COVID-19 Impacted Musical Instrument Sales Online

Months spent sheltering in place for the COVID-19 pandemic had Americans picking up all sorts of new hobbies. So how did that affect musical instrument ecommerce?

May 12, 2021