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.

Amazon Researches Sizing With 3-D Body Scanning

Amazon Researches Sizing With 3-D Body Scanning
Amazon Researches Sizing With 3-D Body Scanning
May 03, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon wants to improve sizing, and so, the eCommerce retailer is studying different body types. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Pitney Bowes Renews Partnership With eBay
Pitney Bowes Renews Partnership With eBay
May 02, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Extending its multiyear collaboration, Pitney Bowes has announced a renewal of its partnership with eBay. The partnership, which has been in place since 2012, focuses...

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Oh, Baby: The Sharing Economy Comes To Childcare Equipment
Oh, Baby: The Sharing Economy Comes To Childcare Equipment
May 02, 2018  |  Retail

Millennials love to share. Ridesharing, home-sharing, bike-sharing — you name it, they probably share it. They are proportionally comfortable using gig economy services that provide...

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Digital Coupons Evolved From Handwritten Tickets In The 1880s
Digital Coupons Evolved From Handwritten Tickets In The 1880s
May 01, 2018  |  Retail

In 1887, Asa Candler, the founder of the Coca-Cola Company, had a novel idea: He decided to give away some of his product for free....

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Chico’s Teams Up With Amazon For Apparel Sales
Chico’s Teams Up With Amazon For Apparel Sales
April 30, 2018  |  Retail

As Amazon adds established clothing brands to its platform, Chico’s FAS will become one of the latest companies to sell its merchandise on the eCommerce retailer’s...

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The (eCommerce) Race Is To The Swift
The (eCommerce) Race Is To The Swift
April 30, 2018  |  Today In Data

Going too slow these days is a costly error to make, as consumers don’t have the patience to wait for their merchants to catch up....

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PayPal Revives Augmented Reality Glasses Shopping Patent
PayPal Revives Augmented Reality Glasses Shopping Patent
April 30, 2018  |  Payment Methods

PayPal is reviving an old patent that focuses on augmented reality shopping in which virtual information would appear over real products in stores. Get the Full...

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Britain’s $2B Royal Commerce Boon
Britain’s $2B Royal Commerce Boon
April 28, 2018  |  Retail

Spring has been called the season of renewal — new birth and new life — and it doesn’t get much better than the announcement of a marriage...

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Amazon’s Marketplace Struggles With Mislabeled Goods
Amazon’s Marketplace Struggles With Mislabeled Goods
April 27, 2018  |  Amazon

While Amazon has spent years looking into counterfeit and otherwise mislabeled goods, the company continues to face the challenge of overseeing its own eCommerce platform....

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