shopping

How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

New Fees Coming To Apparel And Accessory Sellers On Amazon
New Fees Coming To Apparel And Accessory Sellers On Amazon
January 24, 2018  |  Amazon

Prices are rising at Amazon. Monthly Prime membership costs went up a few days ago. Now, adding to the list, sellers in two of Amazon’s...

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Instagram Infomercials Have Their Roots In Vitamix Blenders
Instagram Infomercials Have Their Roots In Vitamix Blenders
January 23, 2018  |  Retail

If there was a modern kitchen product in the 1920s, there was a good chance that William Grover Barnard sold it. A health food pitchman...

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Neiman Marcus Looks To Associates For Social Media Commerce
Neiman Marcus Looks To Associates For Social Media Commerce
January 23, 2018  |  Retail

In an effort to drive sales, a luxury department store chain is connecting customers with their sales associates through personal social media accounts, The New York...

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Walmart Seeks 3D Imaging Patent To Enhance Online Grocery Shopping
Walmart Seeks 3D Imaging Patent To Enhance Online Grocery Shopping
January 22, 2018  |  Retail

Walmart wants to make online food shopping easier by creating clearer images of the products consumers are looking to buy. Today, stock images are a typical...

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Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin
Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin
January 19, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a...

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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors
‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors
January 19, 2018  |  Retail

A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. Both General Mills...

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Private Labels Gone Public
Private Labels Gone Public
January 18, 2018  |  Retail

Zalando is not a well-known website in the U.S. However, for European consumers, it’s a digital treasure chest for fashion and accessories at all levels....

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Chinese Millennials May Save Luxury Brands
Chinese Millennials May Save Luxury Brands
January 18, 2018  |  Retail

Sales of luxury goods in China are skyrocketing — up around 20 percent from 2016 — in its sharpest growth since 2011, as Chinese millennials seek products...

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Amazon Launches The (Under 10) Dollar Store
Amazon Launches The (Under 10) Dollar Store
January 18, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon is trying to compete better in the discount shopping space, where mobile apps like Wish dominate, by rolling out a section in its iOS...

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