Editor’s Picks

Walmart Upgrades Virtual Try-on Experience as Retail Fitting Tech Scales
Walmart Upgrades Virtual Try-on Experience as Retail Fitting Tech Scales
September 15, 2022  |  Retail

For the second time in a year, Walmart has upgraded its virtual try-on technology via its new “Be Your Own Model” feature that literally puts...

READ MORE >
What the Ethereum Merge Didn’t Do
What the Ethereum Merge Didn’t Do
September 15, 2022  |  Blockchain

The new, greener, and eventually far faster Ethereum 2.0 is here. At 2:43 a.m. on Thursday (Sept. 15), the second-largest crypto blockchain, and arguably the...

READ MORE >
Walmart Takes First Step to Launching Digital Bank With One
Walmart Takes First Step to Launching Digital Bank With One
September 14, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Retail banking, indeed.  In the most literal sense. In a move that is not a surprise  — but is a seismic shift in financial services,...

READ MORE >
Alibaba.com Launches $750K Manifest Grants Program for US SMBs
Alibaba.com Launches $750K Manifest Grants Program for US SMBs
September 14, 2022  |  Investments

B2B eCommerce market Alibaba.com has rolled out its second annual small business grants program, a press release said Wednesday (Sept. 14). Called the Alibaba.com Manifest...

READ MORE >
Amazon’s Logistics Fine-Tuning Spotlights Last-Mile Focus
Amazon’s Logistics Fine-Tuning Spotlights Last-Mile Focus
September 14, 2022  |  Delivery

For Amazon, the logistics buildout is a work in progress — with incentives in the mix to keep its driver base growing into the all-important...

READ MORE >
Wegmans Shuts Down Scan-and-Go Checkout Amid ‘Losses’
Wegmans Shuts Down Scan-and-Go Checkout Amid ‘Losses’
September 14, 2022  |  Retail

As grocers look to remove friction from the in-store journey, not all their tech bets are paying off. For example, Wegmans, a regional supermarket chain...

READ MORE >
Retailers Retool to Attract Deal Seekers as ‘Value’ Takes Center Stage
Retailers Retool to Attract Deal Seekers as ‘Value’ Takes Center Stage
September 14, 2022  |  Retail

The concept of value is getting a makeover left, right and center as retailers respond to consumers’ inflationary pullback in spending with a cocktail of...

READ MORE >
Gen Z Turning Away from Crypto, PYMNTS Studies Suggest
Gen Z Turning Away from Crypto, PYMNTS Studies Suggest
September 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s pretty much accepted wisdom, and backed up by many studies and surveys, that the youngest consumers know the most about crypto — and are...

READ MORE >
6 in 10 Say Social Media Sites Most Frustrating Place to Shop
6 in 10 Say Social Media Sites Most Frustrating Place to Shop
September 13, 2022  |  Retail

New research breaking down the so-called “laundry list” of consumers’ top online checkout annoyances may be long yet one troubling trend towers above the rest....

READ MORE >