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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.

Pumpkin Spice Simply Beyond Its Normal Limits

Pumpkin Spice Simply Beyond Its Normal Limits
Pumpkin Spice Simply Beyond Its Normal Limits
September 21, 2017  |  Retail

Fall has almost arrived (tune in tomorrow for the official autumnal equinox), which means the season for jeans, sweaters, football and early Christmas shopping for...

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Walmart Is Skipping Holiday Hiring This Year
Walmart Is Skipping Holiday Hiring This Year
September 20, 2017  |  Retail

Instead of adopting the retail standard operating procedure of reducing unemployment and hiring temporary extra workers for the holiday shopping season, Walmart has decided to stick...

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Hilton Rewards Points Can Be Used On Amazon.com
Hilton Rewards Points Can Be Used On Amazon.com
September 20, 2017  |  Amazon

Hilton Hotels, a hotel operator, announced Tuesday (Sept. 19) that Hilton Honors loyalty rewards members will now be able to redeem their Hilton Honors rewards points...

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Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
Google Offered To Display Rival Comparison Shopping Sites To Appease EU
September 19, 2017  |  Regulation

Google, aiming to prevent more fines from the European Union (EU), is offering to display competing comparison shopping websites through an auction, reported Reuters. Get...

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Using AI To Power The Retail Experience
Using AI To Power The Retail Experience
September 19, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

When is milk not milk? This is no trick question — it’s a distinction that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have to learn to make...

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How Halloween Might Have The Secret To Saving Retail
How Halloween Might Have The Secret To Saving Retail
September 14, 2017  |  Retail

Halloween might be the scariest holiday (unless, of course, you’re a parent, in which case Christmas is the hands-down winner every year), but it’s not...

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Nordstrom’s Inventory-Free Stores Are Coming Soon
Nordstrom’s Inventory-Free Stores Are Coming Soon
September 11, 2017  |  Retail

Nordstrom is pondering a new type of location. Smaller, more intimate and with a greater focus on services than goods, the new store will feature...

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PayPal’s Ready On Mobile Payment’s True Potential
PayPal’s Ready On Mobile Payment’s True Potential
September 11, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

“It is not about changing the swipe or dip to a tap; it’s about using a [smart]phone to do things that you could not otherwise do.”...

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Retail Gift Cards Remain An Easy Hack
Retail Gift Cards Remain An Easy Hack
August 31, 2017  |  Retail

Gift cards, according to researcher Will Caput, remains woefully easy to hack – if someone knows the right method. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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