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Can Amazon ever compete on quality?
Top-drawer, lovely, unique, stunning — even genuine — don't seem like the adjectives that push shoppers to Amazon to buy something. "Inexpensive" and "fast" almost certainly are, though,...
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Five Reasons Catalogs are Making a Comeback With DTC Brands
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The Sears Roebuck catalog was direct to consumer before DTC was an...
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Like Me Not: The End of Likes
How do you know a post is on fire and well on its way to becoming viral. Simple, you take a glance at the...
FAA: New drone rules address safety, provide more operational flexibility
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The FAA has released final rules for drones regarding remote identification and flying over people, paving the way for more delivery...
The Xbox has been transformed into a highly designed object
The last quarter of 2020 saw the global launch of two major next gen products, Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X, together...
Gartner: 5G will drive 100M people to shop in AR by next year
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The rollout of high-speed 5G mobile service is set to drive growth of augmented reality shopping to 100 million consumers by next year, researcher Gartner...
Walmart gamifies store associate training with Spark City
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Walmart has started using Spark City, a simulation-style training game in the form of a mobile app, to assist in training its store...
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5 retailers winning despite the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted virtually every segment of the retail industry and created an incomparable sense of uncertainty.
Between dealing with both supply and demand...
Alibaba in crosshairs of growing antitrust scrutiny in China
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s dominant position in the online retail and digital payments markets make it the most likely target of growing antitrust scrutiny...
Under Armour faces investigation into accounting practices
Under Armour is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department over its accounting practices, particularly around whether the retailer...
Target partners with Levi’s for lifestyle collection
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In its latest move to build momentum during the pandemic, Target, in collaboration with Levi Strauss & Co., will release an exclusive collection that includes...
The government just blocked another razor startup from getting acquired
The Federal Trade Commission announced it would sue to block Proctor & Gamble’s purchase of razor and body care company Billie on December 8th, citing P&G’s...
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What’s hot in retail technology investments right now?
1. M&S
Hermes UK has announced that Marks & Spencer is its first retail partner to use its new video technology – Hermes Play.
This allows...
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American Express expands small business perks as it reportedly falls under federal investigation
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Days before The Wall Street Journal reported federal investigators were looking into American Express' sales to business owners, the company introduced more incentives...
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ......
M-commerce payments boosted by coronavirus effect on eWallets
The coronavirus pandemic’s massive boost to digital wallet services in the offline arena with OEM Pay has been a key driver here.
The two single...
