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.
Study Finds US Consumers Look a Lot But Buy Little on Social Media
Study Finds US Consumers Look a Lot But Buy Little on Social Media
July 10, 2023  |  eCommerce

Tapping or clicking the hashtag #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt will bring users to pages upon pages of videos in which TikTokers show off viral purchases they first discovered...

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Amazon, Walmart Dangle Free Subscriptions to Boost July Savings Days Sales
Amazon, Walmart Dangle Free Subscriptions to Boost July Savings Days Sales
July 07, 2023  |  Retail

Hooking consumers with the privileges of subscription membership is worth offering trial giveaways for Amazon and Walmart. Ahead of July’s savings extravaganza, Amazon and Walmart...

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Walmart Brings New Ammunition in Prime Day Battle With Amazon
Walmart Brings New Ammunition in Prime Day Battle With Amazon
June 23, 2023  |  Retail

Last year, Amazon was the clear winner during the dueling events. Will it keep the crown, considering Walmart’s changes? The next battle in the ongoing...

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Cash Use Down 23% in Mexico, Cards Fill the Gap
Cash Use Down 23% in Mexico, Cards Fill the Gap
June 20, 2023  |  Merchant Innovation

Shoppers in Mexico strongly prefer shopping in-store to shopping online. Seventy-one percent of local shoppers reported making their most recent retail purchase in a brick-and-mortar...

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Most Consumers Now Only Carry Cash Out of Habit
Most Consumers Now Only Carry Cash Out of Habit
June 07, 2023  |  Consumer Payments

Inflation may be on a downward trajectory, but consumers do not think so, as perception affects their spending behaviors, prompting them to rethink how they...

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Gen Z Splurges on Grocery Treats as Older Consumers Cut Back
Gen Z Splurges on Grocery Treats as Older Consumers Cut Back
June 04, 2023  |  Retail

As older consumers look for ways to reduce their grocery spending in the face of elevated food inflation, most young shoppers continue to splurge on...

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Kroger: Shoppers Continue to Seek Discounts as Inflation Concerns Decline
Kroger: Shoppers Continue to Seek Discounts as Inflation Concerns Decline
June 02, 2023  |  Retail

Grocery shoppers’ anxieties around food price inflation may be easing somewhat, but they continue to pinch pennies wherever possible. In an interview with PYMNTS, Barbara Connors,...

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PIX, Pickup and Apps: The New Face of Retail Shopping in Brazil
PIX, Pickup and Apps: The New Face of Retail Shopping in Brazil
June 02, 2023  |  eCommerce

PIX. Mercado Pago. Pickup. Apps. Data protection. These are a few of the digital shopping trends and payment options that are key to winning customers...

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Trader Joe’s Embraces Digital Scarcity Amid Grocery’s eCommerce Rush 
Trader Joe’s Embraces Digital Scarcity Amid Grocery’s eCommerce Rush 
June 01, 2023  |  Retail

As many brands race to become as digitally available as possible, Trader Joe’s is going the opposite route, leaning into its lack of eCommerce presence...

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