Topic
Shopping & services
Subscriptions, delivery, gifts and everyday online services.
Rankings
- Best Meal Kit Delivery Services
EveryPlate is the best meal kit delivery service for households watching price per serving in 2026: its plans start at $5.99 a serving with a flat $10.99 shipping fee per box. HelloFresh suits cooks who want the widest menu, with 100+ recipes a week from $10.49 a serving plus $12.99 shipping, and Dinnerly ties EveryPlate as the cheapest at $5.99 per person, as of November 2026. Pick Factor instead if you want fully prepared meals rather than a kit to cook.
- 1. EveryPlate8.7
- 2. HelloFresh8.7
- 3. Home Chef8.7
- Best Online Gift Shops
Uncommon Goods is the best online gift shop for people who want something other than Amazon in 2026: it sells work from independent makers and promises forever returns, and its Perks membership adds free shipping. Olive & Cocoa suits senders who want the wrapping done for them, since every gift is hand wrapped with a personalized card at no extra charge, and Edible Arrangements is the budget pick with gifts starting at $25 and 1-hour, same-day or next-day delivery, as of November 2026.
- 1. Uncommon Goods8.8
- 2. Olive & Cocoa8.5
- 3. MoMA Design Store8.4
- Best Places to Buy Fine Jewelry
Blue Nile is the best place to buy fine jewelry in 2026 for most shoppers: it accepts returns within 30 days of shipment, covers pieces with a Limited Lifetime Warranty and lists 23 US showrooms, with 1 ct tw lab grown diamond studs at $546 on sale. Brilliant Earth suits buyers who want recycled metals and free shipping both ways, and Costco guarantees VS2 clarity and I color or better on every diamond. The cheapest verified solid gold piece is Catbird's Threadbare Gold Stacking Ring in recycled 14k gold at $74, and Mejuri's 10k gold Small Hoops cost $98, as of November 2026.
- 1. Blue Nile9.0
- 2. Brilliant Earth8.8
- 3. Costco8.6
- Best Places to Buy Sunglasses
SmartBuyGlasses is the best place to buy quality sunglasses in 2026 for most shoppers: it sells every pair as 100% authentic with a 24-month warranty and a 100-day return policy, and listed the Ray-Ban RB2132 New Wayfarer at $178 against $231 at FramesDirect. FramesDirect suits prescription wearers who want designer frames with insurance, and Sunglass Hut is the pick if you want to try pairs on in a store. The cheapest verified pairs were polarized sunglasses at Walmart for $6.12 and Zenni Optical best sellers at $29.95, as of November 2026.
- 1. SmartBuyGlasses9.0
- 2. FramesDirect8.6
- 3. Sunglass Hut8.5
Data pages
- Online Grocery Statistics
54 online grocery statistics for 2025 and 2026: online share, delivery apps, meal kits and basket size, from Brick Meets Click, FMI, Instacart and DoorDash.
- Retail Sales Statistics
54 retail sales statistics for 2026: US totals, store versus online, retail jobs and store closures, from Census, NRF, ONS, Eurostat and Coresight.
- Holiday Shopping Statistics
53 holiday shopping statistics for 2025 and 2026: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, online spend and gift budgets from Adobe, NRF, Salesforce, Deloitte and ONS.
- Subscription Statistics
53 subscription statistics for 2025 and 2026: spending, churn, streaming, boxes and cancellation rules, from CNET, Recurly, Zuora, Deloitte, Antenna and the FTC.
- Online Shopping Statistics
52 sourced online shopping statistics on who buys online, devices, returns, delivery and BNPL, from Eurostat, the Census Bureau, ONS, Pew and the Federal Reserve.
- Product Returns Statistics
49 sourced product returns statistics: return rates, cost, fraud and online versus in-store returns from NRF, Appriss Retail, Narvar, Loop and the Census Bureau.