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.

Target Logs Earnings Miss, Despite 25 Percent eCommerce Growth

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. Get the Full Story...

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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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Chinese Year Of The Dog Celebrations Bring In More Than $146B
Chinese Year Of The Dog Celebrations Bring In More Than $146B
March 06, 2018  |  News

Chinese consumers increased their spending during Year of the Dog New Year celebrations this year, doling out $146 billion on shopping, entertainment and dining during the...

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The Unexpected Commerce Effects Of Lent
The Unexpected Commerce Effects Of Lent
March 05, 2018  |  Retail

In one of the least romantic coincidences of all time, Lent kicked off on Valentine’s Day this year. One is our annual celebration of romance,...

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Athleisure, Fast Fashion And Gap’s ‘Cross-Channel, Cross-Brand’ 2018
Athleisure, Fast Fashion And Gap’s ‘Cross-Channel, Cross-Brand’ 2018
March 05, 2018  |  Retail

After a long trip out in the earnings wilderness — and an increasing conviction from market watchers that Gap Inc. might simply be the latest...

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Gamification: A Growth Driver For Online Apparel?
Gamification: A Growth Driver For Online Apparel?
March 05, 2018  |  Retail

To some, shopping online for clothes is a chore. To others, it’s fun. But how often does it feel like a game? Probably not very...

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