Merchants are putting a lot into omnichannel, but they don’t yet have a lot to show for it. A new study released by JDA Software Group (prepared for them by PwC) shows that, despite heavily investing in their omnichannel sales capabilities, only 16 percent of...
China’s second largest eCommerce player – JD.com – is going after No. 1. JD will be taking on Alibaba by launching JD Worldwide – a sales platform that will make it easier for merchants outside of China to sell goods to consumers within China without...
Did it seem like 2014 saw an unprecedented surge in cyberattacks and breaches, with a whole array of new attacks? That simply isn’t the case, according to the 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, which Verizon Enterprise released on Tuesday (April 14). According to the...
For the first time ever, U.S. Commerce Department data show that Americans are spending more on dining out than they are at the grocery store, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday (April 14). As you might expect, there’s more to that statistic than meets the eye....
It looks like two-thirds of U.S. consumers will get an income-tax refund this year, and almost half of them will spend it on goods and services, according to survey results out this week from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Of a list of...
Amazon Prime’s product selection just keeps getting bigger. The $99-a-year service now offers free two-day shipping on a total of 33 million physical and digital products, including 13 percent of Amazon’s physical inventory, according to a report from R.W. Baird on Tuesday (April 14). That...
Instacart has shifted its business model again. The on-demand grocery delivery company is now talking to other on-demand delivery companies to handle the task of actually getting groceries to customers, according to TechCrunch. Instacart has pitched the idea of third-party delivery to Postmates, Lyft, Sidecar,...
Though March officially kicks off the beginning of spring here in the U.S. – it seemed physical retail was not quite ready to shrug off its winter hibernation this year. According to the latest year-to-year report from RetailNext, foot traffic at retailers is on the...
Welcome to online retail, Chanel Fine Jewellery. For the first time ever, some of the Paris-based brand’s jewelry will be available online via high-end fashion retail site Net-a-Porter, it was announced late last week (April 10). Via The Telegraph, the limited-edition Coco Crush collection will...
