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.

Shopify Eyes Buying Experience With Return Magic Acquisition
Shopify Eyes Buying Experience With Return Magic Acquisition
June 26, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Shopify announced that it has acquired mobile app Return Magic. Developed by a Montreal-based team co-founded by Guillaume Racine and Raff Paquin, Return Magic was...

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Casper’s Building A Bigger Physical Footprint
Casper’s Building A Bigger Physical Footprint
June 25, 2018  |  Retail

Casper, the online mattress company that inspired an army of imitators, is expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint in Canada. Currently, the mattress-in-a-box firm is operating a...

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Party City Looks To Pick Up Where Toys R Us Left Off
Party City Looks To Pick Up Where Toys R Us Left Off
June 25, 2018  |  Retail

Party City is getting into the toy business. The chain kicked off the week with the announcement that it will be opening about 50 Toy...

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Amazon Expands Whole Foods Savings Perks For Prime Members
Amazon Expands Whole Foods Savings Perks For Prime Members
June 25, 2018  |  Retail

To provide Prime members with additional perks at Whole Foods, Amazon is rolling out an expanded discount program starting on Wednesday (June 27). The benefits,...

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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
Are Retailers Ready For Amazon’s Prime Time?
June 25, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

My plan on Friday evening was to write a hard-hitting piece on a services segment with incredible marketplace friction. Then I went to Whole Foods...

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A Rough Map To The New World Of Online Sales Taxes
A Rough Map To The New World Of Online Sales Taxes
June 22, 2018  |  Taxes

A day after the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to state collection of sales taxes for eCommerce purchases, questions swirled about software, Congressional action,...

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Social Media As The ‘Ticket’ For Contextual Commerce
Social Media As The ‘Ticket’ For Contextual Commerce
June 22, 2018  |  Retail

Sports fans can’t get enough of their favorite players and teams: Their social media accounts oftentimes have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers. But...

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Apple Pay Offers Promotion On Adidas
Apple Pay Offers Promotion On Adidas
June 22, 2018  |  Apple Pay

Apple is giving customers 15 percent off purchases made in the Adidas iOS app when users buy the merchandise with Apple Pay. According to news...

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Enticing Millennials With Experiences Using ‘Neighborhood Goods’
Enticing Millennials With Experiences Using ‘Neighborhood Goods’
June 21, 2018  |  Retail

The old model of opening a retail store with merchandise as a main focus of the space may not appeal to today’s consumers – millennials...

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