connected commerce

The Jetsons Had It (Mostly) Right, With the Glaring Exception of Payments

The Jetsons Had It (Mostly) Right, With the Glaring Exception of Payments
The Jetsons Had It (Mostly) Right, With the Glaring Exception of Payments
January 15, 2022  |  Innovation

Fans of Peloton stationary cycles and treadmills from certain demographics may have found themselves on lockdown, plodding along, when the line “Jane! Stop this crazy...

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Alibaba Weighs Fundraise for Its Freshippo Supermarkets at $10B Valuation
Alibaba Weighs Fundraise for Its Freshippo Supermarkets at $10B Valuation
January 14, 2022  |  Investments

Alibaba is weighing a fundraise for its Freshippo grocery chain in China that has an estimated valuation of $10 billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Jan....

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Salesforce Announces Tools for Social Commerce, More 
Salesforce Announces Tools for Social Commerce, More 
January 13, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Salesforce on Thursday (Jan. 13) debuted several new innovations and partnerships it will use to help companies support social commerce capabilities and connect data across...

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The iPhone at 15 Vies for Most Popular Teen in Connected Economy
The iPhone at 15 Vies for Most Popular Teen in Connected Economy
January 10, 2022  |  Apple

In 2007, smartphones were becoming ubiquitous. Blackberry reigned as acknowledged choice of business types, with models like the Motorola Razr flip defining mobile coolness for...

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Connected Cars Get Smart by Anticipating Driver Needs
Connected Cars Get Smart by Anticipating Driver Needs
January 10, 2022  |  CES

While drivers are operating the connected cars of the future, the cars may be looking back at them and their passengers. Three exhibitors at CES...

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Inside Foursquare’s Pivot from Customer App to Location Data Platform
Inside Foursquare’s Pivot from Customer App to Location Data Platform
January 10, 2022  |  Connected Economy

The old mantra of real estate, “location, location, location,” now applies to every business, not just developers, city planners, retailers and restaurants. Get the Full...

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Consumers, SMBs, Gaining Comfort With Cross-Border Payments
Consumers, SMBs, Gaining Comfort With Cross-Border Payments
January 06, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In a time of incredible instability, cross-border payments have helped kept the global economy moving. As a result, the transaction value of global remittance and...

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Shoppable Recipes Turn Brick-and-Mortar Grocery Shoppers into Omnichannel Customers
Shoppable Recipes Turn Brick-and-Mortar Grocery Shoppers into Omnichannel Customers
January 06, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Increasingly, the experience of browsing culinary content and that of shopping for food and beverages is becoming unified, with the emergence of contextual commerce that...

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