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.

Amazon Takes Tip From TikTok with Beta Test of Shoppable Videos

Amazon Takes Tip From TikTok with Beta Test of Shoppable Videos
Amazon Takes Tip From TikTok with Beta Test of Shoppable Videos
August 17, 2022  |  Retail

Watch out, TikTok. Amazon is pushing into your territory. As reported by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (Aug. 17), the retail and tech giant...

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Deal-Seekers Pulling Trigger on Essentials Drove Amazon Prime Day Spending 40%
Deal-Seekers Pulling Trigger on Essentials Drove Amazon Prime Day Spending 40%
August 15, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon Prime Day 2022 came at a time of skyrocketing inflation and fears of a recession, but Amazon’s flagship annual extravaganza still recorded a strong...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: How Big-Ticket Retailers Can Deploy BNPL to Drive Sales
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Big-Ticket Retailers Can Deploy BNPL to Drive Sales
August 12, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) services have quickly gained a large foothold in the retail scene, becoming a household name in digital payments within a...

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NEW DATA: Buy Buttons Save Consumers 148 Million Hours Each Year at Checkout
NEW DATA: Buy Buttons Save Consumers 148 Million Hours Each Year at Checkout
August 11, 2022  |  eCommerce

Merchants are adding buy buttons— shortcuts to check out via a payment platform that skips the typical “add-to-cart” and payment steps — more quickly than...

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3 in 4 Brits Don’t Use Smartphones to Check Prices, Inventory In-Store
3 in 4 Brits Don’t Use Smartphones to Check Prices, Inventory In-Store
August 10, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

The unofficial FinTech capital of Europe, Britain is still lagging when it comes to important aspects of the digital shift like mobile-assisted shopping and digital...

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71% of Affluent BNPL Users Increased Their Use in Last 12 Months
71% of Affluent BNPL Users Increased Their Use in Last 12 Months
August 10, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) services have become a way of life among younger generations and lower-income consumers in the past few years, with their...

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New Data: Mobile Shopping Still Underutilized by UK Consumers Despite Merchant Efforts
New Data: Mobile Shopping Still Underutilized by UK Consumers Despite Merchant Efforts
August 03, 2022  |  Shopping

United Kingdom shoppers have yet to fully realize the power of the smartphone, as brick-and-mortar shoppers in the country use smartphones 16% less than consumers...

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Consumer Spending Surges as Inflation Eats Away at Household Budgets
Consumer Spending Surges as Inflation Eats Away at Household Budgets
July 29, 2022  |  Economy

Consumer spending climbed 1.1% in June with higher fuel and food costs amid 40-year record high inflation that is continuing to eat away at paychecks...

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