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Biggest E-Commerce Irritant? Post-Purchase Problems

Preliminary holiday e-Commerce sales reports have been encouraging, but they don’t tell the whole story: 61% of global…

News January 9
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Akamai Acquires Janrain To Strengthen Customer Identity Management

Akamai Technologies has acquired Janrain, an identity management software firm, for an undisclosed sum. The deal positions the…

News January 9
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Tulip Partners With Google To Enhance Associate-Empowering Solutions

Tulip, an app platform for retail stores and associates, has partnered with Google Cloud to enhance its retail…

News January 9
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CES 2019: Chinese Retailers JD.com, Suning Give New Meaning To ‘Smart’ Retail

With more than 180,000 attendees, 4,500 exhibitors and 3,000 product launches, CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics…

News January 9
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Alibaba Acquires Open-Source Data Processing Startup For $103 Million

Alibaba has acquired data Artisans (dA), a Berlin-based startup that provides distributed systems and large-scale data streaming services for…

News January 9
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Walmart Pilots Autonomous Grocery Delivery In Arizona

Walmart has made significant investments in its online grocery delivery capabilities over the past year, even quietly experimenting with…

News January 9
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The Vitamin Shoppe Hires Retail Technology Veteran As CTO

The Vitamin Shoppe has named Andrew Laudato as EVP and CTO, effective immediately. Laudato is a retail veteran…

News January 8
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Amazon Tests Targeted Product Sampling Deliveries

Amazon has deployed yet another strategy designed to stay fresh in the shopper’s mind — free, targeted samples…

News January 8
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Lampert Reportedly Gets Another Chance To Sweeten Sears Bid

Eddie Lampert was given an additional day to place a bid for Sears after the retailer rejected his…

News January 8
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