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Sears Looks To Shoes And Precious Metals To Jump-Start eCommerce

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This week the retailer has announced it is leveling-up its online marketplace with the addition of a new run of third-party sellers, which will bolster its offerings for consumers. APMEX, one of the world’s largest online retailers of precious metals, will be bringing the metals to Sears’ market.

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Car Subscription Market Set To Grow 71 Percent By 2022

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Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker. We see a very big market niche for ready-made meals,” Griesel was quoted as saying to the Rheinische Post newspaper.

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With Amazon Growing Share, Fashion-Based SMBs Get New Marketplace Option

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The apparel market is a rapidly changing place, a fact underlined by Amazon ’s rapidly growing share of the market. percent of the market. What smaller boutiques need is an online marketplace built for their needs, which is what Jane was created to offer them. The Shifting Market For Boutiques.

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The Unattended Path To Car Buying

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A company called Carvana is looking to bring convenience to car-buying with their new branded coin-operated car vending machine, recently opened in Nashville, Tennessee. PYMNTS caught up with Ernie Garcia, founder and CEO of Carvana , to find out more about the new way to buy a car. .

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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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.” Home Chef retail meal kits are currently available in Kroger’s Family of Stores across multiple markets, including Illinois (Mariano’s), Kentucky (Kroger), Michigan (Kroger), Ohio (Kroger, Cincinnati ) and Wisconsin (Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market).

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Five at Five: Brookstone Ends Era With Bankruptcy

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Coverage includes a bankruptcy filing by Brookstone , Apple surpassing the $1 trillion market cap milestone, Amazon getting hit by Italian regulators, Kroger launching delivery in key markets and the CSO of Facebook stepping down. Apple Reaches Historic Market Cap Threshhold. The iPhone maker became the first U.S.

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How Cars, Streaming And Sign-Ups Make For Better Subscription Commerce

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Automotive sales are increasingly going digital – and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. Indeed, the anticipated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global automotive subscription services market through 2022 is 71 percent. The answer might lie in the sign-up process itself. seconds in Q3 2019.

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