Shopping Apps news and trends

Merchants’ Best Consumer-Facing Features May Be the Ones They Already Have
Retail // January 25, 2023

Retailers’ customer loyalty offerings may be as much a matter of positioning and promotion as of investing in new digital features. The Power of Digital Features Over and over, PYMNTS’ research finds that shoppers have made their digital shopping features preferences clear. The latest PYMNTS/Cybersource...

New Shopping App Provider Ranking Packs In Deals and More Deals
Retail // May 19, 2022

Inflation, schmiflation. People purchase the things they need and want regardless of macroeconomic headwinds and anything else that gets between us and our stuff. Witness the latest PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps, where power brands mingle with upstarts for the tens of millions of...

PYMNTS Ranks The Shopping Apps
Mobile Applications // July 16, 2020

The inaugural PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Shopping Apps debuts as the world leaves behind the bitter COVID-19 spring and finds itself in summertime. There are plans to make and things to buy, and in summer 2020, people are buying online like it’s going out of...

Tapcart Raises $4M For Mobile Shopping App Growth
Investments // July 23, 2019

Santa Monica-based tech startup Tapcart Inc., which helps businesses set up mobile shopping apps, completed a $4 million seed funding round led by venture firm Greycroft. The SaaS platform works with businesses to integrate their shopping applications with both Google and Shopify, Tapcart announced in...

Interviews & Exclusives
Nearly 60% of US Consumers Want to Manage Savings via an Everyday App

September 27, 2023
With an overwhelming number of apps competing for user attention, consumers are experiencing app overload. As a result, the appeal of a unified platform or everyday app that consolidates shopping, banking and other daily digital tasks is fast growing. In the “Consumer Interest in an Everyday App” report, PYMNTS Intelligence draws on a survey of […]

Merchants’ Best Consumer-Facing Features May Be the Ones They Already Have

January 25, 2023
Retailers’ customer loyalty offerings may be as much a matter of positioning and promotion as of investing in new digital features. The Power of Digital Features Over and over, PYMNTS’...

Quick Reads
Tapcart Raises $4M For Mobile Shopping App Growth

July 23, 2019
Santa Monica-based tech startup Tapcart Inc., which helps businesses set up mobile shopping apps, completed a $4 million seed funding round led by venture firm Greycroft. The SaaS platform works with businesses to integrate their shopping applications with both Google and Shopify, Tapcart announced in a press release Tuesday (July 23).  Tapcart offers users a […]

Poshmark Redesigns Shopping Navigation

July 25, 2018
It’s going to get easier for customers to shop Poshmark and come quickly to the items they most want. According to reports, the eTailer has launched six in-app user experiences...

Meijer To Offer Self-Scanning Mobile App In Chicago

April 18, 2018
As grocers ramp up their digital offerings, Meijer is gearing up to launch a self-scanning mobile app in the Chicago area that allows shoppers to scan their purchases throughout the store...

Walmart Ups Digital Efforts With App, COVERGIRL AR Experience

February 09, 2018
In a push to make its in-store customer shopping experience easier in the face of growing eCommerce options, Walmart has rolled out a new version of its smartphone app. New...