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MARCH 25, 2019

We started to really think about how [we] not only simplify integration and onboarding, but [how to] better manage operations on an ongoing basis,” he said. “We That checkout experience is powered on the backend by PayPal via its retail partnership program. eBay Drafts Google Pay. Instagram and PayPal Pair Up for Instacommerce.

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APRIL 17, 2020

The survey showed that 34 percent of businesses expect “reduced levels of business operations” due to COVID-19, 10 percent expect operations to be severely restricted, and 2 percent will cease business operations. The wild card here is the amount of small businesses that feed the revenue of ad words and social platforms.

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MAY 23, 2018

Additionally, Yelp renews its antitrust complaint against Google, augmented reality might appeal to a specific type of consumer and Neiman Marcus makes an inventory move. The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a new feature designed to make it easier for users to find contractors, carpenters, plumbers and house cleaners.

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JULY 29, 2019

The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) weighed in on a dispute after a German online fashion retailer was accused of violating EU law by embedding a “Like” plugin. A consumer association in Germany said the plugin allowed the social media company to collect data on the site’s users, the news outlet said.

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JULY 5, 2017

With this addition, each of the Frightful Five will have its own voice-controlled speaker: Amazon with its Echo family of devices; Google with the Home speaker; Apple with its new HomePod; Microsoft with the Cortana-powered Invoke speaker; and now, Alibaba, with its as-yet unnamed voice assistant and device. Alibaba isn’t just a copycat.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

He also noted that Amazon has invested in excess of $10 billion in “COVID-19 related operating costs” since the pandemic began. The executive said that the retailer will keep taking on the extra expenses without increasing charges until June 1, 2021. State Attorneys General Sue Google Over ‘Exclusionary Tactics’.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Apple reportedly said that the service will not allow advertisers to track what subscribers are reading, which means no targeted ads based on consumed news stories, as is the case with social media. As PYMNTS has regularly documented, subscription eCommerce is among the hottest areas of digital retail.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The European Commission told Amazon of its “preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in online retail markets,” according to the statement. India’s Antitrust Watchdog Opens Google Antitrust Case.

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JULY 27, 2018

intelligence warning of a possible cyberattack, grocery chain SUPERVALU being acquired by UNFI, an imminent comeback for RadioShack and Google banning apps that mine crypto from user devices. Google Bans Apps that Mine User Devices for Crypto. Google has banned apps that mine cryptocurrency in the back of a user’s device.

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MAY 24, 2018

Native commerce is where Aberman believes all platforms are headed — and that’s not just true for software developers like Apple, Google and Microsoft, but also for social media platforms like Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. “In The Media/Commerce Connection. Microsoft doesn’t have the App Store or Google Play.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it. Microsoft.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. Google parent Alphabet Inc. Approximately two in 10 — or 17 percent — indicate they will shop only in physical retail stores.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

In the latest edition of the PYMNTS weekender, coverage includes the latest about PayPal and Google’s views about bank charters, a deep, analytical dive into Facebook’s new payments idea, a look at the new rise of pet retail and other stories you might have missed or simply want to review. Top Performers. Trackers and Reports.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

According to an investigation by Sixgill, $250,000 of Fortnite items were sold on eBay in the last 60 days, with operations being conducted around the globe in Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and English. And an estimated 86 percent of the scams were shared via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Alipay Head of Business Operation Cross-Border Business Janice Chen said in the announcement, “We are excited to see the robust growth in the use of Alipay by overseas travelers from third- and fourth-tier cities and middle-aged vacationers.”.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Source: Think with Google.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

In an interview that springboarded the findings of the Retail Innovation Readiness Index , published late last year, Nicky Koopman, vice president of content and value-added services at AEVI , stated that when it comes to apps, one maxim holds true: One size does not fit all. Laying The Groundwork. Ah, but how to get there?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. To make a purchase, consumers can come up to the device, swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay), and select their choice. Automated Retail Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Similarly, industry and society are moving on to new experiences in futuristic online “worlds” with functioning economies where real-world and virtual events commingle in an evolution of social media-style community offering safety from COVID and, increasingly, commerce. More competition may change that.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Google … and Ad-Supported Search . The category that Google innovated 20 years ago – ad-supported search – now appears to be one of its scariest things. Consumers don’t Google for takeout anymore – they go straight to Grubhub. Apple … and the iPhone Customer.

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APRIL 25, 2017

When it comes to chatbots, the available outlets for them reside in the cloud, resulting in text-based bots and voice-activated bots like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s Home. Within the past year alone, Facebook has been a major player in slowly working its way to improve the way businesses think about chatbots.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The funding, at $150 million, was led by CapitalG, the venture arm of Google parent Alphabet. She took to social media this past week to state that the continued use (and pursuit) by Wells to deal with its legal issues in arbitration renders the stated goals of making things right with customers basically a moot point.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. To make a purchase, consumers can come up to the device, swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay), and select their choice. Automated Retail Innovation.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

That means digitizing all aspects of their businesses from marketing to all facets of daily operations, from consumer-facing outreach to payments in the back office in order to stay connected to consumers and communities. It was actually about operations and communication.”.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

It can be difficult for grocers to profit from online sales of inexpensive retail products, and the marketplace’s 15 percent seller fee wasn’t helping. That’s a steal by any standards, but particularly in Hong Kong where iPhones can sell for as much as four times their retail price. That amounts to one-third of the population.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

After 2008, pop-ups were largely used as a cost-cutting effort by small, independent retailers unsure about opening a permanent location in the wake of the recession. Unlike the box stores and chains who dominated the retail industry for decades, pop-ups offer a more personal, unique and fun experience to customers.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Consumers are waking up to the fact that all those free online and mobile services — email and social media among them — take in trade personal data that is chopped, diced, analyzed, bundled and sold to numerous third parties. That effort is starting to involve Google in a big way. That’s just Google’s scale.”.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

After searching Google for meal kits that would serve such a need and not finding a solution, she decided to start her Canada-based company. Presto Eats operates on a direct-to-consumer (D2C) model, and its products are sent on a weekly delivery schedule. The Service. She is also planning to offer in-person cooking classes.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Watch out for fake websites and social media pages. More than a decade later, thanks to the proliferation of social media, information (and misinformation) spreads faster than ever. When it comes to Facebook and other social media platforms, look for the “Verified” checkmark. Experts weigh in.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

When consumers do use a product, they can communicate with the app directly or through voice — through Amazon Alexa or Google Home — to update their pantry inventory. The company, which has operations in Silicon Valley and India, currently has seven employees. It plans to hire 12 to 14 people across technical and marketing domains.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Rather than copying other financial institutions, mBank sought to deliver a best-in-class digital experience inspired from the world’s best retailers. Advanced search functionality inspired by Google. Video banking inspired by Skype and Google Hangouts. Retailers across most all segments get this too.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

What would one say about a computer geek who said he could protect their online identity , and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google ? “All my contacts currently live in Google’s cloud, and so do the contents of my multiple email inboxes. As consumers become more cautious — cynical?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Just like retail, this is the state of the restaurant industry as we kick off 2020: caught in the throes of a digital reinvention as the role of the physical footprint is being rethought, and as tech plays as much of a starring role in its top- and bottom-line success as the products it produces and delivers.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

As Mahoney noted, the pandemic has transformed the way businesses operate and reach their consumer. The digital wallets, through Google and Apple, he said, offer a way for merchants to let consumers translate and convert whatever points they’re managing directly onto a POS and gain control over their rewards.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since its founding in 2014, Mist Systems has worked to bring its Mist Intelligent Wireless Cloud and Enterprise-Grade Access Points to corporations across multiple sectors including retail, hospitality, health care, education and more. In a store, I can find where the closest retail associate is if I need assistance.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

The online retailer sold smaller versions of the trees last year, but online orders of Christmas trees made up only a small portion of overall sales of the trees. But online retail sales are hardly the only digital boost that digital technology gives to the sale of live Christmas trees, according to Hundley. Christmas Tree Landscape.

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APRIL 4, 2018

With platforms such as Slice, pizzeria owners can compete with the larger players through a mobile-optimized website and tools that enable customers to place orders through social media channels. Through Slice, consumers can order through a pizzeria’s page on the Slice platform — or through Google or Facebook. A Pizza Button.

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