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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.

The Digital-First Economy’s Impact On Holiday Shopping

The Digital-First Economy’s Impact On Holiday Shopping
The Digital-First Economy’s Impact On Holiday Shopping
December 01, 2020  |  Today In Data

The tally on Thanksgiving weekend keeps favoring the digital-first economy, with in-store shopping on the decline and eCommerce sales dramatically rising as expected. Shoppers have taken...

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Today In The Connected Economy: A Very Digital Holiday Season
Today In The Connected Economy: A Very Digital Holiday Season
November 30, 2020  |  Commerce Connected

As has been long forecast, not to mention strenuously requested by the CDC, the 2020 shopping season is shaping up to be a rather digital...

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Cyber Monday Looks To Be Biggest Shopping Day To Date
Cyber Monday Looks To Be Biggest Shopping Day To Date
November 30, 2020  |  Retail

The tally on Thanksgiving weekend continues to favor the digital-first economy. With in-store shopping on the decrease and online sales spiking as expected, the situation...

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Mix-N-Match Fake Shopping Holidays For Fun And Profit
Mix-N-Match Fake Shopping Holidays For Fun And Profit
November 28, 2020  |  Retail

Even though we’re strictly business here at PYMNTS, we’re always looking for the lighthearted. On that count, this holiday season strikes us as both funny...

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Walmart Boosts Store Hours, Rolls Out Phase 2 Of Black Friday Deals
Walmart Boosts Store Hours, Rolls Out Phase 2 Of Black Friday Deals
November 13, 2020  |  Retail

Walmart is extending most of its stores’ hours beginning Saturday (Nov. 14) – adding an hour or more of shopping time just in time for...

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Today In Retail: UK Merchants Brace For Lockdown, Mall Groups File For Chapter 11 And Brands Will Be Big This Holiday
Today In Retail: UK Merchants Brace For Lockdown, Mall Groups File For Chapter 11 And...
November 02, 2020  |  Retail

The top stories today in retail include merchants in the U.K. are getting ready for another national lockdown as coronavirus cases continue to rise in...

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Instagram, Snaps Team To Connect Brands, Customers Via Messenger API
Instagram, Snaps Team To Connect Brands, Customers Via Messenger API
October 19, 2020  |  Social Commerce

Snaps is teaming up with Instagram as the social media giant gears up for the holiday shopping season by sprucing up its commercial appeal to...

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Black Friday 2020 Takes On New Forms To Adapt To COVID-19
Black Friday 2020 Takes On New Forms To Adapt To COVID-19
September 09, 2020  |  Retail

Just as the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of new eCommerce technologies, it might also hasten the demise of Black Friday as we’ve known it....

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How Music Retailers Keep Card-Not-Present Fraud From Sounding A Sour Note
How Music Retailers Keep Card-Not-Present Fraud From Sounding A Sour Note
September 09, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

The COVID-19 pandemic is shaking up shopping behavior. Consumers who previously paid for purchases by swiping or inserting their cards at in-store point-of-sale (POS) terminals...

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