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99eCommerceFresh Holiday eCommerce Data: Another Nail In Physical Retail’s Coffin?
Online retail and mobile commerce had their shining moments over the 2018 holiday shopping season — the latest evidence of that comes from...
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497Today In DataToday In Data: The Global Digital Commerce Reset
With the new year now up and running, it’s becoming obvious that a few big sea changes are underway. Physical retail, as...
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536RetailMystore-E And An AI Assistant For Physical Retail
Creating the correctly personalized in-store experience is much easier said than done in most cases – consumers want salespeople who are knowledgeable...
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514RetailInspired By Amazon, Will Same-Day Delivery Become The New Norm?
In 2005, Amazon forever set the stage for new expectations of how much eCommerce deliveries will cost and when items will arrive...
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781eCommerceAmazon, Walmart Brace For New Indian eCommerce Rules
New restrictions in India are poised to have an impact on Amazon and Flipkart, affecting how each can do business on their...
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1.1KInvestmentsAlibaba Shares Fall On Slowing Chinese Economy
Stocks for Alibaba, China’s eCommerce giant, are down 1.7 percent after the president of the company admitted that China’s consumer market is...
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1.5KAmazonAmazon Pay India Users Can Get Cashback Of Rs 1,000
There’s good news for Amazon Pay users in India: Amazon is giving customers in the region cashback of up to Rs 1,000...
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1.9KB2B PaymentsKabbage Pay Later Gets Support From Alibaba
Kabbage, the financial services, technology, and data platform company for small businesses, announced Monday (Jan. 14) that it is powering the Pay...
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1.9KCross Border CommerceX-Border eCommerce Payments Now Come In Yuan
The New York branch of Bank of China will allow Chinese firms to get payment in yuan from eCommerce sales derived from...
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2.4KeCommerceWhy Africa Is eCommerce’s Next Great Frontier
Africa is home to 54 countries and hundreds of millions of smartphone users — young, tech-savvy and ready to embrace digital payments...
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2.8KPayment MethodsWhy The Physical Store Model Is Dead
It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it...
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2.3KWalmartWalmart To Beef Up Its IT Staff By 2,000
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, is gearing up to bring on 2,000 technology professionals during 2019 to support its operations in stores...
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1.8KeCommerceIndian eCommerce Sellers To Appeal Flipkart-Leaning Ruling
All India Online Vendors Association, a trade group representing online merchants in India, vowed to appeal a ruling by the Competition Commission...
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2.7KInvestmentsPostmates Raises $100M As Online Food Delivery Heats Up
The food delivery space keeps heating up — the latest news is that Postmates has scored a $100 million investment in advance...
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1.5KRetailWest Elm Unveils ‘Water Street’ Brand
To offer customers stylish and modern bath and body products, West Elm unveiled a new brand dubbed Water Street. The offering includes...
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1.1KToday In DataToday In Data: Convenience Delivered By Speed And Streamlining
The key to making something more convenient for consumers usually lies in one of two areas: making something faster to do, or...
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1.1KToday In Data
Today In Data: Convenience Delivered By Speed And Streamlining
The key to making something more convenient for consumers usually lies in one of two areas: making something faster to do, or...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsRussia’s Electronic B2B Payments Expectations Go Beyond B2C
B2B payments always seems to be a step or two behind B2C payments innovation, on several fronts. It’s often struggling to make...
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1.8KInternationalChile May Tax eCommerce Companies 19 Pct
Chile is considering a 19 percent tax on multinational eCommerce companies like Amazon, Netflix and Uber. Finance Minister Felipe Larrain made the...
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2.2KAmazonGermany Says Amazon Dash Button Breaks Consumer Law
A court in Germany handed down a harsh ruling about Amazon’s Dash buttons on Thursday (Jan. 10), according to a report from...
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1.5KRetailAmid YTD Rally, Retail Stocks Miss Out
Stocks are up modestly to start the year, but based on Thursday’s trading action, the retail sector is escaping investors’ favor (to...
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2.2KeCommerceWhat Can Local Sellers (And Regulators) Learn From The Chinese?
Some might think of eCommerce as a global force, where technology underpins transactions done 24/7, and where even the smallest businesses can...
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1.8KAmazonAmazon Courts Sellers With ‘Marketplace Growth’ Initiative
While Alexa is a huge presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Amazon has been using the popular...
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1.4KRetailJacqueline’s Teas On Crafting Cafe-Inspired Subscriptions
Tea subscription services are taking inspiration from tea houses, with entrepreneurs bringing family businesses online. Barbara Soley helped bring Jacqueline’s Teas to...
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1.7KRetailBatch And Creating Omnichannel Context For Furniture Commerce
Furnishing a living space – whether it’s a house or an apartment – can be challenging work for those who are not...
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1.3KToday In DataToday In Data: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Gambling isn’t new to payments and commerce players – every new idea is a gamble, in a sense – but creating instant...
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1.9KSecurity & FraudLuxury Retail, Luxury Fraud: How Neiman Marcus Is Battling Fraudsters
Retailers are increasingly using new tools to differentiate between legit and fraudulent transactions. In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker, Neiman Marcus’ Chief...
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2.1KRetailAmazon Woos Consumers With Free Samples
Retail giant Amazon is continuing its push into advertising, as the company is now sending free samples of products to customers based...
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3.7KSecurity & FraudHow Neiman Marcus Uses AI To Fight Fraudsters
With the holiday shopping season in the rear view, retailers across the globe are tallying up their wins and losses. While the...
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2.2KRetailStrategizing Cross-Channel Shopping Features Through Retail’s Lens
In the world of retail innovations, merchants are looking to reach shoppers by interacting with them through multiple touchpoints. They are turning...
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3.3KAmazonAmazon Turns To VR To Boost Furniture Sales
Amazon is hoping to increase purchases of furniture online, rolling out a new feature dubbed Amazon Showroom that takes advantage of virtual...
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4.2KRetailManhattan Retail Battle Heats Up As Saks Closes Store Downtown
Luxury retail company Saks Fifth Avenue is closing a two-year-old location at Manhattan’s Brookfield Place, a move that spotlights the intensifying competition...
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2.1KAmazonNFL Playoffs Kick Off With New Alexa Skill For Football Fans
Everyone’s talking about football these days as teams make their playoff runs — even Alexa and Google Assistant, now that the National...
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1.9KRetailDagne Dover’s Function-Focused Handbags Disruption
Before Melissa Mash was CEO of up-and-coming DTC handbag company Dagne Dover, she’d spent a surprising amount of time in retail. As...
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2.0KRetailData Shows Boost In Holiday eCommerce Traffic
New data shows that eCommerce traffic was up this holiday season, even after Christmas Day. According to the 2018 Holiday Retail Index...
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1.8KRetailStudy: Merchants To Lose $130B In Digital CNP Fraud
A new study has revealed that retailers will lose around $130 billion in digital CNP (Card-not-Present) fraud between 2018 and 2023. Juniper...
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3.9KMerchant InnovationHelping QSRs Avoid Physical Retail’s Fate
Once upon a time — about a decade ago — there was this QSR executive who observed the rise of online retail,...
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2.0KRetailIBM Predicts 3 Pct Retail Revenue Rise In 2019
Following a strong holiday shopping season, the IBM 2019 Retail Forecast suggests that retailers will experience a 3.04 percent rise in year-over-year...
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1.7KToday In DataDoes An Active Holiday Shopping Season Portend A Happy Spending New Year?
The holiday sales season is nearly done for 2018, and it’s so far so good — particularly for eCommerce. But will 2018’s...
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2.4KAmazonAmazon Sets Its Sights On Rural Areas Of India
Amazon is setting its sights on India’s rural consumers, building from the ground up a logistics network so that it can serve...
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3.1KInternationalSMBs Say India’s eCommerce Curb Too Late
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is feeling pressure as many small retailers and traders — a key bloc for his reelection hopes...
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2.7KeCommerceChina’s eCommerce Market Surpasses $186B In Q3
The online retail market hit $186.13 billion during the third quarter, with Alibaba in the dominant position. According to a report in...
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2.4KInvestmentsBlue Apron Stock Jumps Post-WW Pair-Up
Blue Apron saw its stock price get a boost on Thursday (Dec. 27) after it announced its partnership with WW, formerly known...
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4.6KAlexaAlexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
Amazon’s record-breaking holiday shopping season was powered in part by voice-activated shopping, with the eCommerce giant saying orders placed via Alexa were...
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1.6KNewsFive at Five: Amazon’s Holiday Season
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest figures about...
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2.8KRegulationIndia Gov’t Tightens The Reins On Amazon, Flipkart Sales
The Indian government has made new rules for websites like Amazon and Flipkart and changed how they’re allowed to sell goods in...
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2.0KInternationalLocal China Merchants Upbeat About 2019 Cross-Border Sales
Despite a trade war between the U.S. and China, local Chinese vendors operating in Yiwu International Trade City are upbeat about 2019....
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3.3KRetailWalmart Tests Smaller Store Format In China
With eCommerce and online delivery representing an opportunity in China, Walmart is testing a small store focused at the lower-tier cities as...
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3.9KeCommerceLive Christmas Tree Industry Uses Digital To Beat Back Artificial Rivals
The weekend before Christmas is the time for procrastinators to shine. They will rush through stores looking for last-minute gifts that can...
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3.1KDeliveryReliable Delivery Makes Amazon Customers’ First Choice For Holiday Shopping
The holiday shopping season can be hectic and stressful, especially when dealing with shipping presents on time. When it comes to reliability...
