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.

Synchrony To Acquire Loop Commerce
Synchrony To Acquire Loop Commerce
May 10, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Synchrony Financial announced today (May 10) that it will acquire Loop Commerce, the digital gifting platform used by retailers to make every product giftable. Using...

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NEW DATA: How Bridge Millennials Are Upending The $400 Billion Apparel And Accessories Market
NEW DATA: How Bridge Millennials Are Upending The $400 Billion Apparel And Accessories Market
May 10, 2018  |  Retail

Americans spend $400 billion on apparel and accessories annually. That may be a lot of cash, but it’s actually less than they have spent in...

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Walmart Ends Grocery Delivery Partnerships With Uber, Lyft
Walmart Ends Grocery Delivery Partnerships With Uber, Lyft
May 08, 2018  |  Delivery

Walmart has reportedly ended its online grocery delivery partnerships with Uber and Lyft, which could hurt its efforts to take on Amazon in the grocery...

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American Apparel Rides Again In LA
American Apparel Rides Again In LA
May 08, 2018  |  Retail

American Apparel returns to L.A. with the opening of a new store on Melrose Avenue. In fact, the new location is part of an old location...

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Will Costco Cure Blue Apron’s Subscription Blues?
Will Costco Cure Blue Apron’s Subscription Blues?
May 08, 2018  |  Retail

It’s not been easy to be Blue Apron in recent months. The meal kit company was one of the first to have the idea to...

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Retailers Can Create Headset-Free Virtual Reality Experiences
Retailers Can Create Headset-Free Virtual Reality Experiences
May 04, 2018  |  Retail

Brick-and-mortar stores can’t always offer the in-store experience to consumers at home, particularly if they have products that are meant to be picked up and...

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Five At Five: How Amazon Wields Influence In Real Estate
Five At Five: How Amazon Wields Influence In Real Estate
May 03, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include the latest on Amazon:...

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Instagram Rolls Out Native Payments
Instagram Rolls Out Native Payments
May 03, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Expanding upon its in-app commerce efforts, Instagram has quietly introduced a native payments feature. With the new functionality, users can register a credit or debit...

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Walmart.com Redesign Is Live
Walmart.com Redesign Is Live
May 03, 2018  |  Retail

Walmart today began rolling out its new website to customers. The goal of the redesign was to give the site a new look and feel...

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