shopping

How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

Amazon Dash Cart Lets Grocery Shoppers Skip Checkout
Amazon Dash Cart Lets Grocery Shoppers Skip Checkout
July 12, 2022  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon smart carts have new upgrades that include doubling the carts’ capacity and allowing for parking lot unloading, with expansion coming soon to the Whole...

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Will Walmart+ Members Show Up for Amazon Prime Day?
Will Walmart+ Members Show Up for Amazon Prime Day?
July 11, 2022  |  Retail

Walmart and Amazon command colossal subscriber bases that turn their annual flagship sales events into some of the most anticipated shopping affairs of the year....

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Pinterest Debuts API for Shopping; Product Tagging for Pins
Pinterest Debuts API for Shopping; Product Tagging for Pins
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

In the wake of an 87% increase in the number of merchant catalogs on its platform, Pinterest is rolling out a number of features to...

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Mastercard SpendingPulse: US Retail Sales Up 9.5% YoY in June
Mastercard SpendingPulse: US Retail Sales Up 9.5% YoY in June
July 07, 2022  |  Retail

As prices continue to spike for essential items and shoppers continue to treat themselves with more leisure-based spending than they did during the height of...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Live Commerce; Grocery Smackdown; Digitizing Agriculture; Payments as a Strategy; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Live Commerce; Grocery Smackdown; Digitizing Agriculture; Payments as a Strategy; ICYMI
July 07, 2022  |  Amazon

Today is Thursday, July 7 and the weekly jobless claims report and data on international trade come out this morning. Following scandal and criticism, U.K....

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Amazon Lures Influencers to Fire Up Livestream Shopping in US
Amazon Lures Influencers to Fire Up Livestream Shopping in US
July 07, 2022  |  Amazon

Livestream shopping has taken off in China but has failed to launch in the U.S. market, something Amazon is looking to change by attracting the...

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With Amazon Prime Day One Week Away, Competitors’ Sales Are Missing
With Amazon Prime Day One Week Away, Competitors’ Sales Are Missing
July 05, 2022  |  Amazon

With Independence Day now in the rearview mirror, Americans — and shoppers around the world — are gearing up for the next big summer holiday:...

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PYMNTS Am Radar: Livestreaming Upset; Unexpected Pinches; Weakest Link; Healthcare Foundation; ICYMI
PYMNTS Am Radar: Livestreaming Upset; Unexpected Pinches; Weakest Link; Healthcare Foundation; ICYMI
July 05, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Today is Tuesday, July 5 and on this day in 1946 — the first war-free summer since World War II ended in September 1945 —...

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TikTok Drops Livestream Shopping Plans in US, Europe
TikTok Drops Livestream Shopping Plans in US, Europe
July 05, 2022  |  eCommerce

TikTok is dropping plans to expand its livestream shopping venture TikTok Shop in the U.S. and Europe after the venture failed to find an audience...

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