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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.

Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online

Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online
Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online
August 22, 2018  |  IPO

“Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life,” said fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. No one wears just one suit of armor, and...

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Virtual Reality Gains Fresh Fuel Via Walmart Patents
Virtual Reality Gains Fresh Fuel Via Walmart Patents
August 21, 2018  |  Innovation

Is virtual reality retail about to have a moment? Consumers seem ready, and one of the largest merchants in the world has fresh plans to...

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PepsiCo Snaps Up SodaStream
PepsiCo Snaps Up SodaStream
August 20, 2018  |  Retail

PepsiCo is buying Israel-based SodaStream for $3.2 billion, according to reports from CNBC out this morning. That values the beverage startup at $144 a share —...

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Online Platforms: Why Consumers Rule And Regulators Don’t
Online Platforms: Why Consumers Rule And Regulators Don’t
August 20, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

A few weeks from now will mark the 72nd anniversary of a federal court decision that found grocery store chain The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea...

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Tradesy Puts A Concierge In Every Closet
Tradesy Puts A Concierge In Every Closet
August 17, 2018  |  Retail

Tradesy Founder Tracy DiNunzio has a very defined perspective when it comes to fast, cheap fashion items and their more expensive designer cousins. Customers get...

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Meet The Personas Behind The Rise Of Contextual Commerce
Meet The Personas Behind The Rise Of Contextual Commerce
August 07, 2018  |  Payment Methods

It can happen at the office. It can happen on Facebook and Pinterest. It can happen on a well-crafted blog designed to appeal to particular...

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November Six’s Keep It Simple Approach To Curation
November Six’s Keep It Simple Approach To Curation
August 06, 2018  |  Retail

Choice – and how much to have on hand – is a stunningly complicated problem for retailers. Too little choice, and customers undoubtedly get bored...

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Meal Kit Providers Exit Q2 With Industry In Major Flux
Meal Kit Providers Exit Q2 With Industry In Major Flux
July 30, 2018  |  Retail

Blue Apron has long enjoyed the distinction of being among the early innovators in the meal kit category. With millennials working multiple gigs, very few...

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The Shopper’s Brain On Bargains
The Shopper’s Brain On Bargains
July 28, 2018  |  Retail

Everyone loves a bargain, and there is something uniquely satisfying about not only getting whatever product one is after, but also getting it for a...

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