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.

Sotheby’s Launches First Real Estate AR App
Sotheby’s Launches First Real Estate AR App
May 24, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC has announced the launch of Curate by Sotheby’s International Realty, the first real estate-branded augmented reality (AR) app. Get the...

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Ahold Delhaize USA Launches Peapod Digital Labs
Ahold Delhaize USA Launches Peapod Digital Labs
May 22, 2018  |  Innovation

Ahold Delhaize USA, the supermarket operator, announced news on Tuesday (May 22) that it is creating a new entity dubbed Peapod Digital Labs, which will...

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Twenty-Two Percent Of Shoppers Use A Retailer’s Mobile App Because Of Discounts
Twenty-Two Percent Of Shoppers Use A Retailer’s Mobile App Because Of Discounts
May 22, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers love mobile apps: In fact, there were 175 billion downloads globally in 2017 — a 60 percent growth from 2015, according to App Annie’s...

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Why Benchmark Capital Put $50M Behind Good Eggs
Why Benchmark Capital Put $50M Behind Good Eggs
May 22, 2018  |  Retail

Grocery is a big category. There’s brick-and-mortar retail, where competition is so fierce that the media has branded it “the grocery wars.” There’s online food...

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Amazon Takes Tough Stance On Returns
Amazon Takes Tough Stance On Returns
May 22, 2018  |  Amazon Delivery

Remember that old saying, “You break it, you bought it?” A tweak on that might read: “You click on it, you bought it.” Get the...

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Cementing Customer Relationships Over A Hot Cup Of Coffee
Cementing Customer Relationships Over A Hot Cup Of Coffee
May 22, 2018  |  Retail

Relationship commerce exists as something of a gold standard in the era of the increasingly scattered customer. Loyalty, in the era of mobile, can be...

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Digital Bespoke Platforms Can Provide Brands With Valuable Data
Digital Bespoke Platforms Can Provide Brands With Valuable Data
May 22, 2018  |  Retail

Consumers might need a pair of dress shoes for work or a wedding, but they’re sometimes faced with a dilemma: How can they buy a...

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UK-Based Whisk Acquires Germany’s Avocando
UK-Based Whisk Acquires Germany’s Avocando
May 22, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

After building a data platform to run food-related mobile apps, U.K.-based Whisk has acquired Germany-based Avocando. While the terms of the deal were not made...

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The Future Of Augmented Reality Is Becoming Clearer
The Future Of Augmented Reality Is Becoming Clearer
May 21, 2018  |  Innovation

Recent moves from PayPal and Target have brought fresh attention to the use of augmented reality (AR) to boost commerce and payments. The technology remains...

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