Amazon, Walmart dominate shopping app downloads in 2020: report

Dive Brief: Amazon, Walmart and Wish were the top three most downloaded shopping apps in the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report by Apptopia. Amazon...

Visionarea Unveils a New Generation of AI Sensors for Smarter Retail and Building Management

Milan, October 2025 – The evolving relationship between digital intelligence and physical retail has taken another step forward with Visionarea’s launch of a new...

Which Social Platform Is Best For Your Business: Twitter Or Instagram?

Since its inception, social media has been an empowering, free marketing tool for businesses. It paved the way for personal, one-to-one interactions with brands,...

Six Numbers That Explain The Fate of Department Stores

Department stores were the 20th century's marvelous shopping destination. Retailers that were filled with varied and often unique merchandise, offering high levels of convenience and...

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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

Dive Brief: 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 ......