Facebook Messenger’s 11,000 Bot Expansion
Facebook Messenger’s 11,000 Bot Expansion
July 05, 2016  |  eCommerce

According to reports emerging late last week, over 11,000 new chatbots have hit the beach on Facebook’s Messenger, with 23,000 developers waiting in the wings...

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Tesla Misses Delivery Targets — Again
Tesla Misses Delivery Targets — Again
July 05, 2016  |  Retail

Tesla Motors has missed its delivery target for the second consecutive quarter and may well fall short of its annual target, leading some to speculate...

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Online Grocery Sales Growing Sharply
Online Grocery Sales Growing Sharply
July 05, 2016  |  eCommerce

Consumers are increasingly willing to do their food shopping online. That is the takeaway from a new Harris Poll that indicates about a third of...

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Amazon’s First East Coast Bookstore Rumored To Be Opening In New York
Amazon’s First East Coast Bookstore Rumored To Be Opening In New York
July 05, 2016  |  Amazon Innovations

The rumors are swirling that Amazon has found a location for its third brick-and-mortar bookstore, and that the next instantiation will be on the East...

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Walmart Pay’s Lightning-Fast Rollout To 19 New States
Walmart Pay’s Lightning-Fast Rollout To 19 New States
July 05, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

If you think you’re reading the same story twice, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. On June 30, Walmart announced expansion into Arizona, California, New Mexico,...

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Impulse Purchases Are On The Wane, But Will Retailers Care?
Impulse Purchases Are On The Wane, But Will Retailers Care?
July 05, 2016  |  Consumer Insights

Of all the changes wrought in the retail world as it navigated from bricks and mortar to clicks and servers, somehow the impulse buy has...

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Just How Far Can Amazon Push The Pricing Envelope?
Just How Far Can Amazon Push The Pricing Envelope?
July 05, 2016  |  Amazon Innovations

It’s been the oft-purported opinion of many an armchair retail analyst that despite everything Amazon has accomplished over the years, its real mission has been...

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Will Brexit Make BoA Nix Its MBNA Sale?
Will Brexit Make BoA Nix Its MBNA Sale?
July 05, 2016  |  International

Now that the Brexit has left the UK stricken with Bregret, international corporations are starting to come to terms with the thousands of wrenches Britain’s EU withdrawal has...

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LendingClub’s Latest Setback: Investment Fund First Ever Negative Return
LendingClub’s Latest Setback: Investment Fund First Ever Negative Return
July 05, 2016  |  Regulation

Every baseball fan knows a June swoon when they see one – a team that otherwise seems to be staffed by professional baseball players suddenly...

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