1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Grocery e-commerce sales jump 9% in August

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Sales totaled $9.3 billion for the month, with pickup orders accounting for three-quarters of the year-over-year gain, per the latest report from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus.

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