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.

Instagram Tests The Ability To Shop In-App
Instagram Tests The Ability To Shop In-App
March 19, 2019  |  Social Commerce

Instagram, the photo and video sharing social media platform operator, is rolling out a trial of a new shopping program in which users can shop...

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How Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
How Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
March 12, 2019  |  Retail

For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times and worst of times. The headline topping the news this week...

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Pinterest Expands Social Shopping Features
Pinterest Expands Social Shopping Features
March 04, 2019  |  Retail

Pinterest is enhancing the level of shopping that can be done on the social media platform, rolling out a round of new features on Monday...

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Pinterest Files IPO
Pinterest Files IPO
February 22, 2019  |  IPO

Amid a year when well-valued tech companies plan to list their shares, Pinterest has reportedly made a confidential filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

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Walmart Grows eCommerce By 43 Pct In Q4
Walmart Grows eCommerce By 43 Pct In Q4
February 20, 2019  |  Earnings

Things have warmed up for Walmart over the winter. The retail landscape had been littered with disappointing earnings reports, worries over the impact of a...

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Instagram Sees Money In Fundraisers
Instagram Sees Money In Fundraisers
February 19, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook‘s Instagram is planning to launch a Fundraiser sticker this year. Sources have reported that new code and imagery found in Instagram’s Android app show...

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Bringing Contextual Commerce To The TV Screen
Bringing Contextual Commerce To The TV Screen
February 13, 2019  |  Omnicommerce

The average Android user spends 53 minutes per day on Instagram. Add in the time spent on Facebook, Pinterest and other platforms, and consumers are...

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