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Shopify Acquires Tiny Hearts To Broaden Mobile Offerings

E-Commerce solution provider Shopify has acquired Tiny Hearts, a digital product studio and creator of consumer-facing apps such as Quick Fit, Next Keyboard and Wake Alarm. The acquisition will include…

News December 6

Vantiv Offers Alternative Cross-Border Payment Methods

Vantiv, a payment processing service and technology provider, has partnered with cross-border online payments provider PPRO Group to offer international alternative payment methods (APMs) to its retail merchant clients. Through…

News December 6

Supervalu Officially Sells Off Save-A-Lot For $1.4 Billion

Supervalu has finalized the sale of its discount grocery brand Save-A-Lot to an affiliate of private equity firm Onex Corporation for $1.365 billion in cash, earlier than the initially anticipated…

News December 6

How Virtual Reality Is Transforming The Retail Industry

In a world where physical and virtual environments are rapidly converging, industries are looking to find an effective touch point for marketing products to consumers. It is becoming increasingly necessary…

Executive Viewpoints December 6

Why Conversational Commerce Is The Biggest Transformation In Retail

The physical retail shopping experience has remained pretty consistent over the past few decades, other than cosmetic changes to store layouts and signage. Some argue that the experience has actually…

Executive Viewpoints December 6

Retailers Increasingly Embrace Online Loyalty Programs — For Good Reasons

Amazon’s dominance in the online retail world has had serious consequences for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. Due in part to the “Amazon Effect,” a variety of brand-name stores, from Macy’s and…

Executive Viewpoints December 6

SOTI Releases MobiControl 13.2 For Enterprise Mobility Management

SOTI introduced the newest version of its mobility management platform, MobiControl 13.2. The solution offers users enterprise-ready benefits, including APIs that are designed to empower brands to integrate custom mobile…

News December 6

LiveWorld Launches Chatbot Management For Facebook Messenger

LiveWorld has launched chatbot management software for Facebook Messenger, designed to enable chatbots to automatically hand off consumer interactions to live human agents when necessary. Retailers can conduct one-on-one conversations with customers…

News December 6

73% Of Retailers Plan To Have Unified Commerce Platforms By 2019

Retailers have ambitious plans to move toward the goal of “unified commerce.” While only 22% of retailers currently have a unified commerce platform in place, 73% plan to have a…

News December 6
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