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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.

Alexa Makes Her Way Into The Amazon App
Alexa Makes Her Way Into The Amazon App
March 17, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon announced Thursday (March 16) that Alexa, its virtual digital assistant, is getting embedded into the Amazon app. On the company’s website, Amazon said Alexa...

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Apparel Company Canada Goose Eyes Above-Range IPO
Apparel Company Canada Goose Eyes Above-Range IPO
March 16, 2017  |  Retail

Canadian extreme weather luxury apparel company Canada Goose reportedly sought to raise as much as $237 million in its IPO that priced Wednesday (March 15) after...

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US Retail Sales See February Slump
US Retail Sales See February Slump
March 16, 2017  |  Retail

Consumer spending data from February have disappointed as the U.S. Commerce Department posted the lowest growth in retail sales seen in the past six months...

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Retailers Miss Out On $150B From Lack Of Personalization
Retailers Miss Out On $150B From Lack Of Personalization
March 14, 2017  |  Retail

While brick-and-mortar retail can’t always compete with the flexibility and relative ease that eCommerce experiences can offer, some retailers are beginning to bring back lost...

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Turns Out Millennials Buy Their Clothes On Amazon
Turns Out Millennials Buy Their Clothes On Amazon
March 13, 2017  |  Retail

As retailers across categories fawn over shares of millennial spending power, new insight from market research and analytics firm Slice Intelligence indicates that, in terms...

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Multicultural Millennials Drive Growth In Certain Product Categories
Multicultural Millennials Drive Growth In Certain Product Categories
March 03, 2017  |  Payment Methods

At last count millennials stood at 75 million in the U.S., with 42 percent of them African-American, Asian-American and of Hispanic Heritage, which is driving...

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Zara’s Misstep In Correlating Ad Copy And Image
Zara’s Misstep In Correlating Ad Copy And Image
March 02, 2017  |  Retail

Within hours and sometimes within mere minutes, today’s companies are likely to receive an online reaction to their newly launched advertising campaigns. Given the instantaneous...

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Walmart’s March To Mobile Payments
Walmart’s March To Mobile Payments
March 02, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

When Walmart Pay first appeared on the scene a little over a year ago, it seemed something of the mobile payments odd man out. While...

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