consumer

Shopify Makes Canada’s Top 10 Biggest Public Firms
Shopify Makes Canada’s Top 10 Biggest Public Firms
August 22, 2019  |  Retail

Shopify has become the 10th largest publicly-traded company in Canada. The company is up another 1.34 percent in premarket U.S. trading to reach $380. It...

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Can Digitally-Read Emotions Play a Role in Payments and Retail?
Can Digitally-Read Emotions Play a Role in Payments and Retail?
August 21, 2019  |  Retail

Emotions play a significant role in all human endeavors, and that certainly goes for payments and commerce. And even as those two activities become ever...

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The Grocery Report: New Products, New Partnerships And New Channels
The Grocery Report: New Products, New Partnerships And New Channels
August 21, 2019  |  Retail

Once upon a time, mothers everywhere told their daughters that the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach. Modern-day research even proves that...

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Can Banks Get On The Super App Train?
Can Banks Get On The Super App Train?
August 16, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

Here’s some bad but potentially motivating news about banks: So far, they are missing out on an emerging opportunity to get into the “super app”...

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This Week In Amazon Vs. Walmart: The Battle For Consumers
This Week In Amazon Vs. Walmart: The Battle For Consumers
August 09, 2019  |  News

Though Amazon and Walmart are in a constant race for the consumer’s whole paycheck, they mostly stay within their own lanes.  Though both move and...

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Reliance To Invest $42M For 87.6 Pct. Stake In Fynd
Reliance To Invest $42M For 87.6 Pct. Stake In Fynd
August 05, 2019  |  Investments

Indian company Reliance Industries revealed that is acquiring a 87.6 percent stake in Fynd for 2.95 billion Indian rupees ($42.33 million). Founded in 2012, Mumbai-based...

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Consumer Spending Bolsters Big Bank Earnings
Consumer Spending Bolsters Big Bank Earnings
July 21, 2019  |  Earnings

Trade wars?  Check. Geopolitical fears?  Check. And yet the consumer continues to spend, and just as importantly, to bank. Wall Street may have been focused...

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Chinese P2P Lender Lufax Exits Business
Chinese P2P Lender Lufax Exits Business
July 19, 2019  |  Loans

One of China’s largest online wealth management platforms is leaving its peer-to-peer lending (P2P) business behind. Three sources have told Reuters that Lufax, which is...

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Mobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
Mobile Card Services Give Users Real-Time Control Over Retail Purchases
July 11, 2019  |  Retail

Mobile devices have enabled monitoring and management to a degree once thought impossible. Consumers can now get alerted to someone ringing their doorbell miles away...

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