Samsung’s plans for Amazon Echo competitor clouded in doubt

As the smart speaker market heats up, recent reports suggest the company is no longer pursuing a smart speaker of its own to house virtual assistant Bixby.

By Dan O'Shea • July 24, 2017

Modiface eye-tracking tech increases Smashbox conversions by 27%

The company behind several brands' virtual try-on makeup apps is now using eye-tracking technology to provide retailers with customer experience insights.

By Dan O'Shea • July 24, 2017

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What's shaping the e-commerce landscape?

From pivots in digital strategies to challenges retailers must overcome with reverse logistics, here are some of the forces shaping online retail.

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J.C. Penney adopts Apple Pay in stores nationwide

The department store retailer is going the extra mile to integrate its credit card and loyalty program with the platform to encourage customer use.

By Dan O'Shea • July 24, 2017

Arcadia Group reportedly enabling in-store mobile ordering

More than 1,400 stores across the company's seven brands, including Topshop and Dorthy Perkins, have been outfitted with iPads enabled with mobile ordering capabilities.  

By Dan O'Shea • July 24, 2017

Rakuten Viber acquires mobile commerce partner

Rakuten Viber rolled out an Instant Shopping feature, a key technology developed by the year-old startup it now owns, Chatter Commerce.

By Dan O'Shea • July 23, 2017

Conduent earns facial recognition patent to measure shopper satisfaction

The technology, which identifies a person’s eyes from video camera footage to better understand facial expressions, is being patented just after reports surfaced that Walmart is seeking to patent similar tech.

By Dan O'Shea • July 23, 2017

Amazon pays publishers, influencers to post on Spark

The e-commerce giant is seeking more content for its shopping-oriented social network.

By Robert Williams • July 21, 2017

EBags, 1-800-Flowers among brands added to Ibotta’s Mobile Marketplace

The marketplace concept is coming to mobile with a growing stable of brands, courtesy of Ibotta and its partner Button.

By Dan O'Shea • July 20, 2017

Destination XL makes a big and tall push onto mobile

The specialty apparel retailer launches its first app, one that favors practicality over glitz.

By Dan O'Shea • July 20, 2017

Amazon acquires comparison search firm Graphiq with Alexa in mind

As Amazon continues to expand Alexa's value, the e-commerce giant buys a company that enhances its search functionality.

By Dan O'Shea • July 20, 2017

The real cost of convenience

The $5 billion meal delivery market is exploding with options but profits can be elusive. Deliv CEO Daphne Carmeli breaks down costs and solutions to this problem.

By Daphne Carmeli • July 20, 2017

Target kills Cartwheel Perks

The savings application, which is being rolled into Target's main app, will retain discounts and third-party coupons.

By Daphne Howland • July 20, 2017

Report: Walmart developing facial-recognition tech

The retailer is looking to the technology to monitor shopper dissatisfaction and improve the store experience. 

By Dan O'Shea • July 19, 2017

Amazon app users can reportedly pay using TGI Friday account info

The company is getting closer to expanding Amazon Payments across retail with a new feature that allows users to order and pay for items at third-party merchants on its app.

By Dan O'Shea • July 19, 2017

Survey: 25% of households use chatbots daily

A study from 3C Interactive paints a different picture of the chatbot trend from other recent studies, but that doesn’t necessarily mean chatbot usage is suddenly booming.

By Dan O'Shea • July 19, 2017

Amazon launches Spark, a shoppable social content feed

The company is dipping its toe into the social media pool with Spark, a feed in which users can "smile" at other users' posts and run product searches on items in photos.

By Dan O'Shea • July 18, 2017

NewStore lands $50M to fuel mobile expansion

Demandware founder Stephan Schambach's latest startup will use the funding to support its "Streaming Retail" mobile commerce vision.

By Dan O'Shea • July 18, 2017

Walmart opens massive e-commerce fulfillment center

The new center is part of the retailer's broader effort to ramp up digital operations and challenge Amazon.

By Dan O'Shea • July 18, 2017

Target +Techstars welcomes second wave of startups

Startups ranging from a meal delivery kit company to an online tailor service head to Minneapolis for a three-month program. 

By Corinne Ruff • July 18, 2017

Amazon Prime Day’s top tech successes: Echo and mobile

Technology devices registered big wins on Amazon Prime Day as mobile use skyrocketed.

By Cara Salpini • July 18, 2017

Nordstrom hones Snapchat strategy for annual anniversary sale

Snapcodes printed on coffee cups, catalogs, ad materials and at in-store locations unlock a custom branded lens. 

By David Kirkpatrick , Natalie Black (Koltun) • July 18, 2017

Retailers may need to incentivize mobile payment technology

More grocers are implementing these platforms, but research shows security concerns, among other issues, are slowing down adoption rates.

By Jeff Wells • July 18, 2017

Forrester: 5.5B mobile users globally by 2022

Mobile is becoming impossible for retailers and brands to ignore, as mobile users are expected to number more than 5.5 billion worldwide in five years.

By Dan O'Shea • July 17, 2017

Amazon picks nine startups for first Alexa Accelerator session

Nine startups are in line to get a six-figure check as well as development and management help in pursuing conversational commerce efforts.

By Dan O'Shea • July 17, 2017

Virtual fitting room startup Metail raises $12.9M

The concept of a virtual fitting room is not new, but Metail just raised close to $12.9 million in funding for its ability to personalize the concept for each customer trying on clothes.

By Dan O'Shea • July 17, 2017