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.

Walmart Patenting Amazon Dash Competitor
Walmart Patenting Amazon Dash Competitor
May 05, 2017  |  Internet of Things

Walmart has filed a patent application (as late as October 2016) that would create an IoT platform that would help track product use in shoppers’...

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Houzz Adds 3D AR to Its Shopping Experience
Houzz Adds 3D AR to Its Shopping Experience
May 04, 2017  |  Retail

Furniture and home decor shopping can sometimes be a long process of visiting retail store after retail store to find just the right piece. Sometimes...

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Selling To The “Suburban Power Woman”
Selling To The “Suburban Power Woman”
May 04, 2017  |  News

In late June of this year on New York’s 6th Avenue, Bluemercury will be opening its 2,600 square foot flagship store in the base of...

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Walmart E-commerce Chief Marc Lore Acknowledges More Work To Do
Walmart E-commerce Chief Marc Lore Acknowledges More Work To Do
May 04, 2017  |  Retail

Walmart eCommerce chief Marc Lore acknowledged in an interview with Bloomberg News that the retailer still has work to do when it comes to taking on...

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Overstock.com’s Different Vision
Overstock.com’s Different Vision
May 02, 2017  |  Retail

Overstock.com has been, through out its history, a company with a genuine ability to surprise.  An e-commerce player of another kind – known for its...

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Facebook Quietly Testing QR Codes For Offline Discounts
Facebook Quietly Testing QR Codes For Offline Discounts
May 02, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook doesn’t only want to be the leading advertising destination in the world of social media; it’s also trying to show it can drive foot...

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The Galaxy S8 And Payments
The Galaxy S8 And Payments
April 27, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

If nothing else, Samsung’s certainly won the smartphone “buzz award” for 2017 so far. The Galaxy S8 has managed to inspire a lot of eager...

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Elavon Launches Digital Commerce Tools For SMBs
Elavon Launches Digital Commerce Tools For SMBs
April 26, 2017  |  SMBs

Elavon, the payments provider, announced Tuesday (April 25) that it now offers two digital eCommerce tools that create unique online customer experiences. In a press...

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Walmart’s Tech Incubator Hires From Fashion World
Walmart’s Tech Incubator Hires From Fashion World
April 25, 2017  |  Startups

Walmart enters the tech startup arena with its first company Code Eight stemming from its incubator Store No. 8. To help get it off the...

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