Only 7% of retailers offer a shared cart across channels

Fifty-six percent of consumers said they likely would shop at retailers that offer a shared shopping cart across channels, but only 7% retailers offer...

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...

More than half of consumers shop online and offline equally

At least 60% or more of consumers in the U.S., U.K. and Germany said they shop equally offline and online, according to a March Periscope...

Libra, the cryptocurrency that Facebook would launch at the beginning of the following year

This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. According to a report by the Financial Times, Libra, the Facebook-led digital...

Basic Space looks to leverage the influencer economy

Basic Space debuted a curated mobile app and web-based marketplace for internet influencers to sell their own vintage fashion and pre-owned luxury items, as...

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...

Instagram launches in-app checkout with 20 major brands

Instagram on Tuesday announced the closed beta rollout of Checkout on Instagram, a new feature that lets mobile users complete and track purchases without...

Men, women not so different when it comes to shopping behavior

Over two-thirds of men and two-thirds of women do the majority of their shopping online and more than two-thirds of men and women are...

Amazon tests video ads in its shopping app, Bloomberg reports

Amazon is testing video ads in the Apple iOS version of its shopping app, with plans to expand to Google's Android mobile operating system...

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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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 ......