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July 10, 2024
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This Week in Web3: Mt Gox Bitcoin and Crypto’s Future
Cryptocurrency // June 28, 2024

The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin — and now, nearly 10 years later, the exchange announced that it is (finally) set...

Target Gets a Marketplace and Shopify Merchants Get Distribution
Retail // June 25, 2024

For Target, the most immediate impact adding Shopify sellers to its third-party marketplace may be a lift in its online fortunes. To that end, and as reported this week, Target will begin including select Shopify merchants on Target Plus, the retailer’s third-party digital marketplace. Target...

Shopify Pilots AI Assistant for Merchants
eCommerce // June 24, 2024

Shopify is offering merchants early access to a commerce-focused artificial intelligence assistant. The AI assistant, dubbed Sidekick, is one of more than 150 updates Shopify has added to its integrated platform for merchants, the company said in a Monday (June 24) press release. “Sidekick offers...

Target to Include Shopify Merchants in Digital Marketplace, Physical Stores
Retail // June 24, 2024

Target will begin including select Shopify merchants on Target Plus, the retailer’s third-party digital marketplace. In addition, in the months to come, Target will offer some of these merchants’ products in its physical stores, the retailer said in a Monday (June 24) press release. “Our...

Interviews & Exclusives
Brick-and-Mortar Shoppers Struggle to Find Buy Now, Pay Later Options

May 23, 2024
As consumers look for ways to manage their spending, in-store shoppers are unlikely to have the option to pay using buy now, pay later (BNPL), even as the payment method catches on digitally. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Divided, Not Conquered: Acquirer and Merchant Confusion Clouds Split-Payments Landscape” drew from a September survey of executives […]

Sezzle’s Surge Leads 1.7% Gain for CE 100 Index

May 13, 2024
The CE 100 Index was up 1.7% through the past week, and earnings were the dominant theme across all pillars.  Pay and Be Paid Pillar Leads the Pack  Pillar by...

Cognizant Partners With Shopify as eCommerce Platforms Challenge Amazon

April 09, 2024
Shopify is calling in reinforcements as eCommerce solution providers aim to equip brands and retailers to hold their own against Amazon. Cognizant, which provides digital solutions, technology consulting and IT services to...

Billions of Dollars Beckon as Platforms Move B2B Commerce Online

February 14, 2024
No matter where you look — no matter who’s doing the quantifying — the consumerization of B2B is both a massive undertaking and, for the providers who get it right,...

Quick Reads
Shopify Pilots AI Assistant for Merchants

June 24, 2024
Shopify is offering merchants early access to a commerce-focused artificial intelligence assistant. The AI assistant, dubbed Sidekick, is one of more than 150 updates Shopify has added to its integrated platform for merchants, the company said in a Monday (June 24) press release. “Sidekick offers all the context and guidance you need to make good […]

Target to Include Shopify Merchants in Digital Marketplace, Physical Stores

June 24, 2024
Target will begin including select Shopify merchants on Target Plus, the retailer’s third-party digital marketplace. In addition, in the months to come, Target will offer some of these merchants’ products...

NMI Debuts Enhanced Shopify Integration

June 11, 2024
Embedded payments company NMI enhanced its integration with Shopify. The updated offering ensures NMI’s independent sales organization (ISO) partners, software providers and payment professionals can offer their merchants an integrated...

Shopify Acquires Checkout Blocks to Help Merchants Customize Checkout

June 03, 2024
Shopify has acquired Checkout Blocks, a company offering a no-code solution that lets Shopify merchants customize their checkout. Checkout Blocks founder Gil Greenberg announced the move in a Monday (June...