Shareholders Gave Amazon and Whole Foods The Green Light, Plus Target’s New Head Of Strategy And Innovation, And Amazon Opens More Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores.
 
 
 
 
 
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August 24, 2017
 
 
 
 
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NEW REPORT: How Shake Shack Is Shaking Mobile Order-Ahead
 
Sometimes slow and steady wins the race. While the rest of the restaurant space is racing to the mobile order-ahead finish line, Abbey Reider, Shake Shack’s director of digital guest experience, tells PYMNTS why the company kept its mobile order-ahead movement in the slow lane — releasing its app on a limited basis and working to refine the technology before going all out. Find that interview, along with the latest headlines and rankings of 57 mobile ordering apps, inside the latest PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker™.
 
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Apple Tracker: Knowing Your Niche (Or Not)
 

Apple is still trying to change the world — this time by shaking up the movie industry and replacing TouchID with facial recognition. But some of the company’s other world-changing initiatives (such as its driverless, gas-pedal-less, steering-wheel-less cars) weren’t meant to be. Find out what’s coming from Apple and what the tech giant is leaving behind in this week’s Apple Tracker. Read More...

 
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The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage
 

While Chinese consumers are globally renowned for their digital shopping enthusiasm — less noted is what avid cross-border shoppers they also tend to be. Given a chance and a reasonable level of convenience, the majority of Chinese consumers prefer to buy direct from foreign merchants. So what are they buying — and where aren’t they? New PayPal data tells the story.  Read More...

 
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Connecting Consumer Confidence Dots
 

While consumer confidence has certainly seen its ups and downs in the past few years, today's retail digital transformation may just hold it steady. Today's consumer is taking into account more than just what's in their bank account with job security leading the charge. In this week's The Buyers, we explore how the back and forth of retail as well as job security has impacted consumer confidence.   Read More...

 
  What's Hot Today in Retail
 
 
- FTC, Shareholders Give Amazon/Whole Foods Green Light
 
- Target Names New Head Of Strategy And Innovation
 
- Amazon Opening Two Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores This Week
 
- Uber Reports Boost In Bookings, Smaller Losses For Second Quarter
 
- Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery To Businesses
 
- Samsung Confirms Bixby, The Speaker, Is Coming
 
- iPhone 8 Debut: September 12th
 
- Uber Relaunches Visa Rewards Program
 
- Estonia Gearing Up To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency
 
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