Williams Sonoma Brings The Marketplace to Brick-And-Mortar, Plus Smart Speaker Owners Tend To Buy More Than One, And Amsterdam Bank Rolls Out Wearable Payment Ring.
 
 
 
 
 
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Williams Sonoma And Bringing The Marketplace To Brick-And-Mortar

 
Last week Williams Sonoma launched its latest dual concept store in Seattle as it attempt to fight off the foot traffic fall-off that is plaguing bricks and mortar retailers. Bringing together their goods with unique access to local artists and artisans and services is the underlying concept. It's a marketplace mentality at work in a physical store, and early numbers indicate it is working.
 
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UK Shoppers' eCommerce Habits
 

eCommerce is on the rise all around the world. In this week's The Buyers Series, we explore the online shopping habits of the Brits and learn more about their preferred purchasing methods.  Read More...

 
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SDKs Make The Merchant World Go Round
 

Uber, Lyft, GrubHub, Airbnb... if it takes your money with one touch or less, it runs on a software development kit (SDK). Apptopia crunches the numbers on SDKs to see which ones are being used the most and for what.  Read More...

 
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NEW REPORT: Have Payments-As-A-Service, Will Travel

 

Not a news flash. It’s a global commerce world, and merchants that can’t accommodate the payments methods of those global shoppers lose out. The June Payments-as-a-Service Tracker™ talks to Rodney Bain, co-founder of APEXX FinTech, who shares his insight about how merchants can reduce the friction of doing that. Plus, the latest trends in the PaaS landscape and over 80 providers in the space, inside the Tracker.  Read More...

 
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