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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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Online retail giant Amazon is reportedly developing a cloud-based video game streaming service, which will allow users to access video games from their smartphones instead of through a gaming console or computer. Notable Headlines from the Space. Deep Dive: Subscriptions Work the Runway.

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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.,

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Citcon: Payments Can Be The 'Digital Guide' For Retailers

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Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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With Millions Trapped At Home, Books Are Back, Baby!

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It may be half a world away, but the belated and successful initial public offering (IPO) of Australia’s largest online bookseller this week has sent investors and industry watchers alike scrambling to figure out exactly what the heck is going on in an industry that has seen more than its share of ups and downs in recent years.

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Walmart Opens eCommerce Store With Rakuten In Japan

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Through the opening of the Walmart Rakuten Ichiba Store, we hope to make Rakuten Ichiba an even more attractive destination for online shoppers in Japan.”. In October Rakuten and Walmart’s Seiyu unit opened the Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper, which is an online grocery delivery service. and Japan are serviced.

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Amazon May Account For Close To 50 Percent Of Online Sales This Year

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Amazon’s piece of the retail pie is expected to end the year even bigger, with market research firm eMarketer boosting its estimates on dollars spent at the eCommerce giant. When considering all retail sales, eMarketer said Amazon accounts for close to 4 percent of all retail transactions in the United States. percent to $452.8

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