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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.

Swiss Consortium Adopts Single Digital Identity For Online Purchases
Swiss Consortium Adopts Single Digital Identity For Online Purchases
November 22, 2017  |  eCommerce

A consortium of nine large companies — including UBS, Credit Suisse, Swisscom, Swiss Post, SIX, Raiffeisen, Swiss Railways, Zuercher Kantonalbank and Mobiliar — will enable Swiss consumers...

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Why REI Is Opting Outside Again This Year
Why REI Is Opting Outside Again This Year
November 21, 2017  |  Retail

Daring to be different can pay dividends. And yet, even at Thanksgiving — once the start of the holiday shopping season — some consumers can already feel...

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Dollar Tree Snags An Earnings Beat
Dollar Tree Snags An Earnings Beat
November 21, 2017  |  Retail

The largest dollar store chain operator in the U.S., Dollar Tree, has reported solid 3Q earnings that came in ahead of analyst expectations on Wall...

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KFC Is Selling A Colonel Sanders-Crowned Internet Escape Pod
KFC Is Selling A Colonel Sanders-Crowned Internet Escape Pod
November 21, 2017  |  ResTech

Sorry, turkey, but it looks like you’ve been out-clucked by chicken this Thanksgiving. In yet another bizarre marketing ploy, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has introduced...

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PayPal Livens Up P2P with eCards
PayPal Livens Up P2P with eCards
November 21, 2017  |  eCommerce

This season, PayPal customers can think beyond the typical gift card: The company is co-creating six limited edition holiday digital greeting cards for PayPal’s person-to-person...

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Account Takeover: An Evolution In eCommerce Fraud
Account Takeover: An Evolution In eCommerce Fraud
November 21, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

  Place a stone in a stream and the water will flow on around it, diverted from its path but not from its destination. Unfortunately,...

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Taking The Intimidation Out Of Jewelry With Smart Subscription Services
Taking The Intimidation Out Of Jewelry With Smart Subscription Services
November 20, 2017  |  Retail

Jewelry shopping doesn’t seem like a friction-filled retail category, but any consumer who has spent time trying to purchase the right piece can affirm it’s...

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Rebecca Minkoff Has Connected Commerce In The Bag
Rebecca Minkoff Has Connected Commerce In The Bag
November 20, 2017  |  Retail

There are few things more fashionable in 2017 than a progressive woman — but why stop at politics? Rebecca Minkoff’s connected handbag line lets the modern...

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What Walmart’s Resurgence Means For Retail And The “Pays”
What Walmart’s Resurgence Means For Retail And The “Pays”
November 20, 2017  |  Retail

Accomplished public intellectual and post-Keynesian economist John Kenneth Galbraith was well-known for four things. He didn’t think much of math and science — rather unusual given...

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