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eCommerceSnapchat Debuts New Developer Tools Including eCommerce
Snap has rolled out a large array of new features for popular social media app Snapchat, including Snap Minis, which allow brands...
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RetailDigital CX: How To Address Subtle Retail Changes
The retail digital customer experience is changing with the digital shift. There is a primary level of this experience that continues to...
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AmazonUSDA’s SNAP Benefits Can Used In 25 States, DC To Buy Groceries From Amazon
Amazon customers can now use Supplemental Nutrient Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in more states, according to a statement from the eCommerce giant....
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Payment MethodsPIN-On-Glass, Digital EBT And Grocery’s Tech Enabled Future
Though the issue has captured a lot of attention lately as the demand for online grocery order for pick-up or delivery has...
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NewsGaming Disbursements, Fitness Studios, Georgia’s Reopening Top This Week’s News
It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the...
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eCommerceFiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers
Fiserv Inc., a global payments provider, now accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) payments at grocers, allowing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants...
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eCommerceSNAP Users Shut Out Of The Digital Grocery Aisles
While digital grocery had been a growing area of interest for consumers in a pre-COVID-19 world, the pandemic has sent it into...
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EarningsSnap’s Ads, Users And Earnings Up; Revenue And Stock Down
Despite showing strength in several measures — revenue and Q1 forecasts beat pre-release estimates, Snap showed notable growth in its active user base,...
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Mobile ApplicationsSnap: China’s TikTok Could Pass Instagram In Growth
TikTok, with its gamut of quick dance and lip sync videos, could become even bigger than rival Instagram, said Snap Inc. Chief...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsSnap Acquires AI Factory Computer Vision Startup for $166M
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has acquired a Ukraine-based company called AI Factory, to help the social media app provide a...
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RetailAmazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths...
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InvestmentsPepper Gets $5.6M To Help DTC Firms With Spend Analysis
Los Angeles-based Pepper has raised $5.6 million in seed funding from Upfront Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and Manta Ray Ventures, as reported on...
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InnovationVerizon And Snap Team On 5G To Power AR Development
Verizon has announced that it’s partnering with Snap Inc., the company that owns popular social media video platform Snapchat, to provide 5G...
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ANTITRUSTSnap CEO Addresses Pressure On Big Tech
As politicians and regulators up their pressure on so-called Big Tech in the U.S., it can be difficult to see where all...
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RetailLook At The Pretty Pictures: Behind Visual Commerce’s Rise
Retail involves all senses, but as a new decade approaches, it’s become clear that visual commerce is gaining even more steam. To...
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RegulationSnap Says It Is No Longer Subjected To DOJ Probe
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, said the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are no longer investigating it. ...
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EarningsSnap Doubles Down On Premium Content Amid Q3 Growth
Efforts to rebuild its Android app have paid off for Snapchat operator Snap, according to the company’s latest financial report, which was released late on...
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FacebookSnap CEO Skeptical Of Facebook Antitrust Probe
For the company’s prospects of competing with Instagram in the short term, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel is unsure if antitrust activity by...
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InnovationMore Than Pretty Pictures: Visual Commerce’s Rise Boosts Retail
For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine...
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RetailSnap Unveils Third Generation Of Spectacles
With new 3D effects included for Snapchat use, Snap has reportedly introduced its third generation of wearable sunglass cameras called Spectacles. Users...
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InvestmentsSnapchat Parent Seeks Profits As It Raises $1B In Debt Securities
Snap, the money-losing parent company of Snapchat, is issuing $1 billion in convertible debt for working capital and future acquisitions, CNBC reported...
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EarningsSnap Rides Success Of Updated Android App To Q2 Growth
Improvements to its Android offering continued to pay dividends for Snapchat operator Snap in the second quarter of 2019, according to the...
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RetailWalmart Expands EBT Grocery Card Acceptance Online
Walmart will now accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to pay for online grocery orders at all of its pickup locations, according...
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Social CommerceSnapchat To Release Facebook-Similar Events Feature
Snapchat is reportedly preparing to release a new feature that supports events just like Facebook does, according to a report by The...
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MarketsTeens Help Snap’s Stock To Surge
Snap has seen its stock surge more than 180 percent since December — thanks to teenagers. When it comes to augmented reality,...
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RetailSnap Lets Select Accounts Operate In-App Stores
Snap, the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is rolling out new tools to enable select accounts to operate a store...
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RetailFoursquare Acquires Placed From Snap
At a time when Foursquare has notched $150 million in fresh funding, the location technology company has acquired Placed from Snap Inc....
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MobileShopify Partners With Snap On Marketing Integration
Shopify and Snap have formed a partnership that will allow Shopify merchants to buy and manage Snapchat Story ad campaigns on Shopify’s...
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Walmart Amazon whole paycheckSNAP Recipients In NY Can Now Buy Groceries Online
While the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between Walmart and Amazon was somewhat quieter this week than it has been in...
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RegulationUK Regulator: Stop Pushing Kids Into Apps
The U.K.’s tech regulator, the ICO, wants companies like Facebook and Snap to stop enticing kids to their websites and apps. According...
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LegalBlackBerry Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Twitter
BlackBerry, the once-maker of the BlackBerry mobile phone, has filed a lawsuit against Twitter contending the social media platform operator engaged in...
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eCommerceEx-Snap CSO Rivals Amazon With eCommerce Startup Verishop
A former Snap executive is planning to take on Amazon with the launch of a new eCommerce platform. Imran Khan, who spent...
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EarningsEarnings March On As GrubHub Stumbles, Snap Has Pep
The data deluge continues, and the earnings roundup this week has some positives — such as in Fiserv’s gains ahead of a...
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Sizzle/FizzleSizzle/Fizzle: Snap Earnings Sizzle, Bitcoin Fizzles
Sizzle Snap: Shares snap upward, up by 21 percent, in the wake of earnings that soundly beat projections. Daily average user count...
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PersonnelTwo Snap Executives Leaving Over Inappropriate Behavior With A Contractor
Two senior executives recently left Snap, the maker of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, for allegedly conducting inappropriate relationships with a contractor that...
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PersonnelSnap’s CFO The Latest Executive To Leave
Snap, the struggling maker of the disappearing app Snapchat, saw its stock take a big hit after announcing its chief financial officer...
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InnovationSnap Launches Partner Program To Help Brands Create AR Lenses
Snap, the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, announced Monday (Nov. 19) a partner program aimed at making it easier for...
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IPOSnap Subpoenaed By DOJ, SEC Over IPO Disclosures
Snap, the maker of the disappearing SnapChat app, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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EarningsSnap Plans Product Tweaks As Q3 Disappoints Investors
More product improvements — and quick ones at that — seem to be in the mix for Snap as its daily active...
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EarningsSnap’s Cash Could Run Dry By Mid-2019
Snap, the maker of a disappearing messenger app, may have to raise capital by the middle of next year, according to MoffettNathanson....
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Snap Shares Fall Following CEO Evan Spiegel’s Memo
Following news that Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel unveiled new strategic goals and acknowledged shortcomings with a recent design of its app...
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Snap Launches eCommerce For Advertisers
Snapchat eCommerce is taking shape this week, with the company that operates the messaging app launching advertising products centered around online retail....
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InnovationVisual Search Gains More Popularity, And Not Just From Amazon
Every time a new visual search deal comes along — like the major one involving Amazon and Snap, one rumored but officially announced...
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AmazonAmazon, Snap Pair On Visual Commerce
Snap announced that it is testing out a new way to search for products on Amazon using the Snapchat camera. “It’s super...
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EarningsSnap Loses 3M Users, But Sees Rise In Users Ages 35+
The backlash to the Snapchat redesign continued to depress user figures in the second quarter of 2018. But Snap Inc. still beat...
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LegalSnap Shareholders Can Pursue Lawsuit
Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, saw a court ruling that gave investors the green light...
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AppleMobile Ads Reportedly Interest Apple
Can Apple do mobile ads? The world might soon find out, according to a report Friday (June 1) in The Wall Street...
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Today In DataRules Were Made To Be Broken, Or At Least Rewritten
There are some things that happened so predictably they became like laws. Transistor density on microchips doubled every year and a half,...
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RetailPropel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
An app designed to make life easier for food stamp recipients is expanding the commerce-related services it offers to low-income Americans, but...
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Consumer FinanceWall Street Investors Place Their Bets On Millennials
When it comes to stock market picks, Wall Street investors are placing their bets on the buying power of the millennial generation....
