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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.

Consumers Looking for Bargains Shopped Amazon Over Walmart in Summer Deal Days

Consumers Looking for Bargains Shopped Amazon Over Walmart in Summer Deal Days
Consumers Looking for Bargains Shopped Amazon Over Walmart in Summer Deal Days
July 28, 2023  |  Retail

Amazon Prime Days and Walmart+ Week showed high participation this year. Consumers engaged more when they saw better bargains during the world’s top two retailers’...

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Walmart+ Week Shoppers Went for Groceries; Amazon Prime Members Went for Everything Else
Walmart+ Week Shoppers Went for Groceries; Amazon Prime Members Went for Everything Else
July 24, 2023  |  Retail

What happens when you throw a party and nobody comes? Certainly, it can be a disappointing and disheartening experience — yet still it presents an...

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Ocado CEO: U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries on eGrocery Profitability
Ocado CEO: U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries on eGrocery Profitability
July 20, 2023  |  Retail

As United States grocers look to seize on the digital shift, they may need to update their infrastructure to make eCommerce worth its while in...

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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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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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

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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

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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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