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.

Fashion App ASOS Adds Image Search Feature
Fashion App ASOS Adds Image Search Feature
August 11, 2017  |  Retail

Searching by images has become one of the more popular ways to find something online. Whether it’s finding new recipes or new hairstyle ideas, the...

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Baidu To Send Mobile Search Users JD.Com’s Way
Baidu To Send Mobile Search Users JD.Com’s Way
August 11, 2017  |  Retail

Baidu, the Chinese internet search giant, reached a deal with Chinese eCommerce company JD.com in which it will send users looking for products online JD.com’s...

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Flipkart Lands $2.5 Billion In Funding From SoftBank
Flipkart Lands $2.5 Billion In Funding From SoftBank
August 11, 2017  |  Investments

SoftBank, the technology investment firm, has invested $2.5 billion in a funding round for Flipkart, the India eCommerce shopping company, marking the largest private investment...

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Macy’s Beats, But No End To Negative Comps In Sight
Macy’s Beats, But No End To Negative Comps In Sight
August 11, 2017  |  Earnings

Yes, Macy's earnings were better than the Street expected, but expectations were hardly a high bar.  The sales declines continue, the guidance was soft, and...

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Today in Data: Shifting Grocery Aisles
Today in Data: Shifting Grocery Aisles
August 10, 2017  |  Today In Data

Grocery stores. It’s the last frontier of change in today’s digitally driven retail world, and the industry is starting to shift strategies. One of the...

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Most US Consumers Don’t Shop Online For Groceries
Most US Consumers Don’t Shop Online For Groceries
August 10, 2017  |  Retail

Online sales may be skyrocketing, but when it comes to shopping online for groceries, eCommerce is still just scratching the surface. That’s according to American-based...

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Wayfair Beats Earnings Expectations – Again
Wayfair Beats Earnings Expectations – Again
August 09, 2017  |  Earnings

In the eCommerce landscape, conventional wisdom tends to the idea that Amazon’s gravity in digital commerce is so overpowering that it is all but impossible...

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Confectionery Companies: The Other Unintended Casualty Of Self-Checkout
Confectionery Companies: The Other Unintended Casualty Of Self-Checkout
August 09, 2017  |  ResTech

Things aren’t so bubbly for chewing gum companies and confectioners. The impulse buy is dead, and self-checkout lanes may be to blame. Customers who scan...

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Shopping Malls Are Evolving, But They’re Not There Yet
Shopping Malls Are Evolving, But They’re Not There Yet
August 03, 2017  |  Retail

For years, we’ve seen suburban shopping malls build up and expand out. A favorite pastime for many teenagers growing up in the ’70s, ’80s and...

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