Merchant Innovation

Grocery Deliverer Shipt Adds Alcohol
Grocery Deliverer Shipt Adds Alcohol
July 20, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Ancient wise man Homer Simpson once said, “To alcohol — the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” The logic might not be...

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Proctor & Gamble Launches Laundry Subscriptions
Proctor & Gamble Launches Laundry Subscriptions
July 20, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

If there’s one area Amazon has made strides in in 2016, it’s with selling more of its product through subscriptions. Maybe it’s the push of...

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Microsoft Misses Billion-Device Target
Microsoft Misses Billion-Device Target
July 19, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Considering the recent history of Microsoft‘s lackluster OS launches, it came as a surprise to many that Microsoft chose to hang its hat on a...

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Pokémon GO Shows Retail How To Do AR/VR Right
Pokémon GO Shows Retail How To Do AR/VR Right
July 19, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Retailers can’t be held entirely liable for the ham-fisted ways they’ve tried to push virtual and augmented reality onto consumers, who — like retailers themselves...

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Can B&M Line Extensions Give Shoppers A Reason To Stop By?
Can B&M Line Extensions Give Shoppers A Reason To Stop By?
July 18, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

There seems to be a new form of retail mania sweeping the nation — that of nostalgia. Whenever a struggling brand needs to drum up...

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If Vanishing Warehouse Space Is The Problem, What’s The Solution?
If Vanishing Warehouse Space Is The Problem, What’s The Solution?
July 15, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

In the beginning of online shopping, it was brick-and-mortar brands that cried foul over the seemingly unfair fact that their new, nimble rivals didn’t have...

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Google Tweaks Search Engine Ads To Retailers’ Delight
Google Tweaks Search Engine Ads To Retailers’ Delight
July 14, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

There’s an argument to be made that the internet is built on nothing but an invisible web of Google AdSense and AdWords dollars. There’s no...

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Shopify-Owned Chatbot Launches On FB Messenger
Shopify-Owned Chatbot Launches On FB Messenger
July 14, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

There was a point in the 90s at the height of the telemarketing boom when talking to a human operator seemed like finding a needle...

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Walmart Reinvents The Shopping Cart
Walmart Reinvents The Shopping Cart
July 13, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Every retailer is in search of the next great innovation to their business models, but they always say that you don’t have to reinvent the...

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