The Digital Acceleration
Across 1 sector, 3 filers are signaling rising demand. Visible since 2025Q2, recently cooling. Almost entirely a demand story (100%). One disclosure notes "Digitally-enabled comparable sales increased 23% and 22% during the second quarter and first half."
Retailers and digital platforms are reporting sustained double-digit growth in online commerce and digitally-enabled sales, with online channels capturing increasing share of total revenue.
DISTINCT NEW FILERS PER QUARTER
✦ WHAT THE DIFF CAUGHT
Language shifts from isolated digital-channel metrics to systemic recognition of online as primary growth engine across retail and advertising.
REPRESENTATIVE SIGNAL FROM FILINGS
“Digitally-enabled comparable sales increased 23% and 22% during the second quarter and first half”
Digitally-enabled comparable sales increased 23% in Q2 2026 and 22% in the first half of 2026.
“the online commerce vertical was the largest contributor to the increase in advertising revenue”
Online commerce was the largest contributor to advertising revenue growth in Q3 and YTD 2025.
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