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Connecticut AG Launches Antitrust Probe Into Amazon’s eBook Business

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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is launching an antitrust probe into how Amazon runs its eBook business, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Jan. This is Connecticut’s second look into Amazon’s eBook unit. Amazon had a 76 percent market share of all eBooks sold in the U.S.

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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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How Scribd Turns The Page On eBook Subscription Fatigue

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This edition of the Subscription Commerce Tracker highlights the latest developments in the subscription market, including why some content platforms are fighting consumer fatigue by shifting away from plan limits while embracing bundled services. By some accounts, the clothing subscription and rental market is on track to reach $1.85

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Walmart Teams Up With Rakuten To Offer 6 Million eBooks, Grocery Delivery

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Walmart has entered a partnership with the largest eCommerce retailer in Japan, Rakuten. The collaboration between Walmart and Rakuten will focus on online grocery delivery in addition to eBooks, industry news source Chain Store Age reported. In an effort to better compete with Amazon in Asia and the U.S., percent who use Amazon.

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The Empowered Consumer

Across the retail sector, organizations are facing a new challenge in the form of the empowered consumer. Read our ebook, The Empowered Consumer, to learn more about how AI can help you connect with your customers with strategies such as: Hyper-personalization by targeting ads to the needs of the individual consumer.

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How Retailers Could Turn Smart Vending Into A $15B Market By 2025

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In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. The estimated value of the global intelligent vending machine market by 2025 is $15 billion. And digital disruptors are putting a new spin on vending machines.

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Kiosks Flourish In International Markets

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Kiosks are gaining more power in retail, especially as it becomes ever more obvious that consumers are not quite ready to cut ties with physical forms of buying, contrary to the early fever dreams of the eCommerce age. There are seven million family-run mom-and-pop stores that dominate retail outside big cities in China,” that analysis reads.

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