June 03, 2024
Sezzle Launches BNPL Partnership With Vallarta Supermarkets
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Sezzle launched a partnership with California’s Vallarta Supermarkets. “Sezzle’s evolution into the grocery sector meets the increasing demand from shoppers to use BNPL for...
June 03, 2024
Tastemade Says Multitasking Presents a Big Contextual Commerce Opportunity
Consumers are increasingly engaging across multiple devices even for formerly passive activities, such as viewing films, creating a commerce opportunity for brands that can provide a frictionless shopping journey. In...
June 03, 2024
Are Retail Media Networks Financial Services’ Next Big Move?
This year more than 5 trillion digital ads will be shown globally. It’s a staggering number and a testament to the desire of companies from ad giants like Coca-Cola to...
June 03, 2024
Payments Orchestration Can Give Platforms Competitive Advantage
The “platformization” of various business verticals promises to streamline online commerce. For example, digital freight platforms, such as Uber Freight, Convoy and Transfix, have transformed the traditional logistics and transportation...
May 30, 2024
Nordstrom Sees Exclusive Events Drive Luxury Shoppers’ Loyalty
As retailers look for ways to boost sales with their most loyal customers, Nordstrom is finding that supplementing its digital loyalty program with in-person events is driving engagement. On a...
May 29, 2024
Merchants in Italy Can Now Process Payments Using iPhones
Payment service providers Nexi, Adyen and Stripe are enabling merchants in Italy to process payments using their iPhones. Nexi already offered business owners this option through the NexiSoftPOS application, Reuters...
May 29, 2024
Brazil’s Olist Expands Banking Services for Retailer Clients
Brazilian eCommerce company Olist is expanding its banking services. Founder and CEO Tiago Dalvi told Bloomberg News on Wednesday (May 29) that the company expects to process almost 15% of...
May 29, 2024
Chewy: Consumers Starting to Adopt Pets Again After Inflation Pullback
With pets proving to be a financial strain for many consumers, Chewy has been seeing them hold off on adopting new pets until inflation eases up. Now, some people are...
May 28, 2024
Small Retailers Relying on In-Store Sales Are More at Risk
Small retailers that make most of their sales via brick-and-mortar are the most at risk of closing, compared to those that leverage an omnichannel strategy or that rely primarily on...
