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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.

Walmart’s Rising Tide Lifts All Grocery Stocks
Walmart’s Rising Tide Lifts All Grocery Stocks
May 19, 2017  |  Stock Index

Grocery store stocks are enjoying a swell, boosted by an optimistic read on prices by Walmart during its Q1 2018 earnings conference call on May...

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Fishing Interconnected Waters For Brick-And-Mortar Success?
Fishing Interconnected Waters For Brick-And-Mortar Success?
May 19, 2017  |  Omnicommerce

Call it a tale of Omni success with powerful suction. In the May Omnicommerce Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, PYMNTS talked to SharkNinja VP Ajay Kapoor...

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Masterpass Lets US Bank Customers Skip The Line
Masterpass Lets US Bank Customers Skip The Line
May 18, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Why stand in line waiting? With Mastercard Masterpass, U.S. Bank customers can skip the line and check out using their Android phone in participating stores....

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NEW REPORT: When Digital Drives Offline Sales
NEW REPORT: When Digital Drives Offline Sales
May 18, 2017  |  Omnicommerce

Even consumers who still frequent brick-and-mortar shops expect the latest omni features at their fingertips to help improve their shopping experience. From responsive mobile websites...

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Target Beats The Street, Shocked Investors Rejoice
Target Beats The Street, Shocked Investors Rejoice
May 17, 2017  |  Earnings

In an earnings season for big retailers that has been marked with a lot of gnashing of teeth and rending of garments – Target managed...

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Fetchr Scores $41M Series B For Delivery Solution That Doesn’t Need An Address
Fetchr Scores $41M Series B For Delivery Solution That Doesn’t Need An Address
May 17, 2017  |  Retail

Dubai-based fetchr, a delivery and consumer technology app startup focused on innovating logistics in the Middle East and North Africa, recently announced raising $41 million...

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Fidelity Sets Its Sights On eCommerce, $65M Funding of Spring App
Fidelity Sets Its Sights On eCommerce, $65M Funding of Spring App
May 12, 2017  |  Retail

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our retail lives. As more brick-and-mortar locations struggle to keep pace with online shopping, Fidelity...

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Traditional Retailers Need To Boost Digital Platforms In Order To Survive
Traditional Retailers Need To Boost Digital Platforms In Order To Survive
May 09, 2017  |  Retail

With struggling chains Macy’s, Kohl’s and JCPenney all due to report their latest quarterly results this week, analysts are predicting less than stellar results. According...

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