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Canadian D2C Seller Brings Unique Business Model To Furniture Market

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That competition has also extended to high-end furniture market, which is starting to show some new activity with Crate & Barrell, CB2, West Elm and now a direct-to-consumer (D2C) Canadian brand called Article gaining momentum. Article is an online furniture pure-play. percent of the market, with Amazon coming in second with a 29.7

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Hertz Partners With Shift Technologies

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Shift Technologies is an online used-car marketplace. George Arison, founder and CEO of Shift Technologies, was quoted as saying: “The intent of the partnership is to combine Hertz’s cars with our customer experience to give customers an opportunity to buy these cars directly.

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The Global Connected Retail Market May Top $82B By 2025

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The idea, according to Senior Vice President of Customer Experience Shea Jensen, is that “shopping today may not always mean going to a store and looking at a vast amount of inventory.” billion on online purchases in 2017. online spending saw a growth rate of 14 percent in Q1 2018. A recent study says that U.S.

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Nordstrom Shares Fall Following Earnings Due To One-Time Charge

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Nordstrom noted the Rack stores open to date are performing ahead of expectations, and the company forecasts that more synergies will take place because of its off-price and full-price presence in the market. In the United States, the retailer stepped into the Manhattan market by opening its men’s store in the borough.

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Report: Digital ID’s Role In Boosting Trust In The Sharing Economy

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In the September Digital Identity Tracker® , PYMNTS explores how sharing economy providers are investing in digital identity verification technologies to protect their users and why trust begins with a seamless onboarding experience. Around The Digital Identity Ecosystem.

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Despite Website ‘Issues,’ Digital Keeps Growing For Nordstrom In Q2

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Nordstrom continued to make online gains in the second quarter of 2018, with eCommerce accounting for 34 percent of the retailer’s net sales, up from 29 percent during the same period last year. Online Pros — and a Con. For the anniversary sale, online accounted for more than 40 percent of sales during the event, Nordstrom said. “On

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Custom Furniture, On Demand

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Online, in stores and at the many multichannel spots in between, furniture shopping is one of those experiences that consumers greatly enjoy the fruits of, but not so much the process behind it. Directly out of the gate customers began requesting customization options that went beyond our initial offerings.