PIX. Mercado Pago. Pickup. Apps. Data protection. These are a few of the digital shopping trends and payment options that are key to winning customers in Brazil — one of the world’s largest economies and one that is rapidly digitizing. As Brazil’s shoppers continue to...
The ticket reselling business is being tested in new ways by the current Taylor Swift tour. While the pop star has tried to see that tickets go to fans rather than resellers, many of those fans have now tried scalping tickets for the first time,...
As consumers increase their digital engagement across all parts of their lives, online grocery adoption is growing more slowly than other parts of people’s day-to-day routines. By the Numbers According to data from PYMNTS’ recent study “How the World Does Digital: Daily Digital Engagement Hits...
PartsTech has raised $35 million to expand its B2B marketplace for the auto repair industry. With the money raised from this Series C funding round, led by venture capital (VC) firm OpenView, the company plans to enable auto repair shops to source all the parts and...
About a year ago, PYMNTS detailed how government stats and revisions to those stats can change the way we view eCommerce. The more online sales get, as measured as a percentage of the overall retail pie, the more firmly entrenched the digital shift is. Back then,...
eBay and “Love Island” have joined forces to strengthen their commitment to the resale movement. This partnership aims to amplify their shared mission of fostering conversations and promoting a preowned-first mindset among shoppers. The partnership marks the second collaboration between the two. In the previous...
More than 80% of consumers use digital features as part of their shopping experiences, online and in-store. These “digital enthusiasts” and “digital mainstream” shoppers are younger and more affluent than most, making up 92% of the country’s millennials and 88% of the country’s high-income consumers....
The value proposition of online commerce is, above all else, convenience. “Building a Better Online Checkout Experience: The Key Features That Matter to Customers” a PYMNTS and Checkout.com collaboration, surveyed 2,030 U.S. consumers and found that the biggest barrier preventing smooth, seamless checkout online is an overall...
Rokt has launched a marketplace that enables eCommerce businesses to monetize their checkout page. With the new Rokt Payments Marketplace, these businesses can allow payment providers to present relevant credit card and payment-related offers to shoppers as they are about to make a purchase, Rokt...
