Whole Foods Helps Amazon Deliver Booze, Plus The Harvey Effect On Retail, And Walmart Gives Arkansas Home A Digital Makeover. | | | | | | | | | | | | | New School Commerce Meets (Extremely) Old School Production | | There is a certain feeling invoked when something is described as "just like grandma used to make it," something that somehow makes any consumer that much more comfortable. The team at WOOLN has found a way to take the nostalgia and make it present tense with knitted wool hats that are just like grandma used to make — literally, because someone's grandma did, in fact, make them. So how, exactly, can eCommerce reinvent the hand-knitted woolen beanie? | | |
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| | | | | | | Facebook Tracker: Advertising Crackdown | | In this week’s Facebook tracker, the social media giant amps up the community vibes with its new standalone group video chat app Bonfire, while cracking down on ads that target haters or run beside objectionable content. Messenger growth remains strong but is slowing, and now there’s a new way to get rid of that friend or page’s endless annoying posts without severing the connection. Read More... | |
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| | | | | How Retailers Can Manage The Coming Voice Disruption | | Five years ago, retailers thought eCommerce and mobile was something — but maybe not the thing — that would define the future of retail. As a result, it got caught flat-footed. We’re at the same point with voice according to Andrew Wind, Vantiv’s principal product manager for mobile. But this time, there’s still a chance to design and execute strategies that can put retailers at the tip of the spear instead of bringing up the rear. Wind offers advice on how retailers can get ready and remain relevant in a world where their relationships with customers will become more distant than ever. Read More... | |
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| | | | | | Discogs Achieves Sound Of Success In A Dying Marketplace | | Physical media isn’t dead, but there are few businesses that understand its amended place in a transformed world. How is one music marketplace growing while so many others go out of business, and what can retailers in other categories learn from its success? Discogs demonstrates that contextual awareness — both of the industry climate, and of audience needs — is key. Read More... | |
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