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2017 holiday retail roundup: Winners and losers

Final 2017 holiday e-commerce sales results are in with numerous winners mixed in with some prominent losers.  Let’s start with the good news. Adobe e-commerce sales highlights Adobe’s 2017 Online Shopping Holiday Report was mostly positive, with some valuable insight for next year’s planning: 2017 ...
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Christmas with AI a reality at Mall of America

Shoppers at Minnesota's Mall of America are using a chatbot with artificial intelligence to find gift ideas and shopping deals. ...
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Will Sears sales on Amazon bail the struggling chain out?

Will selling DieHard batteries and other auto products on Amazon help Sears recovery? ...
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Target ups delivery ante against Amazon with Shipt acquisition

Target just spent $550 million to acquire same-day delivery service Shipt in an effort to compete more effectively with Amazon online. With Walmart’s free two-day shipping, e-commerce is getting much more competitive, although Amazon still dominates the market. It’s Target’s biggest acquisition ever and it ...
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Logistics? There’s a blockchain for that

Kroeger is the latest retailer to charge suppliers penalties for late product delivery. ...
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Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday sales roundup: Sales records, mobile and Amazon

Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday saw record online sales and Amazon once again dominated with 55% of sales on Black Friday and 45.1% on Thanksgiving Day. ...
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Amazon ruled Thanksgiving Day with 45% of online sales; Walmart growing

Thanksgiving e-commerce sales are still overwhelmingly dominated by Amazon but Walmart is becoming more competitive online. ...
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Cyber Monday highlights: Record sales, mobile mattered, Amazon ruled

Cyber Monday online sales hit a record $6.6 billion, Amazon dominated 55% of sales on Black Friday and shoppers still shopped in stores. ...
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Payments news: Black Friday sales analysis, China mobile, Tencent growth

Today’s newsletter has Black Friday sales analysis, an in-depth report on China mobile and a profile of Tencent, the largest company you’ve probably never heard of. What do you need to know about Black Friday sales? Online sales were up 17.9% and foot traffic down ...
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Black Friday sales analysis: Online spending up, foot traffic down

US Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday online sales were up 17.9%, reaching $7.09 billion while in-store traffic declined 1%. ...
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