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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.

Sears Sparked By Amazon Effect As Tires Gain Ground

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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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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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Browser Or Buy Button? W3C’s Jacobs On The Payment Request API
Browser Or Buy Button? W3C’s Jacobs On The Payment Request API
August 22, 2018  |  Digital Payments

Native apps are boring and the web is not dead, said Sir Tim Berners-Lee in November of 2014, on the 25th anniversary of the commercial...

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online
Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online
August 22, 2018  |  IPO

“Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life,” said fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. No one wears just one suit of armor, and...

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Virtual Reality Gains Fresh Fuel Via Walmart Patents
Virtual Reality Gains Fresh Fuel Via Walmart Patents
August 21, 2018  |  Innovation

Is virtual reality retail about to have a moment? Consumers seem ready, and one of the largest merchants in the world has fresh plans to...

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PepsiCo Snaps Up SodaStream
PepsiCo Snaps Up SodaStream
August 20, 2018  |  Retail

PepsiCo is buying Israel-based SodaStream for $3.2 billion, according to reports from CNBC out this morning. That values the beverage startup at $144 a share —...

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