Merchant Innovation

eBay Enterprise Enhances Omnichannel Experience
eBay Enterprise Enhances Omnichannel Experience
December 03, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Ask a hundred retail marketers what they think omnichannel marketing means, in detail, and the answers are liable to range from data-driven details to idealistic...

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Restoration Hardware Creates (In-Store) Home Away From Home
Restoration Hardware Creates (In-Store) Home Away From Home
December 01, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

In-store retailers have always pained themselves over how to best show off their top-sellers to prospective customers. With eCommerce nipping at brick-and-mortar merchants’ heels, though,...

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Subscription Services Revive Deep Holiday Discounts
Subscription Services Revive Deep Holiday Discounts
December 01, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

After a brief yet intense romance with the daily deal and discount-based promotions, various retailers have backed off from offering blanket price reductions. Many have...

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South Korea Warms Up To Online-Only Banks
South Korea Warms Up To Online-Only Banks
December 01, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Entrepreneurs and industry standbys from South Korea have been at the forefront of developments in the consumer electronics and mobile device markets, but recent news...

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Is Amazon Behind This Secretive Ohio Air Cargo Op?
Is Amazon Behind This Secretive Ohio Air Cargo Op?
November 30, 2015  |  Controversial

Luck favors the bold in life and in retail, and no company lives by this maxim more than Amazon. Granted, being an industry leader means that...

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Empty Malls Show A Retail Age Gone By
Empty Malls Show A Retail Age Gone By
November 26, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

There’s no doubt that Americans are fond of shopping, and during the prosperous ’80s and ’90s, a web of strip malls, mini malls and shopping...

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Target’s Supply Chain Turnaround
Target’s Supply Chain Turnaround
November 26, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

History has a tendency to repeat itself regardless of how people try to change it, but retailers that sit back without fixing the problems of...

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Can AI Search Help eCommerce’s Choice Paralysis Problem?
Can AI Search Help eCommerce’s Choice Paralysis Problem?
November 26, 2015  |  In Depth

When retailers don’t have to worry about stocking shelves and clearing room in the back for more inventory, how many items should they put up...

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Apple’s iBeacon: Fizzle or Sizzle?
Apple’s iBeacon: Fizzle or Sizzle?
November 25, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

As successful as Apple has been with most of its product launches, it still has some products that haven’t taken off, such as Apple’s beleaguered iBeacon...

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