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US Antitrust Regs Probe Google’s Shopping Comparison Tool

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Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into Google ’s online shopping conduct as part of its broader antitrust probe , Bloomberg reported Friday (Dec. Antitrust enforcers are now probing how Google competes in the eCommerce comparison market as the overall investigations continue.

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Grocers Can Tap Into Price Comparison Apps

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The initial inner workings of a price comparison tool called Basket began when Neil Kataria was a kid. 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

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Google Goes Global With Free Retail Ad Initiative

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Retailers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be able to post ads for free on Google’s Shopping tab starting in mid-October. The offer also extends to retailers who are already paying to place ads on Google’s Shopping tab , wrote Matt Brittin, president of Google’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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British Retailers Experience Strong Black Friday

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Retailers in the U.K. Barclaycard reported an “outstanding” Black Friday in comparison to last year and noted that its transaction value was up 16.5 percent in comparison to the prior year with a rise in the volume of transactions of 7.2 percent in comparison to the prior year with a rise in the volume of transactions of 7.2

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Retailers Are Getting Smarter About Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are starting to play a bigger role in retail, foreshadowing what’s to come in the new decade of the 2020s. According to PYMNTS research , AI and ML are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element into retail. Role of Data.

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Retail Bankruptcies Fuel The Overstored Debate

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Another bankruptcy; another week of trying to sort out the problems at retail. simply has too many stores to support them all and the “retail apocalypse” is simply as natural as a snake shedding skin. 24) report on the Pier 1 bankruptcy and retail bankruptcies in general. That comparison shows that the U.S. square feet.

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Shogun Brings Big Retail Tech To Digital-First Retailers

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Taylor said he doesn’t want to read too much into the name, but if a comparison was forced, it would be along the lines of detail. Some retailers are just excellent about telling stories about themselves and about the products that they're selling,” Taylor told PYMNTS.

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