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Black Friday Online Spending Jumped 24 Pct From 2017

Black Friday Online Spending Jumped 24 Pct From 2017
Black Friday Online Spending Jumped 24 Pct From 2017
November 26, 2018  |  Retail

Black Friday sales soared this weekend, with more Americans choosing to skip the crowds and do the majority of their holiday shopping online. Reuters reported that...

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Groupon: Most Americans To Start Shopping On Thanksgiving Morning
Groupon: Most Americans To Start Shopping On Thanksgiving Morning
November 22, 2018  |  Retail

A new survey has found that most people plan to begin their holiday shopping well before their turkey dinner — 7:16 a.m. EST on Thanksgiving Day...

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Pre-Black Friday Online Sales Spike 17 Pct
Pre-Black Friday Online Sales Spike 17 Pct
November 22, 2018  |  Retail

U.S. consumers increased their online shopping by nearly 17 percent before Black Friday, according to new data published by Adobe Analytics this week. Online shopping spend...

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Macy’s Looks To Holiday Quarter To Put A Bow On A Strong 2018
Macy’s Looks To Holiday Quarter To Put A Bow On A Strong 2018
November 14, 2018  |  Retail

Macy’s managed to come out ahead of analyst expectations for the third time in a row during Q3 2018, with earnings and same-store sales all...

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Affirm Launches New Features To Help Consumers Spend Responsibly
Affirm Launches New Features To Help Consumers Spend Responsibly
November 13, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

“The more I looked at retailer-sponsored finance, the more I realized people routinely end up paying atrociously more than they bargained for … This is...

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Firefox Gets Into Browser-Based Deal Tracking Business
Firefox Gets Into Browser-Based Deal Tracking Business
November 13, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Mozilla has announced that the Firefox Test Pilot team is launching Price Wise and Email Tabs in time for the holiday season, giving users more...

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Amazon Launches European Pop-Up Stores To Celebrate The Holidays
Amazon Launches European Pop-Up Stores To Celebrate The Holidays
November 12, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon is gearing up to celebrate the holidays in a bigger way in Europe, announcing it is opening up pop-up stores in major European cities....

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How Neiman Marcus Safeguards Purchases When Sales Surge
How Neiman Marcus Safeguards Purchases When Sales Surge
November 12, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Cyberattacks targeting retailers have more than doubled in the last year, leading merchants to invest in AI and machine learning to protect customer data. While...

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Bread Finance On Why The Early Financing Offer Catches The Conversion Worm
Bread Finance On Why The Early Financing Offer Catches The Conversion Worm
November 09, 2018  |  Retail

Offering financing to consumers can be a tremendous marketing and customer retention tool for retailers that do it right. The trick, Bread Finance CTO and Co-founder Daniel Simon told PYMNTS...

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