PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The concept of brand voice took a literal turn this month, with Amazon’s latest rollout, Amazon Polly, an AWS product that provides neural network-based text-to-speech services. And in dining, restaurants are teaming with online platforms to bring diners their favorite menu items. 35 percent: Approximate portion of the U.S.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Plus, Jennifer Lopez is depending on Flowcode for marketing of her new JLo Beauty brand. CVC currently has control of famous brands like Swiss watch company Breitling SA, while it owns European beauty firm Douglas GmbH. Cognira, the retail artificial intelligence technology firm, has launched its AI Promotion Solution.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to capture this area. In retail technology, Yotpo is helping brands capture the digital shift by making a compressed marketing stack for online shopping.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Social influencers could promote brands through their channels and direct users to “swipe up” or click a link in their bio to purchase. By giving a channel for this social proof use case, Instagram allows customers to interact and purchase brands that their favorite influencers represent. The statistics don’t lie.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Innovators are seeing the potential to shape the way consumers place their orders at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) through digital technology. Through their solution, which is deployed on Google Assistant and Alexa, consumers can ask their voice assistant to, say, place an order from their favorite coffee place. The Voice AI Market.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

Burger King — rather than wait for Google to roll out advertising options — recently took matters into its own hands by leveraging the “ dollhouse method.”. In a TV spot, Burger King directly addressed Google Homes across America: “Okay, Google. Google itself had nothing to do with the ad. What is the Whopper burger?”.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Innovations in 3D and augmented reality (AR) eCommerce are leveling the playing field and bringing conversion-centered visual technology to any online retailer. Our new platform is designed to help brands and creators realize that goal, and bring their products to life in minutes rather than weeks.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

ComScore has teamed up with xAd, a location-based mobile ad network, in order to measure online and offline traffic and how online ads can contribute to both of them. To do so, xAd launched a new tool called comScore Location Lift that mixes the technology of both companies to determines how ads impact foot traffic.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

In this whole new world of technology, we have many end-users coming to our sites from various points. Depending on the business model, this may include online purchases, customer service information found, lead generation forms completed or all of the above. Google Developer Tool: Google Chrome comes with an in-built developer tool.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Google officially introduced Google Home on Tuesday, the search giant’s answer to Amazon’s Echo and other smart home devices. Google Home will retail for $129 and will be available in stores on Nov. Also on Tuesday, Google unveiled its latest smartphones, the five-inch Pixel that will retail at $649 and the 5.5-inch

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Vast numbers of consumers are happy to ask Alexa, Siri or the Google Assistant to play a song, find a recipe or dim the lights in their smart homes. While many consumers believe that buying things online is faster and more convenient, they also find it safer than going to a physical store and risking COVID-19 exposure.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Search data helps brands understand shopper preferences. Looking ahead.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

It vertically integrated its supply chain, building plants so that it could make and sell its own branded products at lower costs. They used data to negotiate better deals with suppliers and where and when to push the pedal down on selling their own branded products instead of other brands. Because consumers are complaining?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

“The direct-to-consumer movement will be the replacement for the retail issues and commerce issues that are going on because of the platforms,” said Armstrong, who founded a DTC company with the aim of changing how people shop online. Armstrong is the former CEO of AOL and used to run Google ads.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Using the Route App, users can visually track and protect online orders as well as resolve issues. He added that Route gives tracking information to both retailers and consumers after purchases are made, which is “an opportunity currently missed by many online brands.” .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In announcing the launch of the Walgreens Advertising Group this week, the giant pharmacy chain said that with the help of more than 9,000 stores and 100+ million loyalty members, it would use “advanced data modeling” to connect brands directly with audiences in a digital ecosystem that “surpasses the industry method of digital media buying.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

More than 100 million consumers in the United States have switched from shopping in stores to shopping online since the pandemic began, and 83 percent of them plan to keep shopping with merchants they have discovered since then, even after the crisis has subsided.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

The future of shopping will rely on online shopping experiences that are similar to that of in-store and complement that joy we find in browsing, seeing curated collections, and trying on products until we find what’s best for us,” Pinterest said in a Friday (Jan. Both categories have expanded use of the technology. 22) press release.

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JUNE 28, 2017

The company has added Alexa to its Dash Wand product, making it smarter and more capable than ever – and strategically positioning itself to own the emerging online grocery market. “If As consumers continue to get more comfortable ordering food online, Amazon is positioning itself at the bleeding edge of that market shift.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

To prevent consumers from leaving their carts behind before they pay, businesses need to have strong online checkout processes that convert online shoppers into customers. percent — of all online shopping carts end up deserted, according to the latest PYMNTS Checkout Conversion Index.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

With the capital raised by Elon Musk, Microsoft, and others, this year, banks look to license the technology utilizing a paid professional version and leverage the tool through the Microsoft Office Suite to accomplish a variety of tasks more efficiently. Like a Google search, the answers outputted by ChatGPT aren’t foolproof.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Launched with ex-Google technical guru Amit Aggarwal, the women’s fashion site is billed with no less an ambition than “a next gen shopping experience poised to redefine the architecture of e-commerce and the way people buy.”. It then responds with a personalized home feed with recommended brands, themes and trends.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Walmart , in one case, has rolled out an offering called Walmart Voice Order by working with partners such as Google. Beginning in April, shoppers will be able to say “Google, talk to Walmart” and Google Assistant will add products directly to their Walmart grocery carts. So, this capability aligns with the way customers shop.”

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Millennials have been practically handed a smartphone as they emerged into the neonatal world and have grown up with touch technology. Google Announces Android Instant Apps.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

is putting more of its hopes into digital and mobile channels — and online culture — to expand revenue and its brand profile, and make up for declining wholesale sales. The success of that ongoing effort could provide lessons or warning for other venerable clothing brands as consumers of all types increasing use the web to buy apparel.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

And while Tesla has been a connected vehicle leader, other players in the industry such as Ford, Daimler and Volvo are launching offerings equipped with technology. From automakers to retailers and online platforms, companies around the world are tapping into connected commerce technology in automobiles and mobile devices.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

Featured or promoted results are just one way of leveraging the personalized data gained through monitored queries, and there’s no doubt that as more consumers turn to mobile for their shopping needs optimizing these micro-moments will be a key skill of successful brands.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

He said per reports, “The economic cost of building siloed systems in a world where citizens travel globally is really stupid, and where crime travels globally is even more stupid, and where technology is completely global is even three times more stupid.”. And Google Search revenues gained 16.7 and Canada. percent to $27.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

American Express rolled out co-branded cards with Amazon for British SMBs. Their new British card program was created as part of a current relationship between the two firms that encompasses a co-branded program in the United States and an international card acceptance relationship. American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

Many retail technologies have benefitted from that schism, among them augmented reality (AR). So, the options pretty much fall down to technology. For many companies, Utah-based SeekXR among them, AR is a growing retail technology that has been put in the spotlight due to the non-essential retail shut down.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And a movie and a meal can now be booked through Duplex via Google Assistant. Google’s Duplex-Powered Assistant Offers Movie Ticket Purchases. A movie and a meal can now be reserved through Duplex via Google Assistant. Honey began in 2012 as a way for consumers to easily locate savings while shopping online.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Leaders from both the core virtual consult world like Teladoc and Amwell as well as RPM leaders like Vivify and cross-platform digital enablers like Microsoft, Amazon and Google will be looking to re-state and broaden the industry definition and understanding for a newly engaged audience. It’s a Brand New World.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Certainly, some consumers will embrace the new frontier of health technology, as well as the competitive price point. Currently rated 3-stars by users and tagged as the “#1 Best Seller” in Amazon’s formidable stable of wearable tech, the world’s largest online retailer is clearly moving units of Halo out the door. “If

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

The app, which is available on the App Store and Google Play, searches millions of products and prices at both brick-and-mortar and online stores so consumers can find the best buy for their shopping lists. “We The online grocery market is booming, after all. You can now find the basics of living online pretty easily.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“We believe it can be solved much more quickly through technology and innovative business models. And we’ve demonstrated the ability to continue to lower prices through new services like home delivery and our tele-health offering, which allows patients to go online and complete a doctor’s visit, at some of the lowest prices in the industry.”.

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