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OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Conversational Commerce Finds Its Voice in Digital Retail.

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JULY 22, 2020

A new advocacy group dedicated to direct-to-consumer retail was announced this week with representation from Google and several major retailers including QVC, Brooks Brothers and Lane Bryant. It foresees a short-term evolution of retailing to an all-DTC world. The white paper also aims right at the Digital 3.0

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Lack of Unique Content (for Manufacturers and Retailers). Adapting to New Market Conditions. SEO is a complex space to understand as Google does not share information on how its algorithms work. There can be a knowledge gap throughout your marketing and development teams. Challenge #1: Understanding Your SEO Priorities.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Google’s bold move earlier this year to eliminate the cost for merchants to sell on its Google Shopping platform appears to be working. ” Now, the global online technology company will bring free listings to its main Google Search results page in the U.S. .” on an annual basis.” . The launch will start in the U.S.,

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APRIL 10, 2019

From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers. While the pharmacy retailer had slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores, the rollout was subsequently publicized.

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MAY 7, 2020

To help show businesses which product areas are increasing in popularity, Google is rolling out a rising retail categories tool. The feature shows quickly-growing categories related to products in Google Search along with the inquires associated with them and the places where they are increasing, according to a post.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. Unspent budget from big box retailers will be let loose as early as Oct. There are many critical aspects to SMB retail media strategy but two stand out this year: when to advertise and where to advertise.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Although multiple firms met with the company to talk about an acquisition, it was only Google and a mystery firm that ultimately came through with serious bids, CNBC reported. The Google/Fitbit deal was announced on Nov. 1, when Alphabet, Google’s parent, noted it would buy the company for roughly $2.1 Google offered $7.05

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Given the rapid expansion of the market – and the device’s ease of use as a payments enabler – the race to capture the 72 percent of consumers who have yet to take the connected speaker plunge is in full swing. percent of the voice-enabled smart speaker market to Google’s 19.6 Hey Siri, Okay Google. percent share.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The country’s four largest tech firms wasted no time pushing back on a congressional antitrust report that suggested Amazon , Apple , Facebook and Google have become too powerful and might need to be broken up. Google: Americans Like Our Free Products. Amazon Slams ‘Fringe Notions on Antitrust’. “But

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. Along with a new logo for its 15th birthday, the Google Maps app has stepped up its navigation features, according to reports. It also sends messages to businesses. billion by 2027.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a world where retail has changed and consumers remain at home, how do brands reimagine the task of getting products to customers? Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | Stitcher. She specializes in digital experience, retail, and digital. In Episode 4 of the What If? Click The Player To Listen to Episode 4 Now.

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JUNE 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. It is now only behind Google and Facebook. Google is expected to lose share and drop to 37.2 billion this year.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As Google and Walmart battle for market share in India’s fast-growing payments sector, they face a new obstacle. The search and tech behemoth and the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer suddenly face strict new limits on their growth imposed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Give said scientist(s) a budget to lease a Tensor Flo server with Google and start parsing transaction data. Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer. Not so fast.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hot new thing in “Big Retail” is offering in-house advertising on your website to your vendors – because why get paid only once on a purchase if you can get paid twice? In short, retailers get paid to place the ad, and then get paid again when the merchandise is sold. Enormous Potential.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Jennifer Lopez recently made a deal to utilize Flowcode ’s system to market her new skincare line, starting with quick-response (QR) codes embedded in an advertisement spread. In brick-and-mortar, retailers are overestimating demand for buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) , but they are underestimating demand for delivery.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Retail is getting more visual, and that stands to be the case for locally-focused merchants as they compete for attention and consumer dollars with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. Indeed, augmented reality is among the tools that local retailers look ready to adopt for further use. Contextualizing Commerce.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Although Alibaba and JD.com usually lead China’s eCommerce market, the four-year-old Pinduoduo is “popular with China’s lower-tier city residents.” Pinduoduo, in turn, gets the opportunity to build a relationship with overseas retailers and branch out with more product categories. . percent of the country’s market last year. .

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Coinciding with Black History Month, Google is extending the Black-owned attribute to its Shopping tab, building on the initiatives launched across Search and Maps over the summer. The label reads “identifies as Black-owned” and will appear in Google Shopping’s results. .

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the pandemic continues to move shopping online, Google is adding new tools to make its Shopping tab more competitive and robust so users will know they’re getting the best deals. Integration with Google Lens will help buyers find products similar to what they have or like something they found online. Verified U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top news, the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google will focus on its power over internet searches, and GoodRx priced its stock at $33 a share, above its target. DOJ Antitrust Case Against Google to Focus on Search. billion in stock, giving it an initial market cap of around $12.7 One week after GoodRx Holdings Inc.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Amazon has been pulled into an ongoing court battle between Google and European Union competition regulators over a $2.6 Google’s lawyers argued that the EU didn’t take Amazon into consideration when it fined the company in 2017. The EU said that Google promoted its own search results over those of smaller rivals.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms. Yandex launched 20 years ago as a search engine Google with a variety of online services, including ride-hailing and restaurant deliveries.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Google Cloud and Finland’s Nokia are teaming up to develop cloud-native 5G solutions for communications service providers and enterprise customers, the companies announced in a Thursday (Jan. billion consumers to use 5G, about 40 percent of the market share. 14) press release. By 2026, Ericsson expects over 3.5

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Google “used car dealer.” He is the cliché of a profession that has a lot of suede sheen on it, but at least one company is in the market to bring used car sales into the digital future. “We trillion market in the U.S. Shift estimates its maintenance services are 30 percent less than local market rate. “I

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APRIL 21, 2020

In a bid to lure advertisers from other eCommerce companies, Google said it will no longer charge merchants to place ads on its Shopping search page, Reuters reported. Ready said the concept has been in the planning stages for a while, but was given a higher priority as some retailers experience a sales slump due to COVID-19.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Big chains and eCommerce operators tend to drive retail innovation — or make the most news when commerce fails — but small, local and even mom-and-pop operations are getting more focus these days via various forms of change, innovation and disruption. Square “didn’t go in trying to change a big part of the market. Ready to Buy.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In August, we surveyed 154 marketing executives to find out what they think is likely to happen this holiday season and how they’re preparing for it. I’m the Principal for the Digital Marketing Solutions Business Unit here at Perficient. What will be different this holiday season and how to adjust your strategy accordingly.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Voice commerce may grab more headlines due to the presence of Google, Apple and Amazon, but conversational commerce – its younger cousin – is finding its own way as the information superhighway to a purchase. “We Suppose a college student is in the market for new running shoes. The pandemic was definitely an accelerator.”.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Elasticpath is a market leader for headless commerce microservices and are great partners. Search driven commerce has extreme value for online retailers. We are honored that Handshake is the integration recommended by Elasticpath for Coveo , Google Cloud Search , Azure Cognitive Search , Elasticsearch , and more.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

After being a usage leader in India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Paytm experienced a sharp decline in transactions in July, while Google Pay and PhonePe have seen usage skyrocket, sources told the Economic Times on Thursday (Aug.

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JUNE 16, 2020

As a next step in the direction of a digital-first, omnichannel experience, David’s Bridal is teaming with mobile wallet marketing automation platform Popwallet. The retailer, which has over 300 retail locations throughout the U.S.,

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the backers of a new $111 million European early-stage venture capital fund, according to CNBC. He also founded furniture retailer Made.com , tech networking business Founders Forum and startup accelerator Founders Factory.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Google Dives Into DDAs. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance .

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AUGUST 13, 2019

For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine and newspaper advertisement from, say, before the 1960s can be fun and illuminating. Already, retailers, telecoms and others are mapping out that 5G AR future (and beyond). Retail Benefits. The Rise Of AR.

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JUNE 3, 2019

The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to do with payments at all. It’s a world in which new retail models and new places to shop have emerged to satisfy that need, blending the online and offline worlds in ways that benefit the digital and marginalize the physical – at least as it operates today.

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