ecommerce

Alexa Marches To Ubiquity With New Device Lineup

Amazon put on a product pageant on Thursday (Sept. 20), one centered around its Alexa voice-assistant technology, and one of the main...

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Security & Fraud

Christmas In September? Holiday Fraud Planning Is In Full Takeover Mode

The criminals have already started. They are buying fraud tutorials and data from other criminals online. They are eyeing juicy targets such...

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Telltale Signs: Warehouse Leasing Vs Retail Leasing

It’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out — eCommerce merchants are on the hunt...

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Digital Payments

First Data Moves Into China With Huifu Integration

First Data, the commerce-enabling technology company, announced on Thursday (Sept. 20) that it has inked a deal with Huifu Payment, a third-party...

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B2B Payments

PwC Finds Blockchain Distrust High, Even As Adoption Accelerates

The financial services (FinServ) market is, by far, ahead of other industries when it comes to blockchain innovation and adoption, according to...

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Flipkart Launches Cashless Credit, Eyes Non-Banking License

Flipkart has launched a cashless credit program to give shoppers an instant credit line of up to Rs 60,000 ($833.97 USD). According...

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Amazon Acquires Indian Grocery Chain For $580M

Amazon, along with private equity firm Samara Capital, will acquire Indian supermarket chain More for an undisclosed sum. According to DealStreetAsia, a source...

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Commerce Connected

Grocery Giants Tap Digital Delivery

A weekly trip to the grocery store has long been a fixture in most Americans’ lives. But as more consumers embrace the...

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Amazon Technology

Amazon Scout Uses Machine Learning To Show Shoppers Personalized Products

Amazon is working on a website for consumers who aren’t sure what they want to purchase and want automated help. CNBC, citing...

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Data

How Cutting-Edge Tokens Can Help Retailers Find More Profit In Data

Data is one thing — a valuable commodity that makes information the oil of the digital age. However, keeping track of data...

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Security & Fraud

Newegg Victim Of Data Breach That Lasted A Month

Newegg, the electronics retailer, was reportedly the victim of a data breach that lasted a month. According to a news outlet citing...

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Amazon To Be No. 3 In Ad Sales In U.S. This Year

Amazon is forecast to reach the number three spot among sellers of digital ads in the U.S. this year, according to market...

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Target’s Rapid Reset

Model and social media celebrity Chrissy Teigen is, in many ways, the perfect brand partner for Target, as evidenced by her recent...

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Nestle, Unilever And Coca-Cola Battle For GSKs India-Based Horlicks

India is increasingly a hotbed for commerce, and that trend continues with Nestle, Unilever and Coca-Cola reportedly each bidding for GlaxoSmithKline’s nutritional...

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ALDI Expands Online Grocery Delivery To All US Stores

ALDI has announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to all of its stores in the United States. According...

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Instagram Points Its Lens On eCommerce

Instagram is stepping up its efforts to bring commerce onto its social media network. The platform is rolling out features that include...

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Amazon Now Up And Running In Turkey

Amazon.com announced Wednesday (September 19) that it launched in Turkey, enabling consumers in the country to shop from millions of products over...

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Omnicommerce

NEW REPORT: Are AI And ML Actually Transforming Retail?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element...

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Commerce Connected

Deep Dive: How America Eats – A Comparison Between Grocery Stores And QSRs

American dining habits are changing, and so is how consumers spend money on food. Millennials and younger portions of the population are...

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The Millennial-Driven Evolution Of Jet.com

Walmart is energizing its Jet.com engines to power the online eCommerce site that it acquired two years ago. To get more millennials...

Amazon Starts Selling Sustainable Diapers

Amazon has launched a diaper brand called Earth + Eden, a premium brand that reportedly will compete with similar products from the...

Commerce Connected

NEW REPORT: The Cutthroat, Consumer-Centric Grocery Price Wars

Americans spent some $682 billion on groceries in 2017 alone. The bulk of that spending took place at brick-and-mortar grocery stores and...

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SMBs

China’s SMB Push Continues Amid Alibaba’s Taobao Festival

Amid China’s efforts in recent months to boost small business activities – notably through initiatives that focused on small business lending in...

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Walmart’s International Omnichannel Expansion

Far from its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart is seeking to deliver stronger omnichannel offerings internationally. The retailer recently announced that it...

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MATCHESFASHION.com’s Technology-Driven Retail Experience

There are many things that jump out at the shopper at the new MATCHESFASHION.com location in London’s Mayfair. The space has been...

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Payments Innovation

PayPal Smart Buttons Goes Global

Two and a half months ago, PayPal launched Smart Buttons in the U.S. as a way to improve the checkout experience for...

Amazon Launches ‘Storefronts,’ Sells US SMB Products

Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly gearing up to launch a new store later Monday (September 17) where consumers can shop the U.S. small...

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Crate & Barrel Plans Full-Service Restaurant

Crate & Barrel, the home decor retailer, is adding a full-service restaurant to its Chicago store. According to a report in the...

Platform Payments

How HomeAway Uses Real-Time Data To Stay ‘Locally Relevant’

Consumers in China prefer mobile payments; Germans would rather use debit cards — and that’s just the beginning. HomeAway’s GM of Commerce...

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Partnerships / Acquisitions

Can Guitar Center Get Its Groove Back?

Though much of retail has been buoyed by a rising tide of strengthened sales and renewed consumer confidence, some sellers out there...

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Amazon Effect Eyes Grocery Aisles In Germany?

And so the Amazon effect comes to Europe – this time with a purported Amazonian appetite for (grocery) aisles. News came Friday...

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La Ligne’s Innovative, Old-School Approach To Fashion Retail

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in...

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Google

Will Privacy Worries Change Online Search Habits?

How do consumers really want to search online? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. Perhaps a better,...

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Amazon’s Bezos: Location Of Second Headquarters To Be Revealed By Year End

Amazon.com’s head Jeff Bezos said Thursday (September 13) during an interview at the Economic Club in Washington D.C. that the world will...

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Google

DuckDuckGo Takes On Google Search

Think of online privacy as a race. With consumers increasingly focused on how their data and web personas are used by eCommerce...

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News

Five At Five: Jet Brings New Fuel To eCommerce

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes a look at the latest...

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Amazon Global Store Launches In Saudi Arabia

Thanks in large part to Amazon‘s global reach, the world is getting more connected and seemingly smaller with Souq, an online retail and...

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