Merchant Innovation

Walmart Combines Tech Teams To Meet Customer Demands

Walmart Combines Tech Teams To Meet Customer Demands
Walmart Combines Tech Teams To Meet Customer Demands
January 19, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

For decades, there weren’t many who could compete with Walmart when it came to in-store pricing, discounts and sales. As the retail landscape has shifted...

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Can Notify Nearby Bring App-Like Experiences To Beacons?
Can Notify Nearby Bring App-Like Experiences To Beacons?
January 18, 2016  |  eCommerce

When retailers try to untie the Gordian knot that has been slow-to-stationary beacon adoption, discussions usually center around infrastructure, policy and other behind-the-scenes development issues....

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Amazon’s Echo Will Now Read Your Books To You
Amazon’s Echo Will Now Read Your Books To You
January 18, 2016  |  Amazon

While Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo may have caught consumers off-guard when it was first released last year, the retailer has been hard at work adding features...

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IBM Buys Bank Fraud Detection Firm
IBM Buys Bank Fraud Detection Firm
January 18, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

The October transition to EMV should be all the evidence any observer needs to understand that major brands take financial fraud very seriously. Now, one...

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For Consumers, Data Privacy Is A Personal Issue
For Consumers, Data Privacy Is A Personal Issue
January 15, 2016  |  Cybersecurity

While the deciding day for the presidential election is still several months away, the debate season is in full swing for both major parties. As...

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JCPenney Closing Fewer Stores Than Anticpated
JCPenney Closing Fewer Stores Than Anticpated
January 15, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

2015 wasn’t a banner year for department store chains. While longstanding franchises like Macy’s tried just about everything to avoid store closures and layoffs, other...

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What Moving Millennials Mean For Retail
What Moving Millennials Mean For Retail
January 14, 2016  |  eCommerce

It’s now been at least two decades since the word “millennial” entered the general lexicon of brand managers and advertising experts, and that timeframe has...

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Amazon’s Quiet Shipping Shakeup
Amazon’s Quiet Shipping Shakeup
January 14, 2016  |  Amazon

Amazon may not have planned the explosion of digital commerce and everything else that came with it, but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t see...

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