Wearables are a great way to keep track of a variety of things from calories burned to discovering sleeping patterns, surfing the web and sometimes just telling time. For the past few years, there have been a myriad of wearables popping up to help people become...
As companies roll out more tech to make the home smarter, IoT devices will increasingly become a convenient channel that enable seamless, non-store commerce and product replenishment. General Electric Appliances just announced its most recent integration with Amazon Dash replenishment technology that allows GE’s Wi-Fi-enabled dryers...
The past few years have been marked by prosecutions by the federal government of lending bias, but the pace may slow under the newly installed Trump administration, The New York Times reports. That’s tied to a movement to roll back regulations carrying over into methods...
The latest push in omnichannel retail transformation is toward unification, merging channels in various ways in an attempt to create a seamless, frictionless consumer shopping experience. Target, for one, continues to innovate and update its omnichannel experience leveraging the latest technological capabilities available. At eTail...
The variety of Amazon private-label products continues to grow, adding convenience for brand-loyal Amazon Prime members and causing anxiety for competing eCommerce merchants. Recently, the online retail giant added a new product line to its Amazon Elements brand, which had previously sold only baby wipes...
A number of technological and financial organizations are reportedly joining forces to create a new computing system based on the network of Ethereum, a decentralized platform for applications that backs the popular digital currency Ether. The 30 or so businesses involved are set to announce...
Cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform for SMBs Shopify yesterday announced strong Q4 and FY 2016 financial results. Shopify brought in $130.4 million in total revenue in Q4, up 86 percent year on year. In the same period, Shopify’s revenue for its Subscription Solutions segment grew 63...
Yesterday, retail industry executives were scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss his proposed change to the border tax. The group was said to have included top brass from Best Buy, Gap Inc. and Target. In their meeting, the retail executives reportedly planned...
The latest numbers from the U.S. Commerce Department showed that U.S. retail sales rose 0.4 percent in January — well over Bloomberg’s median analyst forecast of 0.1 percent growth — to hit $472.1 billion. Further, revised numbers from December 2016 showed a 1 percent increase...
