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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.

Brands Court 26-Year-Old Consumers With Classes, Online Tutorials
Brands Court 26-Year-Old Consumers With Classes, Online Tutorials
October 10, 2017  |  Retail

Forget older shoppers – when it comes to the target audience retailers have set their sights on, it’s the 26-year-old millennials. According to a news...

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Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
October 09, 2017  |  Commerce

Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old. The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand...

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Jessica Alba’s Honest Company Faces A Down Round
Jessica Alba’s Honest Company Faces A Down Round
October 06, 2017  |  Retail

Looks like Jessica Alba’s co-founded Honest Company might be in a bit of honest trouble. According to emerging news reports, the five-year-old home and body...

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Fenty And The Revenue-Generating Power Of Inclusivity
Fenty And The Revenue-Generating Power Of Inclusivity
October 05, 2017  |  Retail

Celebrity lines are not an uncommon phenomenon, nor have they been for the last two or three decades. Clothing, home furnishings, fragrances, shoes, underwear, plain...

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Target Tests Curbside Delivery
Target Tests Curbside Delivery
October 04, 2017  |  Delivery

Aiming to better compete against Amazon and Walmart, Target announced news this week that it is testing a new service in which users don’t have...

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Instagram Integration Comes To Shopify
Instagram Integration Comes To Shopify
October 04, 2017  |  eCommerce

Shopify, the eCommerce company, is now offering Instagram integration to its merchants. According to news in TechCrunch, Shopify has been testing the Instagram shopping service...

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Stripe Aims To Cure Mobile Checkout Conversion Blues
Stripe Aims To Cure Mobile Checkout Conversion Blues
October 04, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Stripe has launched Stripe Elements, a set of tools that helps digital merchants build a smoother and more streamlined checkout process for their customers. According to Lachy Groom, head of payments for...

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Toys R Us Sees A Future Online
Toys R Us Sees A Future Online
October 03, 2017  |  Retail

One week after reporting a $3.1 billion financing infusion from a group of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase, toy and game retailer Toys R Us...

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The Delikate Art Of Ethical Fashion
The Delikate Art Of Ethical Fashion
October 03, 2017  |  Retail

“Nice leather belt.” The sarcastic rejoinder that vegans everywhere get to hear, usually after making a request to find a restaurant with non-animal product-based foods on...

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