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E-commerce is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet.
(source: en.wikipedia.org)
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Today In DataSecure, Seamless And Ubiquitous: Giving Customers What They Want
“Fast, good or cheap — pick two” is a well-known piece of conventional wisdom about value. It’s an idea modern consumers are...
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RetailWhole Foods Stores With Amazon Lockers See Rise In ‘Micro’ Visits
Amazon Lockers may be encouraging shoppers to make quick trips to Whole Foods stores. Research from inMarket showed that “micro” visits —...
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DeliveryHow Small Food Merchants Can Tap Into Delivery Platforms
Cities around the world have many independent shops — butchers, bakers, cheesemongers and the like. But what they don’t always have is...
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RetailTesco Veteran Simon Belsham Takes The Helm At Jet.com
After helping Tesco grow its non-food business, Simon Belsham is heading to Walmart’s Jet.com. The Tesco veteran will work to boost the...
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DeliveryMeal Kits May Be Just Getting Started
In the days following HelloFresh’s acquisition of the organic and vegan food delivery company Green Chef, other health-based meal kit delivery services...
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Data DiveData Dive: Embracing The Uncertainty Edition
Despite living in a world awash in data, it’s surprising how much our lives are defined by uncertainty. What’s coming next is...
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Payments InnovationCan Google’s Shopping Actions Take On Amazon?
In between stories last week about Jack Dorsey saying that bitcoin will be the world’s single digital currency in about 10 years...
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RetailHome Depot Partners With Pinterest On Shop The Look Tool
Home Depot has partnered with Pinterest to expand Pinterest’s Shop the Look feature. According to AdWeek, Shop the Look features more than...
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RetailGwynnie Bee Offers Subscription Services For Traditional Retailers
Gwynnie Bee, a subscription service offering women’s clothing for rent, is launching a new technology platform that allows traditional retailers to offer...
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DeliveryHow The Brick-And-Mortar Store Can Coexist With Delivery
When Foxtrot’s Mike LaVitola was studying at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, he witnessed many on-demand mobile apps and...
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RetailThe Rise And Fall Of Toys R Us
The founder of Toys R Us passed away yesterday (March 22) at the ripe old age of 94, barely a week after...
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RetailH&M Targets Chinese Shoppers With Alibaba’s Tmall Launch
In an effort to better compete in China, H&M has rolled out its core brand on Alibaba’s Tmall. The move marks the...
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Today In DataWaste Not, Want Not In Fierce Competition
Efficiency is key in payments and commerce these days, which can make all the times where wastefulness wins out a bit surprising....
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RetailThe Science Of Style: How Data Can Improve The Plus-Size Shopping Experience
Shopping for clothes is hard enough for women who fit industry ideals for shape and size. It’s even harder for women who...
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RetailBrick-And-Mortar Retailers Take On Omnichannel
To meet consumers where they want to shop, retailers are taking an omnichannel approach to their offerings. Some customers — those of...
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RetailAlbertsons Looks Out For The Little Guys With Digital Marketplace
As retailers — such as grocers — are on the hunt for more data to help them make purchasing decisions, Albertsons plans...
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Today In DataCapturing Consumers In A Rapidly Resetting Environment
The fact that the world is changing rapidly shouldn’t come as much of a shock — though the speed and centers of...
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InternationalPPRO: The 10 Fastest Growing Global eCommerce Markets
It’s an exciting time to be a global brand. In western markets, eCommerce continues to grow steadily — but, more importantly, it’s...
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Amazon CommerceMore Than One-Quarter Of Amazon Merchant Sales Cross Borders
Amazon is encouraging its eCommerce vendors to sell their goods internationally, as cross-border sales are becoming an increasingly important part of the...
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RetailRetail Bankruptcy Tracker: Claire’s And Grocers Throw In The Towel
As sad as the end of Toys R Us may be, the iconic toy store is far from the only retailer struggling...
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Today In DataA Tisket, A Tasket, Building Stronger Shopping Baskets
The U.S. Census Bureau claims 92 percent of retail still happens in a store, but those who’ve really been paying attention over...
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RetailHow Food Delivery Platforms Can Move Beyond Big City Takeout
Before Chris Meaux started Waitr, he was living in a quiet area of the Dallas Metroplex called Southlake in the early 2010s....
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RetailFedEx Launches New Returns Management Product For High-Volume Merchants
In an effort to help high-volume eCommerce retailers and merchants improve their customer experiences, FedEx has unveiled a new returns management product....
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RetailInstagram Expands Shoppable Posts To Eight More Countries
After testing shoppable photo tags in 2016 and bringing the Shopping on Instagram feature to U.S. users last year, Instagram is now...
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PersonnelAlibaba Names Lucy Peng Lazada Group’s Chief
Alibaba Group Holding has announced that one of its top executives will be in charge of Southeast Asian eCommerce firm Lazada Group....
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NewsEU And Tech Firm Taxes Dominate Regulatory Landscape
Tax season, indeed. The regulatory landscape was dotted with news out of Europe centered on the way that tech firms do business...
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RetailCounting Out The Green On St. Patrick’s Day
Irish Americans outnumber the Irish of Ireland by quite a lot. There are 4.7 million people in Ireland and about 33 million...
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InvestmentsJD’s Finance Arm Seeks Fresh Funding
In an effort to deepen its push into securities, banking and insurance, JD.com’s finance arm is seeking to raise ¥12 billion —...
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RetailHow Analytics Can Help Fashion Brands And Retailers
What does it take for a fashion brand to stay on top of the trends? A lot of market data. But not...
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B2B PaymentsAlibaba Partners With Qupital For SMB Financing
Alibaba is enhancing its relationship with invoice financing company Qupital, reports in AsiaOne on Thursday (March 15) said. Their partnership means Alibaba...
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InternationalNew Rules For Tech Giants Google, Apple In EU?
New rules loom in the European Union for tech giants like Apple, Amazon and Google, Reuters reported. The European Commission is at...
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RetailHow Grocers Are Taking On Amazon With Instacart
BJ’s Wholesale Club has an ambitious goal: It plans to offer same-day delivery from all of its brick-and-mortar stores by the end...
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RetailTo See Retail’s Future, Go Back To The Basics
The retail revolution will be digitized. But how to get to the revolution in the first place when you might already be...
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ResTechAggregating The Aggregators: How Ordermark Makes Digital Ordering Work For Restaurants
Online ordering: the asset that’s a burden, the blessing that’s a curse, the “Can’t live with it, can’t live without it” of...
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RetailAmazon Opens Bookstore In DC
Betting that its popularity with shoppers online will translate into brick-and-mortar customers in Washington, D.C., Amazon opens an Amazon Books location in the...
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B2B PaymentsAmazon Stepping Into SMB Card Space With Chase, Sources Say
Unnamed sources have told reporters that Amazon is looking to expand its small business (SMB) financing operations via the rollout of a...
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Today In DataToday In Data: 55 Percent Of Consumers Shop For Groceries Both Online And Offline
Today in PYMNTS data, Karen Webster discusses Amazon’s impact on consumers and grocery shopping as a whole. “The gulf between what consumers...
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RetailKroger And ALDI Jump On Instacart
To bring grocery delivery to more customers, two grocers are expanding their partnerships with Instacart. Kroger and German discount grocer ALDI are...
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DeliveryEmerging Restaurant Delivery Services Take Hold In Small Cities
Those hungry for takeout in many cities can choose from a variety of restaurant delivery services. But that’s not the case for...
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Mobile CommerceMobility Spending Forecast To Hit $1.7 Trillion In 2021
Spending on mobility solutions is expected to increase 3.2 percent this year, with global spending hitting $1.6 trillion, driven by mobility-related hardware,...
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LoansAnt Financial Has $95B In Consumer Loans Even With Government Crackdown
Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of China’s Alibaba, has seen its consumer lending business reach 600 billion yuan ($95 billion) even as...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Cross-Border Costs, SMB Cyberattacks And Grocery Preferences
Today in PYMNTS data, cross-border transactions are creating friction-related costs each year, most companies around the world are experiencing cyberattacks and grocery...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsFarfetch Pairs With Harvey Nichols As It Rolls Toward An IPO
Farfetch is getting ready for an initial public offering (IPO) — after nearly a decade in existence — with a listing that...
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Consumer InsightsGen Z, Millennials Favor Physical Stores More Than The Rest of Us
Good news for physical retailers: A new survey from Cowen Equity Research finds Gen Z and millennial consumers shop more at physical...
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Artificial IntelligenceThe Place For AI In Retail’s Future
Artificial intelligence (AI) is making itself right at home in the retail industry. In 2016, AI in the retail market totaled $712.6...
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AmazonAmazon Seeks New Avenues Of Growth For Amazon Prime
When Amazon launched its Prime service in 2005, its visionary chief executive had big plans to shake up eCommerce retail. “Amazon Prime...
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Consumer InsightsThe Amazon Effect On Consumers And Grocery Shopping
If you’re like most Americans, you or someone in your household made a run to the grocery store on Saturday to get...
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RetailBest Buy Ready To Compete With Amazon After Turnaround
After completing its five-year turnaround, Best Buy CEO, Hubert Joly, says it is more than ready to compete with Amazon. “We have...
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Amazon Changes Prime Pantry Pricing
As Amazon continues to introduce new pricing models for its Prime service, the eCommerce retailer is now focusing its attention on Prime...
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Nordstrom, Walmart And The Startup Snap-Up Strategy
It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as the internet. Retailers, both traditional and digital-first, must increasingly...
