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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.

Target Gets a Marketplace and Shopify Merchants Get Distribution
Target Gets a Marketplace and Shopify Merchants Get Distribution
June 25, 2024  |  Retail

For Target, the most immediate impact adding Shopify sellers to its third-party marketplace may be a lift in its online fortunes. To that end, and...

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LTK Adds Automatic Direct Message Tool to Creator Commerce Platform
LTK Adds Automatic Direct Message Tool to Creator Commerce Platform
June 20, 2024  |  Retail

LTK has enhanced its Creator Commerce platform with a new automatic direct message (DM) tool that makes it easier for creators to share the shopping...

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Millennials Are Most Prepared to Trade Down to Private Label
Millennials Are Most Prepared to Trade Down to Private Label
June 20, 2024  |  Consumer Insights

As merchants step up their own-brand offerings, PYMNTS Intelligence research finds that across grocery and retail, millennials prove the most eager to find more affordable...

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1 in 6 Shoppers Choose Merchants Based on Payment Choice
1 in 6 Shoppers Choose Merchants Based on Payment Choice
June 19, 2024  |  Retail

As consumers demand more flexible options at checkout, many shoppers make decisions about where to buy based on whether they can use their preferred payment...

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Zillennials: The Generation Reshaping Commerce With Digital Savvy and Ethical Spending
Zillennials: The Generation Reshaping Commerce With Digital Savvy and Ethical Spending
June 18, 2024  |  Consumer Insights

Zillennials — the bridge generation comprising younger millennials and older members of Generation Z — with their growing earning and purchasing power, are poised to...

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Nearly Three-Quarters of U.S. Shoppers Want Real-Time Inventory Updates
Nearly Three-Quarters of U.S. Shoppers Want Real-Time Inventory Updates
June 17, 2024  |  Consumer Insights

U.S. consumers expect to know, when they go to make a purchase, whether or not the items they want will be in stock, PYMNTS Intelligence...

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Target Aims to Reverse Losses With Private-Label Goods, Price Cuts
Target Aims to Reverse Losses With Private-Label Goods, Price Cuts
June 14, 2024  |  Retail

Target reportedly lost market share in several of its key product categories in the first quarter. The retailer’s share shrank in food and household goods, clothing,...

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Worldwide, Large Retailers Deliver More Digital Features Than Their Smaller Rivals
Worldwide, Large Retailers Deliver More Digital Features Than Their Smaller Rivals
June 12, 2024  |  Retail

According to PYMNTS Intelligence, 70% of U.S. consumers are more satisfied when shopping with large merchants than they are when patronizing small and medium-sized businesses...

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TikTok Shop Testing Image Search Capability in US, Southeast Asia
TikTok Shop Testing Image Search Capability in US, Southeast Asia
June 11, 2024  |  eCommerce

TikTok is reportedly testing image search capability for TikTok Shop. This capability allows users to use a photo that they have taken or uploaded to find similar...

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