One might assume Amazon is the world’s largest e-commerce marketplace and you’d be wrong according to a new report by Digital Commerce 360. Alibaba’sTmall is world’s second-largest marketplace ...
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Hey Amazon Prime, meet your new membership neighbor – Walmart+. Walmart’s new paid membership program is a direct shot across the bow at e-commerce competitor Amazon Prime and ...
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It was inevitable. You can get pretty much Anything-as-a-Service thanks to the cloud. That includes payments, banking, insurance, investment advice, cloud storage, clothing, groceries, and now coffee. That’s ...
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While retail sales started the year on a positive note in-store and online, the threat of Coronavirus is now having a measurable impact on retail sales in addition ...
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Walmart really is a tale of two channels. Annual sales grew 1.9%, reaching $524 billion for the fiscal year 2020 as the company wrestled with the same overhead ...
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US consumers are expected to spend more than $27.4 billion this year on Valentine’s Day, an increase of 32% from last year. That’s enough to make many retailers’ ...
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They’ve tried drone deliveries of Slurpees and now 7-Eleven is testing a completely cashierless store at its Irving, Texas headquarters. The fast-food giant announced the pilot in a ...
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Amazon over-delivered in its Q4 earnings results big time. The online giant reported earnings of $6.47 per share vs analyst expectations of $4.03 per share. It also outperformed ...
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It’s the end of January. Do you know where your gift cards are? An important question for both retailers and consumers. Surprisingly, only 38% of consumers will likely ...
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Google’s 2019 global shopping insights report shows that consumers are increasingly becoming omnichannel creatures of habit. The implication is that retailers and online sellers need to be very ...
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