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Amazon Moves Into Middle East With Reported Souq Acquisition
Amazon has already established dominance in the U.S. and Europe and is getting serious in India and China, but it has now set its sights on another major region: the…
News March 24Adapting B2B Integration To Support Distributed Commerce
By Peter Edlund, DiCentral Brick-and-mortar retailers spent decades building infrastructure to guarantee merchandise is on the shelf when customers walk into the store. Unfortunately, store traffic is declining, leaving too…
Executive Viewpoints March 24#ShopTalk17: Target Debuts New Store Prototype; 2017 Will Be The Year Of eGrocery
This year’s Shoptalk event wowed attendees with a lot of cutting-edge, innovative announcements — from Instagram’s new shopping feature to new digital capabilities from retailers Jos. A Bank and Pottery…
News March 24
Fraud Costs Foreign E-Commerce Retailers 22% More Than U.S. Brands
EMV payment regulations, which mandate the use of chip cards at the point of sale, have been effective in mitigating fraud for in-person Card Present transactions worldwide. Unfortunately, fraudsters have…
News March 24Retailers: If You’re Not On YouTube, Where Are You?
To mimic the words of Zoolander’s Mugatu, video is so hot right now. Well, video has been popular for some time, but videos for businesses are gaining lots of steam.…
Executive Viewpoints March 23Bebe Reportedly Closing All Stores To Become E-Commerce Only
Fashion retailer bebe stores is exploring strategic alternatives for its besieged business, with a report from Bloomberg indicating that bebe plans to close all 170 of its stores. The report noted…
News March 23
Alibaba’s Lee McCabe: China Must Be Part Of Retailers’ E-Commerce Strategies
If you’re a U.S. retailer, Alibaba, the Chinese e-Commerce giant, wants to work with you. The opportunities in China’s e-Commerce market may come as a surprise: research from eMarketer predicts…
News March 23
PIM Software Provider Akeneo Secures $13 Million
Akeneo, an open-source product information management (PIM) software provider founded in France in 2013, has raised $13 million from investors Partech Ventures and Alven Capital. The company plans to use…
News March 22#Shoptalk17: Instagram Rolls Out Shopping Feature
Instagram made a big splash at Shoptalk 2017, unveiling that it is expanding its Instagram Shopping feature to all fashion, apparel, jewelry and skincare brands using the commerce platforms BigCommerce…
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