connected commerce

The Digital Secret To Storefront ‘Surprise And Delight’
The Digital Secret To Storefront ‘Surprise And Delight’
February 02, 2018  |  Omnicommerce

Brick-and-mortar retailers have an opportunity to surprise and delight shoppers with digital, connected and omnichannel experiences in the physical store, but many are struggling to...

READ MORE >
Revving The Engine For Digital Licenses
Revving The Engine For Digital Licenses
January 25, 2018  |  Innovation

There’s a road — literally — from analog to digital. Think stamped metal translated into bits and bytes, helping to transform a part of the auto industry...

READ MORE >
Alexa Is The New Virtual Roommate
Alexa Is The New Virtual Roommate
January 16, 2018  |  Retail

An increasing number of consumers are getting a roommate, and her name is Alexa. She’s smart, and she’s also learning. Between 2017 and the beginning...

READ MORE >
QR Codes Sizzle, Smart Parts Fizzle And Facebook Bows Out Of AI Assistants
QR Codes Sizzle, Smart Parts Fizzle And Facebook Bows Out Of AI Assistants
January 12, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Facebook’s M Fizzles While most of the week was dedicated to the cohort of players at The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) battling it out on...

READ MORE >
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, What’s The Cleverest Connected Innovation Of Them All?
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, What’s The Cleverest Connected Innovation Of Them All?
January 12, 2018  |  Retail

In the world of connected commerce, much of the technology seems to have been ripped straight from science fiction. Cars that drive themselves, drones buzzing...

READ MORE >
Alexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
Alexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
January 12, 2018  |  Voice Activation

The 2018 Amazon Alexa Voice Challenge is a different competition than in years past — naturally, since the voice-activated assistant herself has evolved and matured, and...

READ MORE >
Grooming Alexa (And Users) For The Future Of Voice Commerce
Grooming Alexa (And Users) For The Future Of Voice Commerce
January 10, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Voice commerce isn’t just about buying things. It’s also about returning things, exchanging things, tracking orders, reordering and improving the customer experience by answering questions...

READ MORE >
Top 5 Retail Stories Of 2017
Top 5 Retail Stories Of 2017
January 03, 2018  |  Retail

It’s 2018! That means that now, whenever people perceive something as backwards, unfashionable or antiquated, they’ll be quick to say it’s “so 2017.” But let’s...

READ MORE >
Why The Next Big Connected Commerce Play Is Television
Why The Next Big Connected Commerce Play Is Television
December 11, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

No doubt you’ve heard the news: People aren’t watching television anymore. That may leave many of you who left for the office this morning having...

READ MORE >