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.

The Most Satisfied Shoppers Are Found in the UAE — How Other Countries Can Catch Up
The Most Satisfied Shoppers Are Found in the UAE — How Other Countries Can Catch...
July 31, 2023  |  eCommerce

Consumers worldwide are increasingly using digital features to enhance their shopping journeys, but few markets have adopted digital as quickly as the United Arab Emirates....

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Consumers Looking for Bargains Shopped Amazon Over Walmart in Summer Deal Days
Consumers Looking for Bargains Shopped Amazon Over Walmart in Summer Deal Days
July 28, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon Prime Days and Walmart+ Week showed high participation this year. Consumers engaged more when they saw better bargains during the world’s top two retailers’...

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Walmart+ Week Shoppers Went for Groceries; Amazon Prime Members Went for Everything Else
Walmart+ Week Shoppers Went for Groceries; Amazon Prime Members Went for Everything Else
July 24, 2023  |  Retail

What happens when you throw a party and nobody comes? Certainly, it can be a disappointing and disheartening experience — yet still it presents an...

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Ocado CEO: U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries on eGrocery Profitability
Ocado CEO: U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries on eGrocery Profitability
July 20, 2023  |  Retail

As United States grocers look to seize on the digital shift, they may need to update their infrastructure to make eCommerce worth its while in...

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Study Finds US Consumers Look a Lot But Buy Little on Social Media
Study Finds US Consumers Look a Lot But Buy Little on Social Media
July 10, 2023  |  eCommerce

Tapping or clicking the hashtag #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt will bring users to pages upon pages of videos in which TikTokers show off viral purchases they first discovered...

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Amazon, Walmart Dangle Free Subscriptions to Boost July Savings Days Sales
Amazon, Walmart Dangle Free Subscriptions to Boost July Savings Days Sales
July 07, 2023  |  Retail

Hooking consumers with the privileges of subscription membership is worth offering trial giveaways for Amazon and Walmart. Ahead of July’s savings extravaganza, Amazon and Walmart...

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Walmart Brings New Ammunition in Prime Day Battle With Amazon
Walmart Brings New Ammunition in Prime Day Battle With Amazon
June 23, 2023  |  Retail

Last year, Amazon was the clear winner during the dueling events. Will it keep the crown, considering Walmart’s changes? The next battle in the ongoing...

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Cash Use Down 23% in Mexico, Cards Fill the Gap
Cash Use Down 23% in Mexico, Cards Fill the Gap
June 20, 2023  |  Merchant Innovation

Shoppers in Mexico strongly prefer shopping in-store to shopping online. Seventy-one percent of local shoppers reported making their most recent retail purchase in a brick-and-mortar...

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Most Consumers Now Only Carry Cash Out of Habit
Most Consumers Now Only Carry Cash Out of Habit
June 07, 2023  |  Consumer Payments

Inflation may be on a downward trajectory, but consumers do not think so, as perception affects their spending behaviors, prompting them to rethink how they...

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