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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.

Coach Aims To Attract Millennials With Kate Spade Deal

Coach Aims To Attract Millennials With Kate Spade Deal
Coach Aims To Attract Millennials With Kate Spade Deal
May 09, 2017  |  Retail

Millennials are officially the largest generation with its 75.4 million population, surpassing the 74.9 million baby boomers. As such, it should come as no surprise...

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Target Takes On Amazon With “Target Restock” Next-Day Delivery
Target Takes On Amazon With “Target Restock” Next-Day Delivery
May 09, 2017  |  eCommerce

Target-loving consumers are in for a treat this summer, as the retail giant looks to up its eCommerce game. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Amazon’s Alexa To Dominate Voice-Activated Personal Assistant Market
Amazon’s Alexa To Dominate Voice-Activated Personal Assistant Market
May 09, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon and its voice-activated assistant, Alexa, is dominating the burgeoning digital personal assistant market, with research firm eMarketer predicting it will command 70.6 percent of...

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Why DinnerTime Said No To Meal Kits
Why DinnerTime Said No To Meal Kits
May 08, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Anyone who’s ever been the person responsible for a meal at dinner time knows the feeling that is the five o’clock horror. Get the Full...

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For Macy’s and Men’s Wearhouse, No Millennial Tux and Tails Tailwind
For Macy’s and Men’s Wearhouse, No Millennial Tux and Tails Tailwind
May 06, 2017  |  News

Classics never go out of style.  Until they do.  What’s a retailer or two to do when the Millennials eschew the tailored look for the...

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Amazon To Open New U.K. R&D Center
Amazon To Open New U.K. R&D Center
May 05, 2017  |  What's Hot

Amazon continues to grow its operational footprint across the globe. Most recently, the online retail giant announced plans to open a new Research & Development (R&D)...

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Walmart Debuts New Credit Card Financing
Walmart Debuts New Credit Card Financing
May 05, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Walmart said Thursday that it is debuting special financing for its credit cards, with no-interest financing plans that work with the Walmart Credit Card and...

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Verifone Adds mPOS And Unattended Support For UK Merchants
Verifone Adds mPOS And Unattended Support For UK Merchants
May 05, 2017  |  Unattended Retail

There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that consumer demands are changing, especially when it comes to digital. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Walmart Patenting Amazon Dash Competitor
Walmart Patenting Amazon Dash Competitor
May 05, 2017  |  Internet of Things

Walmart has filed a patent application (as late as October 2016) that would create an IoT platform that would help track product use in shoppers’...

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