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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.

PayPal Smart Buttons Goes Global
PayPal Smart Buttons Goes Global
September 17, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Two and a half months ago, PayPal launched Smart Buttons in the U.S. as a way to improve the checkout experience for both merchants and...

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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch
Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch
September 14, 2018  |  Economy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “into every life, a little rain must fall,” a piece of poetry that will become a reality this weekend in...

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Want To Reach Millennials? Embrace Digital Creativity
Want To Reach Millennials? Embrace Digital Creativity
September 11, 2018  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Is there a secret sauce for merchants to capture the evolving millennial? Those are the young consumers who are not that young anymore, and moving...

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Driving, Grilling And Surfing (For Deals) — Labor Day Weekend’s On
Driving, Grilling And Surfing (For Deals) — Labor Day Weekend’s On
September 01, 2018  |  Retail

The unofficial end of summer is upon us. But before everyone can contentedly begin sipping their pumpkin spice latte and start Christmas shopping without embarrassment,...

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Sears Sparked By Amazon Effect As Tires Gain Ground
Sears Sparked By Amazon Effect As Tires Gain Ground
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

The problems bedeviling Sears are well-known. Retail is rendered, more and more, through digital means. Sales have been sliding. The company has been shuttering stores....

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Carvana Vending Machines Get Mixed Reviews
Carvana Vending Machines Get Mixed Reviews
August 27, 2018  |  Retail

For cool concepts, it is hard to do much better than Carvana. Customers who go to Carvana.com or use the mobile app can shop from...

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Loyalty’s New One Percenters
Loyalty’s New One Percenters
August 27, 2018  |  Retail

Throw out everything you’ve ever learned about what makes a consumer loyal to a brand. Consumers, over the last 10 years, have turned loyalty on...

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Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
August 24, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

There’s a lot of sizzle in marketplaces. In fact, they have made tiny businesses into big ones, as even the tiniest one-man operation can gain the...

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Why Scandit Wants To Go Beyond The Barcode
Why Scandit Wants To Go Beyond The Barcode
August 23, 2018  |  eCommerce

Commerce is everywhere, which means barcodes are everywhere. Smart devices? They’re everywhere, too. Internet of Things (IoT) — well, by now, everything is going to...

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