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, Green Dot To Develop FinTech Accelerator With Omnichannel Focus
Walmart, Green Dot To Develop FinTech Accelerator With Omnichannel Focus
October 29, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart and Green Dot have announced that they are going to develop a FinTech accelerator together and call it “TailFin Labs, LLC,” the companies said...

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Why Voice Is Connected Commerce’s Killer App
Why Voice Is Connected Commerce’s Killer App
October 28, 2019  |  Voice Activation

Consumers have experienced the convenience of shopping with their voices, and they cannot get enough. The share of consumers who own voice-activated devices has doubled...

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Affirm Expands Installment Payment Options To Any On, Offline Store
Affirm Expands Installment Payment Options To Any On, Offline Store
October 07, 2019  |  Retail

Silicon Valley FinTech Affirm is rolling out a new app that will give customers a way to shop at almost any store and split their...

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Amazon Launches First Physical Store In MA
Amazon Launches First Physical Store In MA
October 03, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has opened its first physical store in Massachusetts. Located at the Natick Mall in Natick, Massachusetts, the 4-star store is the fifth physical location...

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New Instagram Feature Alerts Consumers To New Product Launches
New Instagram Feature Alerts Consumers To New Product Launches
September 30, 2019  |  eCommerce

Instagram, in its continued effort to expand its eCommerce offerings, has launched a new feature that will allow a user to be notified when a...

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When DTC Experiential Retail Goes To The Theater
When DTC Experiential Retail Goes To The Theater
September 23, 2019  |  Retail

When SHOWFIELDS opened up in New York City a little under a year ago, just in time for the 2018 holiday season, it advertised its...

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Is There Anywhere Connected Consumers Won’t Shop?
Is There Anywhere Connected Consumers Won’t Shop?
September 20, 2019  |  Commerce Connected

It was recently reported that one in 15 purchases are now made between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. (at least in the U.K.)...

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PayPal Lowers Installment Credit Threshold To $30 – $99 Purchases
PayPal Lowers Installment Credit Threshold To $30 – $99 Purchases
September 18, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Consumers now have a range of promotional financing deals to choose from the online payments system PayPal that provides zero-interest installment loans to cover the...

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Muslim Women’s Fashion Firm Modanisa Aims To Be A Unicorn
Muslim Women’s Fashion Firm Modanisa Aims To Be A Unicorn
September 17, 2019  |  Retail

Kerim Ture, one of the founders of Modanisa, a successful Muslim women’s fashion site, said he started the business because he felt that women who...

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