Amazon to reach 50% of US online market, plus Disney now has huggable robots and which 3 companies are most popular with US consumers?
 
 
 
 
 
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Betting On Data, First, For Merchants To Score Payments
 
Can merchants find their way into the end zone, scoring points with customers? In an Innovation Project 2017 fireside chat with Karen Webster loaded with sports lingo, First Data CEO Frank Bisignano delved into the ways innovation and partnerships can rack up points with merchants, consumers and even developers who bring them together on new software-powered platforms.
 
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7-Eleven Eyes 10K U.S. Stores
 

April does a grocer's shares good (for the most part). But that's not the only growth this month has brought. In the convenience store space, 7-Eleven just made a deal with Sunoco to up 1,000+ new store locations in a bid to break 10,000 U.S. store locations.   Read More...

 
  Voice-Activated Tracker
 
 
 
Voice-Activated Tracker: Location, Location, Location
 

Amazon just released a new Alexa API allowing third-party developers to build skills that leverage device location data. As Google, Apple and others start to catch up, could Alexa one day make a bid to become an expert navigator? .  Read More...

 
  Chatbot Tracker
 
 
 
Implications of The Omnichannel Chatbot
 

As chatbots continue to evolve and change the e-commerce landscape, the next avenue of omnichannel chatbots is starting to develop. In today's Chatbot Tracker, we discuss how omnichannel chatbots may impact the retail industry and whether or not brick-and-mortar locations will survive.  Read More...

 
  What's Hot Today in Retail
 
 
- Amazon Set To Account For 50 Percent Of All U.S. Online Sales
 
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- Kohl's Names Greg Revelle Of Best Buy As CMO
 
- Valentino Bumps Its Omnichannel Platform Up A Notch
 
- Whole Foods Faces Activist Investor Pressure
 
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Flipkart Bags $1.4B From eBay, Microsoft And Tencent

 
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- Google Home To Support Multiple Users; Ushers In Increased Functionality
 
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