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.

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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Startup Spotlight: Hutch Furniture App Helps Make Houses Homes
Startup Spotlight: Hutch Furniture App Helps Make Houses Homes
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

Once upon a time, if a customer bought a couch, that was it: That was their couch for the next 30 years, and they didn’t...

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Private Labels Have Their Roots In Coffee And Hats
Private Labels Have Their Roots In Coffee And Hats
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

The most popular time of the day when people drink coffee isn’t just a factoid: It’s a viable marketing strategy. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Holiday Spending In US Hit $108 Billion
Holiday Spending In US Hit $108 Billion
January 17, 2018  |  Retail

Consumer spending during the holidays in the U.S. came in at $108 billion, marking a 14.7 percent increase from a year ago. Get the Full...

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JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment
JD.com Expands In Vietnam With Tiki.vn Investment
January 16, 2018  |  Retail

Amid competition from Alibaba and Amazon, Chinese online retail firm JD.com has led an investment in Vietnamese eCommerce firm Tiki.vn, Business of Fashion reported. Get the...

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Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup
Instacart Acquires Canadian Grocery App Startup
January 16, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Instacart is getting into the business of letting grocers create their own mobile apps with its acquisition of Unata, a Canadian company that offers a...

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Kount Links With Moneris For Enterprise Fraud Protection
Kount Links With Moneris For Enterprise Fraud Protection
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Fraud technology firm Kount is collaborating with payment processor Moneris Solutions, the companies said Monday (Jan. 15), to link enterprise customers to payment fraud protection...

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Virtual Fitting Room Startup Raises $55M
Virtual Fitting Room Startup Raises $55M
January 15, 2018  |  Retail

To help develop its technology to drive online clothes purchases through recommendations, a startup that uses machine learning to help pair consumers with clothes that...

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