ECOMMERCE

A major payment card provider is expanding availability of an online search tool that confirms which shops and businesses are open in the “new normal.”

Chain Store Age recently interviewed Sree Menon, COO of e-commerce platform Tophatter Inc., about the shifts COVID-19 is causing in the omnichannel retail environment.

The same Midwestern state has the most small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) selling in Amazon’s stores per capita and the fastest-growing SMBs selling in its stores. 

eBay’s automotive marketplace is partnering with an online payments provider and launching two new in-app chat features.

Although back-to-school spending is trending flat overall, online retailers should have a good season.

COVID-19 hasn’t impacted consumers’ holiday spending plans but it has affected how they intend to shop.

The U.S. industrial real estate sector will grow to more than 1 billon square feet by 2025, fueled by e-commerce’s pandemic boom.

Of all the changes COVID-19 has visited upon the retail industry, the catalysis of omnichannel operations might end up having the most profound and long-lasting effect.