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.

Perfecting Milk, Minus The Cows
Perfecting Milk, Minus The Cows
March 08, 2018  |  Retail

While making assumptions is never a smart idea, there are some assumptions that feel fairly safe to make. A company that wants to build and...

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When Gated Payments Open Loyalty’s Gates
When Gated Payments Open Loyalty’s Gates
March 08, 2018  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Loyalty is a fickle thing in commerce and coveted by merchants regardless of market. Because, of course, loyalty is the gift that keeps on giving,...

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Amazon Expands Discounted Prime Membership To Medicaid Recipients
Amazon Expands Discounted Prime Membership To Medicaid Recipients
March 07, 2018  |  Amazon

As Amazon competes with Walmart for low-income shoppers, the eCommerce retailer is rolling out discounted pricing of its Prime program to more people receiving government...

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Thinking Outside, And Inside, The (Cardboard) Box
Thinking Outside, And Inside, The (Cardboard) Box
March 07, 2018  |  Delivery

The rise of eCommerce is an inexorable fact. Readers of this space know that. Think trillions of dollars in sales, where the reach is global,...

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Target Logs Earnings Miss, Despite 25 Percent eCommerce Growth
Target Logs Earnings Miss, Despite 25 Percent eCommerce Growth
March 07, 2018  |  Earnings

The retail outlook was bleak when, on the first earnings call of 2017, Target announced plans to invest more in digital, fulfillment and employee culture....

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Amazon Prime Chief Leaves For Airbnb
Amazon Prime Chief Leaves For Airbnb
March 06, 2018  |  Personnel

Amazon’s Vice President of Amazon Prime, Greg Greeley, is leaving the eCommerce giant after working for the company for 18 years. According to news from TechCrunch,...

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Prime Members In San Francisco And Atlanta Get Free Whole Foods Delivery
Prime Members In San Francisco And Atlanta Get Free Whole Foods Delivery
March 06, 2018  |  Amazon Delivery

Adding to the sundry benefits of Prime, Amazon is launching free two-hour delivery of Whole Foods groceries in Atlanta and San Francisco through Prime Now....

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Nordstrom Partners With Anthropologie To Offer Home Collection
Nordstrom Partners With Anthropologie To Offer Home Collection
March 06, 2018  |  Retail

Nordstrom has announced a partnership with Anthropologie that will feature more than 200 items from Anthropologie Home at 15 Nordstrom locations, as well as online....

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Modern-Day Pop-Up Shops Build Upon A ‘Spooky’ October Idea From A Clothing Merchant
Modern-Day Pop-Up Shops Build Upon A ‘Spooky’ October Idea From A Clothing Merchant
March 06, 2018  |  Retail

Joseph Marver wasn’t having the best October selling dresses in his California store a few decades ago. But he did notice that customers were waiting...

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