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.

Pinterest Pivots Toward Shopping With Pinterest Partners
Pinterest Pivots Toward Shopping With Pinterest Partners
June 18, 2019  |  eCommerce

Pinterest has rebranded its third-party partner program Marketing Partners into Pinterest Partners to facilitate a greater number of shopping experiences on its platform, according to a...

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Luxury Fashion Brands Outspend Smaller Rivals On Social Media
Luxury Fashion Brands Outspend Smaller Rivals On Social Media
June 07, 2019  |  Retail

Luxury fashion brands like Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Gucci are upping their social media game, especially on Instagram, and pouring real money into efforts...

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Retailers Give Fresh Focus to Single Consumers
Retailers Give Fresh Focus to Single Consumers
June 07, 2019  |  Retail

Forget millennials, that consumer segment that is blamed for the downfall of most everything while also being the target of many innovative efforts. Single consumers...

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Kelkoo Ready To Bring Google Fight To The US
Kelkoo Ready To Bring Google Fight To The US
June 06, 2019  |  Google

British price comparison site Kelkoo is ready to take its complaint against Google to U.S. antitrust regulators. The comments come as Kelkoo and other companies...

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Amazon Launches Kiosks In UK
Amazon Launches Kiosks In UK
June 06, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has opened physical kiosks in the U.K. that will offer a rotating range of items at discounted prices. The first kiosks will be based...

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Amazon Pay Bullish On Voice Payments Future
Amazon Pay Bullish On Voice Payments Future
June 04, 2019  |  Amazon

Patrick Gauthier, vice president of Amazon Pay, said voice payment through digital assistants will transform the payments industry in the same way mobile phones did,...

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Consumers Who Use Mobile In-Store Are More Frequent Brick-And-Mortar Shoppers
Consumers Who Use Mobile In-Store Are More Frequent Brick-And-Mortar Shoppers
May 22, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Mobile commerce has become part of the daily routine for many consumers — who are not just using devices to shop on the go, but...

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Google Takes On Amazon With New eCommerce Features
Google Takes On Amazon With New eCommerce Features
May 17, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Google managed the surprise of the week with the announcement that it was dramatically and quickly leveling up its eCommerce capability by essentially turning any...

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Pinterest Stock Plummets After Q1 Earnings
Pinterest Stock Plummets After Q1 Earnings
May 17, 2019  |  Earnings

Pinterest revealed its Q1 financials in its first earnings report as a public company. According to reports, the company “posted revenues of $202 million on...

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