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.

Walmart Ends Shoplifting Policy Ruled ‘Extortion’ By Courts
Walmart Ends Shoplifting Policy Ruled ‘Extortion’ By Courts
December 22, 2017  |  Retail

Shoplifting at Walmart — and getting caught — was expensive for shoppers until very recently. A first offender could choose to pay a few hundred dollars, attend...

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Santa To Bring Speakers, Not Wearables, This Christmas
Santa To Bring Speakers, Not Wearables, This Christmas
December 22, 2017  |  Retail

Smart speakers from the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft are expected to beat out wearable devices this holiday shopping season as the digital device...

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Have We Already Seen Peak Amazon Prime?
Have We Already Seen Peak Amazon Prime?
December 21, 2017  |  Amazon Commerce

There are rumblings that Amazon Prime may have already hit the upper limits of its growth potential. According to analysis from Morgan Stanley, new enrollment...

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Toys R Us Battles Bankruptcy With ‘Play Labs’
Toys R Us Battles Bankruptcy With ‘Play Labs’
December 21, 2017  |  Retail

Struggling retailer Toys R Us tries to reset the toy-buying, brick-and-mortar consumer experience by making their physical stores more hands-on for their youngest patrons. To that...

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Ameliora And Trying To Stitch Empowerment Into A Firm’s Fabric
Ameliora And Trying To Stitch Empowerment Into A Firm’s Fabric
December 21, 2017  |  Retail

There are few experiences more rapidly disheartening than buying women’s professional clothing. Stock is limited, sizing is all over the map and the majority of...

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Walmart Tests Personal Shopping Via Text
Walmart Tests Personal Shopping Via Text
December 21, 2017  |  eCommerce

In an attempt to attract new types of customers, a Walmart subsidiary, called Code Eight, has started testing a personal shopping service for “busy NYC...

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Amazon Private Label Biz Drove $450M In Sales 2017 YTD
Amazon Private Label Biz Drove $450M In Sales 2017 YTD
December 21, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon’s move to launch a slew of private label brands appears to be paying off, with the eCommerce giant seeing growth in all of its...

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Bringing Subscription Commerce To Real World Retail
Bringing Subscription Commerce To Real World Retail
December 20, 2017  |  Retail

The opportunities for subscription boxes in online retail have been well-documented. Subscriptions boxes provide a regular stream of revenue, build a loyal and recurring consumer...

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Finding Retail’s Big Data ROI
Finding Retail’s Big Data ROI
December 20, 2017  |  Payment Methods

“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don’t know which half.” That’s a quote from department store maven John...

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