Partnership news and trends

NCR Voyix: Retailers Seek Digital Commerce Solutions to Add Efficiency and Deter Shrink
Point of Sale // February 27, 2025

Retailers’ desire for greater efficiency and for solutions to shrink is helping drive sales of digital commerce solutions, NCR Voyix reported Thursday (Feb. 27). “Shrink continues to be a significant issue in grocery or any self-checkout environment,” Darren Wilson, executive vice president and president, retail...

Walmart and Spatial Launch Gamified Miniseries Featuring Immersive Commerce
Walmart // February 26, 2025

Gaming platform Spatial has launched a gamified miniseries called Walmart Unlimited that was developed by Walmart, Spatial and 40 artists. The miniseries brings together “interactive storytelling, immersive commerce and innovative gameplay,” Spatial said in a Wednesday (Feb. 26) post on LinkedIn. It allows players to...

Visa to Use ServiceNow Dispute Management Tools
VISA // January 29, 2025

Visa plans to use the ServiceNow Dispute Management, Built with Visa solution to further streamline payment card dispute resolutions for clients and help issuers meet compliance requirements. The company will use the solution to power its Visa Dispute Management Service (VDMS) and Visa DPS Dispute...

Volkswagen Opens AI Lab as Carmakers Embrace Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence // January 31, 2024

Volkswagen is reportedly in discussion with technology companies to launch an artificial intelligence partnership. The German carmaker would work with these tech groups to create digital prototypes for products and features that use AI, Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. 31). To help this effort, Volkswagen has...

Interviews & Exclusives
H&M, Shein Explore New Retail Model With Third-Party Brands

July 03, 2023
The announcement that H&M and Shein are diversifying their offerings through third-party assistance (brand incorporation or sellers) isn’t unusual because now when a consumer shops on Shein they can find a house appliance to go hand in hand with their summer crop top (It’s not totally bizarre, you can do the same thing on Amazon). […]

How Smart Partnerships Overcome the Buy-Build-Partner Dynamic

April 27, 2023
Succeeding in the face of the unexpected often presupposes a holistic foundation of best-practice controls. For organizations looking to chart a healthy path through today’s ongoing macro challenges, this operational reality has...

With Roots in Commodity Trading, MaterialsXchange Moves Lumber Sales Digital

September 20, 2022
Early on, marketplace platforms experience what’s known as an ignition problem — a kind of chicken-and-egg dilemma where prime movers need to start adoption before everyone else signs on, too,...

New Visa, Fundbox Flex Debit Card Helps SMBs Manage Spend, Access Working Capital

May 26, 2022
At first glance, these are heady days to be a small or midsize business (SMB), striking out on your own or with a few and hitting the ground running. The...

Quick Reads
Adyen and Affirm Expand Partnership to UK

March 20, 2025
Global payments platform Adyen and BNPL platform Affirm have extended their partnership into the U.K., a move designed to help British merchants offer consumers more flexible payment options. Under the expanded collaboration, Adyen’s merchant customers in the U.K. can now integrate Affirm’s installment payment services directly into their checkout systems. Affirm’s payment plans include both […]

NCR Voyix: Retailers Seek Digital Commerce Solutions to Add Efficiency and Deter Shrink

February 27, 2025
Retailers’ desire for greater efficiency and for solutions to shrink is helping drive sales of digital commerce solutions, NCR Voyix reported Thursday (Feb. 27). “Shrink continues to be a significant...

Walmart and Spatial Launch Gamified Miniseries Featuring Immersive Commerce

February 26, 2025
Gaming platform Spatial has launched a gamified miniseries called Walmart Unlimited that was developed by Walmart, Spatial and 40 artists. The miniseries brings together “interactive storytelling, immersive commerce and innovative...

Visa to Use ServiceNow Dispute Management Tools

January 29, 2025
Visa plans to use the ServiceNow Dispute Management, Built with Visa solution to further streamline payment card dispute resolutions for clients and help issuers meet compliance requirements. The company will...