PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

Commerce marketing automation software Bronto’s Senior Product Manager, Matt Davis, commented to Retail Dive about the impact chatbots are having on the customer service industry alone: “This really represents a shift now to where chat is starting to become the center of this kind of brand or product retailer interaction, directly with the customer.

social media 123

social media Payments Retail Branding 123

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea. Its membership fee revenue grew 12.6%

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

CB Insights

AUGUST 31, 2017

New York-based ad tech startup Taboola offers a personalized discovery and monetization platform for online content. All three corporates/CVCs in the round have clear connections to Taboola’s focus on online content. Corporate Investors in the Round: Advance Publications, Comcast Ventures, Fidelity Investments. Commerce AI.

California 61

California Capital Company Industry 61