Retail Trends This Week (August 2026)

This week's retail trends: rising topics and the posts that reached the most people.

Last updated · refreshed weekly from Submarine.ai data

Rising topics this week

#TopicGrowth (WoW)Posts (7d)Views (7d)
1belt+26768%91.9M
2home purchase+3254%81.4M
3smartphones+2425%8777.6K
4scarf+687%91.9M
5cereal+346%10528.7K

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Top retail posts this week

  • The perfect setting. @ohhomee and the art of the table, with pieces designed to elevate every gathering. #lefties #lefti

    Lefties · TikTok · 8.7M views

  • Et vous, quel sera votre premier coup de cœur de cette rentrée littéraire ? 📚 Polar historique, conte animalier, thrill

    E.Leclerc · TikTok · 4.3M views

  • Les pepitas espagnoles sont par ici 😍

    Picard · TikTok · 3.9M views

  • from your feed to the big screen 🫡 go on @jenstaylor 🌟 #JDSports #Jenson

    JD Sports · TikTok · 3.8M views

  • Quand le glow appelle, Monoprix est toujours au rendez-vous ✨💄 Produits utilisés : • Fat oil body baume corps caramelt

    Monoprix · TikTok · 2.8M views

  • C’est l’heure du pique-nique 🧺⁣ ⁣ Votre artisan boucher vous propose une sélection gourmande : aiguillettes de poulet p

    Grand Frais · Instagram · 2.4M views

Methodology

Submarine.ai tags every post from official brand channels with AI and measures topic momentum as week-over-week view growth (last 7 days vs the 7 days before). Topics shown here cleared minimum volume thresholds; figures are rounded. Updated weekly.

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Frequently asked questions

What is trending in retail on social media right now?

The fastest-rising retail topic this week is "belt", up +26768% in views week-over-week with 1.9M views across 9 posts, according to Submarine.ai's weekly measurement.

How are these trends detected?

Submarine.ai tags and analyzes every post from official retail brand channels on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. A topic counts as trending when its views grow sharply across multiple brands and posts. The growth figures compare the last 7 days to the 7 days before.

How often is this page updated?

Every week, from the latest full scrape of brand channels. Subscribers get trend movement daily, with per-brand and per-post breakdowns.

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