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Walmart Launches eBook Service To Take On Amazon

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Walmart announced Wednesday (August 22) the launch of its new eBook service dubbed Walmart eBooks by Rakuten Kobo, which provides customers with access to an all-new digital catalog of books in the stores and online. The move on the part of Walmart comes as its trying to take on Amazon.com in the retail market.

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Walmart Opens eCommerce Store With Rakuten In Japan

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“We are very excited to be working with Walmart to bring a diverse product lineup of American brands at affordable prices to Rakuten Ichiba users in Japan,” Shunsuke Yazawa, executive officer and vice president of the marketplace business at Rakuten, said in the press release.

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Payments 2016: The Year Of Online And In-Store Convergence Via Mobile

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PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Payments 2016: The Year Of Online And In-Store Convergence Via Mobile. Download the eBook. The reason? UberEATS is growing in popularity.

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India’s Festive Season Starts Strong For Flipkart, Amazon

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million USD) in 36 hours for the premium smartphone brands category. Although Amazon entered the market seven years after Flipkart, the eCommerce giant has captured a large portion of Indian business through Prime, which the company rolled out in the country in 2016. The sales launched on Saturday (Sept. 28) and will end on Oct.

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The Race To The Effortless Experience

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Time to market is key, and that’s where sticky.io Helping brands launch their DTC and subscription businesses with the flexibility to sell how their customers want to buy – and fast – is the future of digital commerce.”. Startup brands are taking advantage, and established players are catching up. is investing. is investing.

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First Data: 2018 Was The Year Of The Store

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Glenn Fodor, SVP and head of First Data Insights, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Other Amazon-branded stores comprising the company’s physical footprint include Amazon Books, Amazon pop-ups and AmazonFresh Pickup.

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Walmart May Be Looking To Sell Off Its Japanese Business

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and around the world, it seems the Japanese market is dropping from a place of prominence. Walmart first purchase Seiyu in 2002, but has faced difficulties gaining traction in the extraordinarily challenging Japanese market. The Japanese market for mass merchandisers fell 6 percent in retail value to ¥6.7

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