Wait, Is Amazon Beating Alibaba In China?
Wait, Is Amazon Beating Alibaba In China?
August 04, 2016  |  International

No, not technically, but a new study finds that Amazon is the preferred marketplace for Chinese eTailers when they want to sell their goods internationally....

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Airbnb Sees Booking Gold Rush Ahead Of Rio Olympics
Airbnb Sees Booking Gold Rush Ahead Of Rio Olympics
August 04, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Airbnb managed to undercut a hotel industry that had been entrenched in global society for decades upon decades based on one simple principle: better lodgings...

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Lyft Ridership Is Reaching New Heights
Lyft Ridership Is Reaching New Heights
August 04, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Objects in a car’s side-view mirror can often be larger than they appear. That’s good advice for Uber, because Lyft’s ridership numbers are starting to...

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Retail Bedfellows Tracker: Tesla Gets Tanned, Lululemon Outfits Olympians
Retail Bedfellows Tracker: Tesla Gets Tanned, Lululemon Outfits Olympians
August 04, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Three Dog Night’s prescient lyrics warned us all that while one is most certainly the loneliest number, “Two can be as bad as one / It’s the...

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Will Walmart Really Buy Jet.com?
Will Walmart Really Buy Jet.com?
August 04, 2016  |  eCommerce

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Vantiv Taps Industry Veteran For Advisory Service
Vantiv Taps Industry Veteran For Advisory Service
August 04, 2016  |  Vantiv

Vantiv, the payment processing services company, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 3) a new channel-focused business advisory service, dubbed PaymentsEdge. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Skype Launches Full Suite Of Chatbots
Skype Launches Full Suite Of Chatbots
August 04, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

Before Facetime, Skype introduced the idea of instantaneous global video and text chats to the average consumer. Fast forward several years and human talkers are no...

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Small Businesses In Emerging Markets Can Sell On Facebook For Free
Small Businesses In Emerging Markets Can Sell On Facebook For Free
August 04, 2016  |  eCommerce

Here’s something small businesses on Facebook in the U.S. may be jealous about: Their emerging markets counterparts can sell to customers on Facebook for free....

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