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JUNE 2, 2019

There are plenty of signs that Apple is gearing up to say goodbye to iTunes. MacRumors reported that Apple has taken down all of the social media content from its iTunes page on Facebook, including posts, photos, and videos. The company is taking more of a focus on the booming subscription eCommerce market.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Amid the race to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization, analysts are predicting that Amazon will win over Apple. Even so, Apple could potentially pull off an upset. But, while Apple is getting a lot of accolades from analysts on Wall Street and investors, it won’t hold the top spot for market capitalization for long.

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JULY 2, 2018

Apple has long been in the lead to become the first $1 trillion company based on its stock market value, but Amazon, the nation’s leading eCommerce player, is closing in on the iPhone maker. Apple was within $50 billion of it in early June, noted Bloomberg. At the same time, however, Amazon has been gaining steam.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Apple has temporarily suspended its usual 30 percent assessment on fees users pay to small businesses that host what Facebook calls “Paid Online Events,” The Verge reported Friday (Sept. Facebook launched Paid Online Events to give small businesses a way to make money after COVID-19 made selling tickets impossible.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. Those conversations have largely ignored the Biggest Tech company of all, Apple, and Apple Pay. Take PayPal, for example.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple and Google executives may be wondering if there's an app for, "time to call the lawyers.". 8) issued a news release stating that it will look at the market power the two companies exert in the country. Meanwhile, Apple faces a probe of its App Store practices in the European Union. Public input will be accepted until Oct.

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MARCH 22, 2020

With Apple stores closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, people who left their iPhones or other devices for repair won’t be able to retrieve them until further notice, according to reports. Customers were given a two-day window to pick up their devices beyond the official March 14 closing of Apple stores.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Apple gave the green light to bug repairs to the Hey iOS app after its developer, Basecamp , complained about the unfairness of the rules governing the App Store but pledged to make changes to a new version of its app at the suggestion of an Apple executive.

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APRIL 30, 2019

For the next quarter, Apple is looking for $52.5 The major point of concern among analysts, investors and Apple watchers was the continued decline in iPhone sales revenue. The iPhone is still Apple’s cash engine – responsible for 53.3 The year has seen increasing focus on Apple’s up-and-coming revenue engine.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The EU is looking even further into possible antitrust violations regarding Apple , with regulators trying to find out if online sales companies were ordered to use the tech giant’s mobile payment service instead of rival services.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The Wall Street Journal reports the Cupertino, California-based multinational technology company has filed a counter lawsuit against Epic Games accusing the North Carolina software developer of greed and deceit in the fight over the iPhone maker’s App store online software store. 28, which it did, arguing that Epic violated Apple’s rules.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2020

India has access to the well-known music streaming sites Spotify and Apple Music, but it’s the country’s homegrown Gaana that is getting the majority of listeners, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday (Feb. The market is very nascent and not at all saturated.”. The market is very nascent and not at all saturated.”.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

The Apple watch site, 9to5Mac. per month for its Apple Arcade service, which is expected to launch this fall. Apple announced Apple Arcade in March at a celebrity-filled event that included Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. The aim is to drive more recurring revenue from online services.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The jury is still out as to whether Apple is indeed a monopoly, and/or whether it has a detrimental effect on its competitors across a slew of verticals at all. But in the eyes, and the words, of one Tim Cook, Apple CEO, monopolies are not inherently bad. We make that statement a bit tongue in cheek, of course.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

4) that Russia is now the 10th country where Apple Pay is available, following launches in the U.S., In Russia, Apple Pay will initially operate with partners Sberbank and Mastercard. Apple’s decision to launch Apple Pay in Russia comes at a time when the country’s mobile payments market grew by almost 40 percent in 2015, to 70.4

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Apple’s Services Shift Lacks Key Details.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Yesterday, that was Apple, who managed to beat analyst estimates on every number that matters as its fiscal fourth-quarter numbers hit the wires. They also managed to surprise those analysts, since Apple was widely expected to post lackluster iPhone sales due to the somewhat unusual 2017 device rollout schedule. Apple notched $52.6

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In today’s top news, Apple countersued Epic Games for punitive damages, and telemedicine company Amwell priced its initial public offering (IPO). Apple Seeks Punitive Damages In Battle Against Epic Games. But simply enabling consumers to shop online doesn't cut it when they want to pick up and inspect products at physical stores.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Suffering from lackluster demand in China, Apple has taken the step to slash prices by close to 6 percent in the country. According to a report in CNBC , citing the Cupertino, California iPhone maker’s online store in China, the cuts are across the board on its iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Airpods.

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APRIL 14, 2019

Apple , aiming to move beyond the iPhone to drive sales, is reportedly spending millions of dollars to acquire new video games to be part of the subscription gaming service it will roll out later this year. Apple has stiff rivals in the gaming market. The aim is to drive more recurring revenue from online services.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Automotive Continues Comeback Leading With Digital-First Tools.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Can Oprah Winfrey help lead Apple to new frontiers of digital commerce? Or is the media mogul and longstanding promoter of reading merely another aid in Apple’s apparent ongoing quest to be more like Amazon? It also follows, by about a year or so, Apple’s rebranding of its iBook feature to Apple Books.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Can Oprah Winfrey help lead Apple to new frontiers of digital commerce? Or is the media mogul and longstanding promoter of reading merely another aid in Apple’s apparent ongoing quest to be more like Amazon? It also follows, by about a year or so, Apple’s rebranding of its iBook feature to Apple Books.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

20th) is Apple Pay ’s sixth birthday – a day that finds the digital payment method carrying a bit of the same air of great expectations that came with its launch in 2014. But, as it turned out, even Apple didn’t have the power to change people’s payments preferences. Apple’s New Numbers Grove. Tuesday (Oct. 23 and Sept.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Auto brands are taking control of online purchasing platforms by revealing new experiences for the buying, financing or leasing of new vehicles. The clothing market is a quickly evolving place, a fact showcased by Amazon’s quickly increasing share of the market. percent of the market. Currently, that has grown to 14.5

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AUGUST 1, 2018

As comes standard in many Apple quarterly earnings report, there was plenty of buzz to go around. The Apple Watch is the most beloved wearable in human history, the iPhone X is the best-selling iPhone on the market and Apple products, broadly, are bringing all of mankind together in love and harmony.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Yesterday Apple announced entering the payments space with Apple Pay, a new way to pay in physical stores and mobile apps. At Celent we also published a report in March this year called Apple in Payments: What to Expect? In fact, those devices are only limited today to the newly announced iPhone 6 models and the Apple Watch.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Apple has announced a new initiative that will help its customers support and enjoy America’s national parks. 24 through 31, the company is donating $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at any Apple Store, online at apple.com or through the Apple Store app in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Apple just recently rolled out another new bit of functionality for the Apple Watch. The latest version of the Apple Store app for Apple watch now allows wearers to make purchases right from their smartwatches. Payment for favorited items purchased via Apple Watch will be conducted via Apple Pay.

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MARCH 25, 2019

The Apple event, heavy on subscription commerce offerings, took place at time when the company is trying to find more revenue from services given recent stumbles with iPhone sales — a move that seems to be pleasing at least some investors lately. Magazine Subscriptions. One selling point of this service?

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JULY 2, 2019

Apple consensus estimates may decrease due to the possibility of weaker demand from China, said Jim Suva, a director and senior analyst at Citi, according to reports. Shares in Apple dropped 0.3 percent pre-market to $200.90. In April , Apple cut prices of its products by nearly 6 percent in China due to lesser demand.

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MAY 10, 2018

Jet , the online retailer owned by Walmart , announced Wednesday (May 9) that it is now part of Apple ‘s authorized reseller program. According to a report in 9to5Toys , Jet becoming an authorized Apple reseller is huge for its online battle against Amazon. Landsman had previously headed marketing at E*TRADE.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. markets and will be offered in 11 U.K. The funding will go toward U.K. expansion and other international growth.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

PayPal appointed Allison Johnson , a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. I was an early convert to PayPal’s vision of fast, secure online payments. Johnson brings a vast knowledge of marketing to her position.

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APRIL 4, 2019

No one will ever confuse Apple for a discount retailer – it’s a chore to even imagine that – but the company lately has been slashing prices in a way that is certainly raising eyebrows. The phone’s price on the Apple website for India reportedly remained unchanged on Thursday, but the reduction was reflected in stores. The latest news?

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

In the midst of the concurrent holiday gifting and eating season, some of the world’s biggest tech companies are squaring off in hopes of dominating a new market: connected fitness. It’s comfortable, easy, and the technology behind it surpasses any workout machine on the market,” Elle magazine said. Thirteen months after Google’s $2.1

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