Commerce

Commerce relates to "the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale". It includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural and technological systems that operate in a country or in international trade.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Social Commerce
Pinterest Aims to Improve Product Discovery With New Ad Tools
June 16, 2022

Pinterest will debut two new ad-related products designed to help brands tap into their Stories-like Idea Pins and is adding a Paid Partnership tagging process to give creators another way to make money from their Pins, according to a SocialMediaToday.com report Wednesday (June 15). Get...

Shopping
Two-Thirds of Brazilians Used Smartphones During Last Retail Purchase
June 16, 2022

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Commerce
Today in Food Commerce: SpartanNash Grows Its Footprint; Marc Lore’s Wonder Raises $350M
June 15, 2022

Today in food commerce, SpartanNash, a grocer and food distributor with ties to Amazon, buys up a regional northwestern Michigan grocery chain, while Wonder, a food delivery startup from Jet’s Marc Lore, announces a $350 million Series B funding round. Plus, Anjali Naik, chief operating...

Commerce
Grubhub Robotics Partner Predicts the P2P Future of Automated Delivery
June 15, 2022

As food delivery demand remains elevated, and restaurants and aggregators struggle with a difficult courier labor market, many are turning to robotics to automate the process and boost capacity. Grubhub, for one, announced on Monday (June 13) that it is partnering with Cartken, a self-driving...

Social Commerce
Meta Touts Its Social Commerce System at EMEA Event
June 15, 2022

As consumer behaviors and expectations continue changing, online shopping is morphing from an everyday task into a social experience. The adoption of eCommerce and digital payments — hastened during the pandemic — have brought about myriad ways of enabling people to interact with brands. Get...

eCommerce
Shopee Cuts Food Delivery, Online Payments Staff
June 15, 2022

Singapore-based eCommerce giant Shopee is trimming staff for its food delivery ShopeeFood and online payment ShopeePay teams in Southeast Asia, according to a Yahoo News report that points to an internal memo circulated Monday (June 13). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Today in Food Commerce: Grubhub Rolls out Campus Delivery Robots; Subway Captures Catering Demand
June 13, 2022

Today in food commerce, Grubhub makes autonomous delivery via its partnership with self-driving robotics company Cartken available to colleges across the country, while Jenn Saunders-Haynes of Subway, discusses the evolution of consumers’ catering expectations. Plus, PYMNTS data reveals how consumers’ grocery purchasing behaviors are changing....

eCommerce
Mawer Investment Management Bails on Shopify After Deliverr Acquisition
June 10, 2022

Mawer Investment Management has left its investment in Canadian eCommerce platform Shopify, with Director of Research Vijay Viswanathan pointing to concerns about rising competition in the space and its recent acquisition of eCommerce fulfillment provider Deliverr, Bloomberg reported Friday (June 10). Get the Full Story...

eCommerce
Food Content Meets Community-Style Commerce With a Side of Payments Innovation
June 10, 2022

In the misty years between 2008 and 2013 or so, as the mobile internet was bringing change to every part of our lives, it was a kind of Mesozoic business era, bridging old and new worlds. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...