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.

Mastercard SpendingPulse: US Retail Sales Up 9.5% YoY in June
Mastercard SpendingPulse: US Retail Sales Up 9.5% YoY in June
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

As prices continue to spike for essential items and shoppers continue to treat themselves with more leisure-based spending than they did during the height of...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Live Commerce; Grocery Smackdown; Digitizing Agriculture; Payments as a Strategy; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Live Commerce; Grocery Smackdown; Digitizing Agriculture; Payments as a Strategy; ICYMI
July 07, 2022  |  Amazon

Today is Thursday, July 7 and the weekly jobless claims report and data on international trade come out this morning. Following scandal and criticism, U.K....

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Amazon Lures Influencers to Fire Up Livestream Shopping in US
Amazon Lures Influencers to Fire Up Livestream Shopping in US
July 07, 2022  |  Amazon

Livestream shopping has taken off in China but has failed to launch in the U.S. market, something Amazon is looking to change by attracting the...

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With Amazon Prime Day One Week Away, Competitors’ Sales Are Missing
With Amazon Prime Day One Week Away, Competitors’ Sales Are Missing
July 05, 2022  |  Amazon

With Independence Day now in the rearview mirror, Americans — and shoppers around the world — are gearing up for the next big summer holiday:...

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PYMNTS Am Radar: Livestreaming Upset; Unexpected Pinches; Weakest Link; Healthcare Foundation; ICYMI
PYMNTS Am Radar: Livestreaming Upset; Unexpected Pinches; Weakest Link; Healthcare Foundation; ICYMI
July 05, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Today is Tuesday, July 5 and on this day in 1946 — the first war-free summer since World War II ended in September 1945 —...

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TikTok Drops Livestream Shopping Plans in US, Europe
TikTok Drops Livestream Shopping Plans in US, Europe
July 05, 2022  |  eCommerce

TikTok is dropping plans to expand its livestream shopping venture TikTok Shop in the U.S. and Europe after the venture failed to find an audience...

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US and Britain: Two Separate Nations Now Joined by Common Digital Shopping Habits
US and Britain: Two Separate Nations Now Joined by Common Digital Shopping Habits
July 04, 2022  |  Retail

As Americans celebrate 246 years of independence from British rule, cultural, political, and commercial ties between the two nations remain strong. One thing that continues...

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Magnati Launches ‘Experiential Commerce’ Platform
Magnati Launches ‘Experiential Commerce’ Platform
July 01, 2022  |  eCommerce

Payments firm Magnati announced Friday (July 1) the launch of what may be the first metaverse shopping experience in the Middle East. Get the Full...

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Aussie BNPL Firm Openpay Bails on the US
Aussie BNPL Firm Openpay Bails on the US
July 01, 2022  |  BNPL

Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Openpay Group is pulling out of the U.S. after only a few months in the country, Reuters reported...

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