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How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.
Shopmium Adds Venmo to Its Cash Back Offerings
Shopmium Adds Venmo to Its Cash Back Offerings
August 24, 2023  |  Retail

Savings app Shopmium has integrated Venmo into its cash-back redemption offering. As the Salt Lake City company said in a Thursday (Aug. 24) news release, this means its...

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Standard AI Adds Google Tools to Speed Checkout
Standard AI Adds Google Tools to Speed Checkout
August 23, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Standard AI said it’s using Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve checkout. The autonomous retail technology company announced Wednesday (Aug. 23) it was integrating Google Cloud into...

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Giant Food Closes Three eCommerce Facilities as Grocers Rethink Fulfillment
Giant Food Closes Three eCommerce Facilities as Grocers Rethink Fulfillment
August 23, 2023  |  eCommerce

As merchants look for ways to improve the margins of online grocery, Giant Food is backpedaling, reportedly closing three delivery fulfillment centers to find a...

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Middle-Class Crunch Leads to Consumer Cutbacks and Merchant Trade Downs 
Middle-Class Crunch Leads to Consumer Cutbacks and Merchant Trade Downs 
August 23, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers making between $50,000 and $100,000 may be caught in a middle-income “crunch” these days as inflation’s growth slows while still trending upwards, and real wages stagnate....

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CommentSold Buys PopshopLive to Launch Creator Commerce Platform
CommentSold Buys PopshopLive to Launch Creator Commerce Platform
August 22, 2023  |  eCommerce

Live selling technology firm CommentSold says it has acquired mobile live streaming marketplace Popshoplive. The deal, announced Tuesday (Aug. 22), marks CommentSold’s (CS) entrance into direct-to-consumer commerce, the company...

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Buy Now, Pay Smarter: How Digital Solutions Reshape Credit Behavior 
Buy Now, Pay Smarter: How Digital Solutions Reshape Credit Behavior 
August 19, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Americans credit card payment delinquencies are starting to pile up.   Per the latest Federal Reserve report, credit card balances rose past $1 trillion for the...

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Retail Earnings Show Digital Shift in Health and Beauty Spend
Retail Earnings Show Digital Shift in Health and Beauty Spend
August 18, 2023  |  Retail

Consumers are proving resilient when it comes to spending on health and beauty products.  That’s one of the takeaways this past week from Target and...

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India’s Mobile Payments Embrace Lays Fertile Ground for Walmart, Amazon eCommerce Ambitions
India’s Mobile Payments Embrace Lays Fertile Ground for Walmart, Amazon eCommerce Ambitions
August 18, 2023  |  eCommerce

The jousting between Amazon and Walmart for eyeballs browsing market places, and share of digital wallet for consumer spending, is finding an evolving battleground in...

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India Writes the Playbook for Mobile Payments Innovation
India Writes the Playbook for Mobile Payments Innovation
August 18, 2023  |  eCommerce

Payments innovation and digital-first shopping in India is a success story 15 years in the making. Its success can serve as a global playbook for...

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