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‘Bad Bots’ Account For More Than 20% Of E-Commerce Traffic
Malicious bots don’t just target social media sites —they can affect e-Commerce retailers, and their activity is on the rise, according to the 2018 Bad Bot Report from Distil Networks.…
News March 28Study: 81% Of Shoppers Have Abandoned An Online Cart
Online retailers know that intent to purchase doesn’t guarantee a sale, but the cart abandonment challenge may be bigger than anyone wants to admit. In fact, 81% of shoppers have…
News March 28Walmart Replaces Alipay With WeChat In Western China Stores
Walmart is parting ways with Alipay in all its stores in the western region of China, installing WeChat Pay, the popular digital payments app powered by Tencent.The move would be…
News March 28Which Retailer Has The Best Chance To Fill The Void Left By Toys ‘R’ Us?
Toys ‘R’ Us recently announced it will be liquidating all of its stores just six months after filing for bankruptcy. Following the announcement, KB Toys returned from six feet under,…
Executive Viewpoints March 28Is There A ‘Silver Bullet’ To Stop Offensive Products?
Whenever an offensive (or sometimes just plain tasteless) product or ad campaign makes it out into the market, the same question is inevitably raised on social networks: “In all the…
Editor's Perspective March 28The WHO, WHY And HOW Augmented Reality Will Dominate Retail In 2018
A profound movement is being orchestrated by the big retailers to deliver AR. From Apple, Google, Microsoft, Alibaba, eBay and Amazon, more and more retail giants are offering new augmented…
Executive Viewpoints March 28Exclusive Q&A: Shinola Chief Merchandising Officer Chris Hull
After spending 14 years at Nike, Chris Hull shifted gears and became the Chief Merchandising Officer for a fast-growing design brand selling leather goods, watches, bicycles and more. Based in…
News March 28Brookfield Acquires Remainder Of GGP
Brookfield Property Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the share of real estate company GGP that it doesn’t already own for approximately $15.2 billion. GGP rejected a…
News March 27Kibo Hires Vista Exec As CEO
Kibo has appointed David Post as its new CEO. He brings two decades of experience in the high tech and software space to the cloud-based omnichannel commerce platform.
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