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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.

36 Percent Of Shoppers Celebrated Amazon Prime Day
36 Percent Of Shoppers Celebrated Amazon Prime Day
August 17, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon’s Prime Day is proving to be a significant event for the retail industry. In its third year of existence, this annual discount day for...

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Today in Data: Amazon’s Powerful Presence
Today in Data: Amazon’s Powerful Presence
August 16, 2017  |  Today In Data

Amazon is a powerful presence in the retail industry. There’s no doubt about the magnitude of the effect it has had on retail and the...

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AI/BOTS: Cognitive Chatbots, New Retail Frontier
AI/BOTS: Cognitive Chatbots, New Retail Frontier
August 16, 2017  |  Chatbots

More human and less robotic is the sound of the beating retail drum this year. As cognitive-enabled chatbots have worked their way into everyday shopping...

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Facebook Tests eBay’s Daily Deals In Mobile App Marketplace
Facebook Tests eBay’s Daily Deals In Mobile App Marketplace
August 16, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook has launched a new feature within the Marketplace section on its mobile app, and a selection of eBay’s Daily Deals are now available to...

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Why Less Is More For Creatures Of Comfort
Why Less Is More For Creatures Of Comfort
August 15, 2017  |  Retail

For reasons largely unknown, at some point in the evolution of female fashion, terribly uncomfortable bordering on painful has become the accepted standard.  Shoes that...

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Target to Buy Grand Junction To Expand Delivery Abilities
Target to Buy Grand Junction To Expand Delivery Abilities
August 15, 2017  |  Retail

Target announced Monday (Aug. 14) that it has inked a deal to acquire Grand Junction, a transportation technology company in an effort to expand and...

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Facebook Expands Marketplace Into 17 New European Markets
Facebook Expands Marketplace Into 17 New European Markets
August 15, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook, the social media giant, is pushing further into the world of eCommerce, by expanding its Marketplace service, which connects local buyers and sellers, in...

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Winners And Losers In Retail Earnings
Winners And Losers In Retail Earnings
August 14, 2017  |  Retail

The retail landscape is long, twisted and complex. As it has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the last decade, 2017 is...

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Fossil Banks On Wearables To Reset The Sales Clock
Fossil Banks On Wearables To Reset The Sales Clock
August 11, 2017  |  Retail

There is a time for everything under the sun – a time to be born and a time to die. According to Wareable, the Fossil...

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