Merchant Innovation

Bringing The Video Store Back In The Age Of Netflix
Bringing The Video Store Back In The Age Of Netflix
January 09, 2018  |  Retail

Seeing a movie at the Alamo Drafthouse is a unique cinematic experience — which is saying something, given that movies are a fairly stereotyped affair....

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Amazon Forges Deeper Avenues In Digital Advertising
Amazon Forges Deeper Avenues In Digital Advertising
December 27, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon has found another avenue through which to compete with other tech giants like Google: digital advertising. According to news from CNBC on Tuesday (Dec. 26),...

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Starbucks Premiers First AR Experience
Starbucks Premiers First AR Experience
December 20, 2017  |  Retail

Those who like their coffee with a shot of augmented reality (AR) are in luck at Starbucks — if they happen to be in Shanghai,...

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Hitting Reset On Real World Retail Design
Hitting Reset On Real World Retail Design
December 12, 2017  |  Retail

Brick-and-mortar retail is often written off as a casualty of the digital age, but the numbers tell a different story. While there are a variety...

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Facebook Rolls Out New Messaging App … For Kids
Facebook Rolls Out New Messaging App … For Kids
December 05, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook is looking to get consumers hooked at a young age by rolling out a new messaging app for kids between the ages of six...

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Amazon Wants Pets To Be Loved (And Bought For) Too
Amazon Wants Pets To Be Loved (And Bought For) Too
December 05, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon customers can now buy retail goods for every member of their family on the site’s marketplace — including their pets. The eCommerce giant has...

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J.Crew Doubles Down On Digital As Sales Fall
J.Crew Doubles Down On Digital As Sales Fall
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

J.Crew — responding to years of declining retail sales and closing stores — is leaning heavily on online shopping channels as it attempts to reestablish itself with...

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Yes, Soup For You (And Everyone Else)
Yes, Soup For You (And Everyone Else)
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

“No soup for you!” It’s a phrase that became an instant classic the moment viewers first heard it on a Seinfeld episode 22 years ago....

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New iOS Release Includes Apple Pay Cash
New iOS Release Includes Apple Pay Cash
December 04, 2017  |  Apple Pay

After months of speculation, Apple Pay Cash is out in the wild. The new feature came with the iOS 11.2 update that first appeared overnight...

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