May 20, 2024
What Are Merchants in Mexico Doing to Boost In-Store Sales?
Across Mexico, more consumers are turning to digital shopping features that offer savings and improve convenience while shopping in the store. Consumers enjoy walking into brick-and-mortar locations, but they also...
May 20, 2024
CE 100 Up 1.6%, Led by Tencent’s Rally After Earnings
The CE 100 Index gathered 1.6% in a week that saw nine of the 10 pillars gain ground. The lone pillar to decline was the Move segment, which gave up...
May 17, 2024
Online Sales Recede From 2023’s Year-End Splurge
The year-end-splurge online may come as no surprise. The pullback in the first quarter may come as no surprise, either. The overall movement is upward — where eCommerce is following...
May 17, 2024
How Businesses Can Navigate the AI Search Shake-Up
Google’s latest unveiling of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search tools has sent ripples through the business world, prompting leaders to rethink their digital strategies. The tech giant’s new features promise to disrupt...
May 17, 2024
Self-Serve and Digital-First Channels Can Populate ‘Banking Deserts’
Banks have been fine-tuning their branch efforts as the pandemic recedes, shuttering locations in some markets and building new outposts in others. The Federal Reserve said in a recent blog...
May 16, 2024
UK Relaxes ‘Land-Based Gambling’ Rules as Online Betting Grows
The British government is loosening its rules for brick-and-mortar betting businesses as online gambling grows. The U.K.’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport issued a report Thursday (May 16) that would allow for...
May 15, 2024
Celerant and Sezzle Expand Collaboration, Add In-Store BNPL Options
Celerant Technology now enables the users of its eCommerce platform to offer their customers buy now, pay later (BNPL) options when checking out in-store as well as online. The company has implemented additional integration functionalities with Sezzle to...
May 14, 2024
Fashion Shoppers’ Shift to Digital Sends Physical Retailers Packing
Consumers are increasingly buying clothing from third-party digital marketplaces, forcing more retailers to close shop. Most recently, Ted Baker’s North American business announced Friday (May 10) that amid bankruptcy proceedings in the United...
May 13, 2024
Online Marketplaces Grab Auto Parts Share From Specialty Merchants
As shoppers increasingly purchase auto parts from third-party online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, retailers and eCommerce merchants specializing in the category are seeing sales declines. In Q1 of...
