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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.

Direct To Consumer: Big Brands Vs. Small Brands
Direct To Consumer: Big Brands Vs. Small Brands
June 29, 2017  |  Retail

Cutting out the middle man of a physical store location is not a new phenomenon. Since the Internet came onto the scene in the early...

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Birchbox And Bringing Men Along For Better Grooming
Birchbox And Bringing Men Along For Better Grooming
June 27, 2017  |  Retail

When Birchbox began offering men’s subscriptions in 2011, it was an idea small enough to almost be considered a throw-away. Birchbox Man version 1.0 was...

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Oars + Alps Gets $1.3-Million Funding Boost
Oars + Alps Gets $1.3-Million Funding Boost
June 27, 2017  |  Retail

Women’s beauty products have a long and well-established history, but the men’s side of the equation hasn’t always told the same story. Outside of deodorant,...

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GlobalOnePay Expanded Its UnionPay Solutions To Include PIN Debit Acceptance
GlobalOnePay Expanded Its UnionPay Solutions To Include PIN Debit Acceptance
June 22, 2017  |  Payment Methods

GlobalOnePay, a division of Pivotal Payments offering global omni-channel payment processing technologies and merchant services, announced Wednesday (June 21)  that it has expanded its UnionPay...

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Modern-Day Word of Mouth Is Most Influential With Consumers
Modern-Day Word of Mouth Is Most Influential With Consumers
June 20, 2017  |  Retail

There’s the old saying “word of mouth travels fast.” In today’s fast-paced digitally focused society, that word of mouth now comes in the form of...

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Direct To Consumer Apparel Startup Stitch Fix New CFO Hire Indicates Possible IPO
Direct To Consumer Apparel Startup Stitch Fix New CFO Hire Indicates Possible IPO
June 20, 2017  |  Retail

Combine a few profitable years with the recruitment of a new CFO, and rumors will start to churn. In direct to consumer news, online personal...

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Direct To Consumer: Surviving The Digital Retail Revolution
Direct To Consumer: Surviving The Digital Retail Revolution
June 20, 2017  |  Retail

There’s no question about it — today’s retail landscape is undergoing a digital revolution. With the online world enabling individuals to more easily start their own...

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IKEA Moves Into AR Furniture With Apple Partnership
IKEA Moves Into AR Furniture With Apple Partnership
June 20, 2017  |  Apple

Following its Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple has another announcement. The tech giant recently shared its new partnership with IKEA and is moving forward on an augmented...

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Moda Operandi, Curalate Launches Remote Checkout From Instagram With Amazon Pay
Moda Operandi, Curalate Launches Remote Checkout From Instagram With Amazon Pay
June 20, 2017  |  Amazon Payments

Moda Operandi, the online luxury fashion retailer has teamed up with marketing technology company Curalate to offer remote checkout via Amazon Pay from Moda Operandi’s Like2Buy...

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