Lunar’s Thought Machine deal will help bring it toe-to-toe with rivals: The core-banking provider’s cloud-based offering will support Lunar’s product lineup and future market expansions which need to keep pace with other European challengers.
China’s grocery ecommerce sales were expected to grow 24.6% in 2021 and reach $198.70 billion (RMB 1.36 trillion).
Gap and Selfridges show that retailers eye tangible opportunity in NFTs: Some see an opportunity for customer acquisition, but will new customers stick around?
Visa Acceptance Cloud, which lets payment service providers embed transaction software into digital devices, opens new acceptance channels for Visa.
Instacart’s delivery ambitions extend beyond grocery: Ahead of a potential IPO, the grocery delivery giant expands its product offerings to include prepared food delivery.
Snap poaches Twitter, Instagram execs for ad and ecommerce roles: The platform lags behind competitors in ad revenues and social commerce partnerships, things its new hires could help improve.
TikTok aims to generate $12 billion in ad sales this year: Reaching that goal requires the social video platform to lure more large advertisers.
With customer-obsessed brands betting big on personalization at scale, customer experience leaders face urgent decisions on just where, when, and how to place those bets
Both countries are researching the regulatory nuances for a potential CBDC while China and India push ahead with their own CBDCs.
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DoorDash broadens its scope to deliver everything from apparel to car seats: The push aims to diversify the company’s offerings, which could help tighten bonds with its delivery drivers.
Amazon is the top grocery retailer, according to many metrics: An annual ranking from dunnhumby reveals that, for many consumers, digital accessibility is becoming just as important as quality.
Retail media advertising had a banner year in 2021—one that will be hard to top. Although growth is expected to taper this year, there are several reasons why retailers looking to build their own media networks should take notice.