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WSJ: Amazon tests private label pop-ups on product pages
A mobile pop-up ad experiment has come and gone at Amazon but it's creating a stir nevertheless: The e-commerce giant recently experimented with mobile...
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With private brands, Amazon plays the long game
Contrary to recent reports, competitors probably shouldn't count on the idea that the e-retailer's private and exclusive labels are struggling.
In addition to...
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Five ways to make your mobile PPC strategy work for you
With half of the population stuck to their smartphones, checking on the most recent coronavirus updates, it seems imperative to have a clear idea...
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Is Instacart Showing How AI Will Transform the Grocery Experience?
Instacart announced a series of AI-driven upgrades to its websites, apps, and smart carts that promise to help grocery shoppers with education, discovery, and checkout.
On...
Chipotle’s expansion plans include adding ‘digital-only’ restaurants to its menu
Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced plans to open its first “digital-only restaurant” tomorrow. The Chipotle Digital Kitchen, as it is being called, is located “just outside...
AR tops list of tech that makes users view a brand as innovative, study...
Augmented reality (AR) is the most likely technology to make consumers think a brand is innovative, although most cutting-edge tech fall flat, per a...
Porsche collaborates with Huawei on new smartwatch
Geopolitics and technology make very poor bedfellows, if you believe everything you read. However, more and more of us are happy to sally forth...
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Walmart launches voice-activated grocery shopping
Walmart has partnered with Google to allow customers to voice order groceries from their Google Assistant enabled devices including Google Home, iPhones and Android...
GameStop lost $673M last year
GameStop on Tuesday reported that in its fourth quarter, which had one less selling week than the year-ago quarter, total global sales fell 7.6%...
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...
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...
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...
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What Is a .STORE Domain? A Complete Guide to Branding an...
2020 was the year of the great consumer shift. We witnessed a flurry of new habits, perspectives, and customer needs.
According to McKinsey, the number...
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Will Self-Checkout Ever Win Over Its Critics?
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder.
In a recent article in The Atlantic,...
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 ......
