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.

The Cure For The Brick-And-Mortar Blues
The Cure For The Brick-And-Mortar Blues
December 07, 2017  |  Retail

The death of retail — of the brick-and-mortar kind — is nowhere, really, in sight, even as some might say the physical shopping experience is losing its...

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Small Business Spotlight: Just Add Cooking
Small Business Spotlight: Just Add Cooking
December 06, 2017  |  SMBs

It’s a scary and exciting time for meal kits. As every other kind of commerce moves online, food and grocery have likewise been migrating in...

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Stitch Fix’s Second Act
Stitch Fix’s Second Act
December 06, 2017  |  Retail

Stitch Fix’s recent initial public offering (IPO) didn’t quite live up to expectations. The target IPO price was $18 to $20 a share. Instead, its...

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How The Porch Pirates Stole Christmas
How The Porch Pirates Stole Christmas
December 06, 2017  |  Retail

The porch pirates have returned for another season of holiday suburban swashbuckling. For those unfamiliar with the term, porch pirates are thieves who cruise neighborhoods...

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For Merchants, As World Shrinks, Top Lines Can Get A Boost
For Merchants, As World Shrinks, Top Lines Can Get A Boost
December 05, 2017  |  Retail

Innumerable are the stories that say retail is dead. But scratch below the surface of the headlines, and the industry may not be moribund — but...

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The Changing Holiday Shopper
The Changing Holiday Shopper
December 05, 2017  |  Retail

The one-time shopper is the bane of the eCommerce merchant’s existence. They come, they shop, they even convert — only to disappear into the digital ether,...

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Amazon Wants Pets To Be Loved (And Bought For) Too
Amazon Wants Pets To Be Loved (And Bought For) Too
December 05, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon customers can now buy retail goods for every member of their family on the site’s marketplace — including their pets. The eCommerce giant has...

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J.Crew Doubles Down On Digital As Sales Fall
J.Crew Doubles Down On Digital As Sales Fall
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

J.Crew — responding to years of declining retail sales and closing stores — is leaning heavily on online shopping channels as it attempts to reestablish itself with...

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Yes, Soup For You (And Everyone Else)
Yes, Soup For You (And Everyone Else)
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

“No soup for you!” It’s a phrase that became an instant classic the moment viewers first heard it on a Seinfeld episode 22 years ago....

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