shopping

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.

California Startup Brings Retailers To The Driveway

California Startup Brings Retailers To The Driveway
California Startup Brings Retailers To The Driveway
January 29, 2018  |  Delivery

After Ali Ahmed founded Dispatch, a service that allowed consumers to have goods delivered from retail stores through a text message, he noticed that customers...

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Target Brings Same-Day Delivery To The Sunshine State With Shipt
Target Brings Same-Day Delivery To The Sunshine State With Shipt
January 26, 2018  |  Retail

One month after Target acquired delivery startup Shipt in an effort to bring same-day delivery to customers nationwide, the retailer plans to roll out same-day...

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The Truth Is In The Data, Not The Mirror
The Truth Is In The Data, Not The Mirror
January 26, 2018  |  Retail

A woman is shopping for jeans. She’s 4’11” and on the heavier side. Finding a pair that fits her waist comfortably without needing to be...

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Bringing Dollar Store Shoppers Into The Digital Age
Bringing Dollar Store Shoppers Into The Digital Age
January 26, 2018  |  Retail

While most players in the world of digital retail have felt the sting of the “Amazon Effect,” extreme discount retailers, or “dollar stores,” have remained...

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Nine West And Creditors Near Deal That Calls For Asset Sales, Bankruptcy
Nine West And Creditors Near Deal That Calls For Asset Sales, Bankruptcy
January 25, 2018  |  Retail

Nine West and its creditors are close to reaching a deal that would result in the struggling clothing store filing for bankruptcy and selling some...

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Fitbit’s Future In Commerce
Fitbit’s Future In Commerce
January 24, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

The Fitbit Ionic, released last fall, was a departure from the Fitbit brand the world had known thus far. The original Fitbit was pitched to the...

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New Fees Coming To Apparel And Accessory Sellers On Amazon
New Fees Coming To Apparel And Accessory Sellers On Amazon
January 24, 2018  |  Amazon

Prices are rising at Amazon. Monthly Prime membership costs went up a few days ago. Now, adding to the list, sellers in two of Amazon’s...

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Instagram Infomercials Have Their Roots In Vitamix Blenders
Instagram Infomercials Have Their Roots In Vitamix Blenders
January 23, 2018  |  Retail

If there was a modern kitchen product in the 1920s, there was a good chance that William Grover Barnard sold it. Get the Full Story...

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