June 12, 2023
Grocers Losing Share of Health and Beauty Sales to eCommerce
Where once consumers picked up their personal care products along with their food and beverages at the supermarket, they are increasingly shifting to digital channels to get their health and...
June 12, 2023
PayPal Ventures Leads $14 Million Fundraise for LatAm’s eCommerce Startup...
PayPal Ventures has helped Latin America eCommerce platform Nocnoc raise $14 million. The Series A funding will let Nocnoc expand into new markets and enhance its fulfillment solution, according to...
June 12, 2023
Payment Infrastructure Firm NymCard Acquires MENA-Focused BNPL Firm Spotii
Payments infrastructure provider NymCard has acquired buy now, pay later firm Spotii. The purchase, announced Monday (June 12), lets Dubai-based NymCard offer its financial services clients a buy now, pay later (BNPL) tool customized for...
June 12, 2023
Food Brands Eye Social Commerce Despite Disappointing Results
Food brands may be looking for ways to capitalize on the potential of social media commerce, but for now, PYMNTS research indicates, potential is all there is, with consumers frustrated...
June 12, 2023
Apple & Amazon Must Face US Antitrust Lawsuit Over Pricing
A consumer antitrust lawsuit against Apple and Amazon has been ruled to proceed in US court by a federal judge in Seattle. The lawsuit claims that the two tech companies...
June 12, 2023
5 Ways Grocers Are Using Digital to Drive Loyalty
With the Digital Food & Beverage Conference kicking off Monday (June 12) in La Jolla, California, where industry executives gather to learn, among other subjects, about how to best leverage...
June 12, 2023
Finding The Digital Economy’s Product Market FIT
I was recently asked for my advice on a new B2B network aimed at solving a big problem for a segment of small business sellers. The network was built on...
June 12, 2023
CE 100 Stock Index Up 0.9% as Vroom and eCommerce’s...
The third quarter winds its way into the last few weeks of its final month. And in the latest weekly showing, the CE 100 Index gained 0.92%, buoyed by the...
June 12, 2023
‘Acquiring in a Box’ in Mexico Helps Merchants Dethrone ‘King...
In Latin America, cash remains king. That’s true for many markets in the region, and Mexico stands out as a prime example. Roughly 85% of transactions are done in cash,...