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.

How B8ta Gives Consumers A Technology Test-Drive
How B8ta Gives Consumers A Technology Test-Drive
October 02, 2017  |  Retail

“Retail isn’t dead; it needs a revival.” With a list of bankruptcies growing ever longer, suburbs hosting the carcasses of scores of dead and dying...

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DSW Embraces The Warehouse Look
DSW Embraces The Warehouse Look
September 28, 2017  |  Retail

Footwear retailer DSW, Inc. is embracing the warehouse aesthetic with a new store design that goes back to its roots and focuses on a more industrial...

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Moxie Launches Kbot For Contextual Guidance
Moxie Launches Kbot For Contextual Guidance
September 28, 2017  |  Chatbots

Moxie Software, the provider of digital commerce services, announced news on Wednesday (Sept. 27) that it launched the Kbot application, which enables companies to guide...

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Google’s Shopping Service To Become Standalone Unit
Google’s Shopping Service To Become Standalone Unit
September 27, 2017  |  Google

Alphabet’s Google is reportedly transforming its Google Shopping service into an independent unit within the company, according to news from CNBC. Citing a person familiar...

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The Power Of Invisibility In Retail
The Power Of Invisibility In Retail
September 26, 2017  |  Retail

Immediacy in retail is no small advantage. In fact, immediacy is what the brick-and-mortar players of the world indisputably do better than their digital counterparts....

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Nordstrom And Everlane Pair Up For A Pop-Up
Nordstrom And Everlane Pair Up For A Pop-Up
September 26, 2017  |  Retail

High-end department store Nordstrom will be offering a unique in-store shopping experience, featuring an in-store pop-up shop with the ethical fashion e-tailing crew from Everlane,...

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Pinterest Brings Visual Search To Target
Pinterest Brings Visual Search To Target
September 26, 2017  |  Retail

Retail makes for interesting bedfellows, and Pinterest and Target this week have announced news of their own plans to cozy up. The new partnership will...

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The Latest Connected Device: Levi’s Interactive Jacket
The Latest Connected Device: Levi’s Interactive Jacket
September 26, 2017  |  Internet of Things

On Monday (Sept. 25), Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group introduced, Jacquard, a connected apparel platform that lets clothing designers and manufacturers mesh connectivity,...

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Amazon Ups India Brick-And-Mortar Investments
Amazon Ups India Brick-And-Mortar Investments
September 25, 2017  |  Amazon Investments

Amazon has announced news that it is investing in Shoppers Stop, Ltd., an Indian retail firm looking to boost revenue and increase its store count by 25...

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