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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
June 25, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went to Whole Foods...

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AiFi’s Plans To Scale Checkout-Free Grocery Stores
AiFi’s Plans To Scale Checkout-Free Grocery Stores
June 22, 2018  |  Innovation

It’s a stamp of approval and financial reward in an increasingly competitive field: AiFi, a U.S.-based company about to launch major tests of its cashier-less...

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Twenty-Two Percent Of Shoppers Use A Retailer’s Mobile App Because Of Discounts
Twenty-Two Percent Of Shoppers Use A Retailer’s Mobile App Because Of Discounts
May 22, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers love mobile apps: In fact, there were 175 billion downloads globally in 2017 — a 60 percent growth from 2015, according to App Annie’s...

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PayPal Checkout Has Conversion Rate Of 88.7 Percent
PayPal Checkout Has Conversion Rate Of 88.7 Percent
May 02, 2018  |  Payment Methods

A new study has found that PayPal checkout converts at 88.7 percent – 82 percent higher than a checkout without PayPal, including other digital wallets...

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The (eCommerce) Race Is To The Swift
The (eCommerce) Race Is To The Swift
April 30, 2018  |  Today In Data

Going too slow these days is a costly error to make, as consumers don’t have the patience to wait for their merchants to catch up....

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Spendindie Plans To Be ‘Amazon’ For Mom-And-Pop Shops
Spendindie Plans To Be ‘Amazon’ For Mom-And-Pop Shops
April 27, 2018  |  Retail

The majority of American consumers report they want to shop local and boost businesses they feel strongly about in their home community. But the reality,...

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Instacart Changes Its Default Suggested Tip For Drivers To 5 Percent
Instacart Changes Its Default Suggested Tip For Drivers To 5 Percent
April 25, 2018  |  Delivery

Instacart, the startup that will do your shopping for you and deliver it to your doorstep, announced news on Tuesday (April 24) that it has...

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Visa Digital Commerce Aims To Streamline, Standardize Digital Checkout
Visa Digital Commerce Aims To Streamline, Standardize Digital Checkout
April 18, 2018  |  VISA

Ubiquity of acceptance is payments’ holy grail. It’s an experience that people living in the developed world have learned to expect each time they produce...

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Taking Walk-Out-To-Pay Beyond Amazon Go
Taking Walk-Out-To-Pay Beyond Amazon Go
April 16, 2018  |  Retail

There could be so much more to a cashier-less checkout experience — and for so much less than what Amazon is spending to do it...

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