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  • Study: Prime Day 2017 on pace to be biggest yet

    Amazon is giving new meaning to the phrase "Christmas in July."  

  • The third state to allow delivery robots is....

    Wisconsin has become the third state to legalize the use of the automated robots. Virginia and Idaho passed passed similar legislation earlier this year.    The Wisconsin law places an 80-pound weight limit on the robots, and doesn’t permit the machines to travel faster than 10 miles per hour. The robots are also required to have a person in the loop to take over control in case something goes awry, according to ReCode.  

  • Amazon's drone future looks sci-fi

    Drone deliveries by Amazon could one day originate from an unusual-looking starting point.   

  • CSA Q&A: Walgreens talks about frictionless retailing

    In an era when shoppers want a seamless shopping experience, Walgreens is pulling out the stops to deliver on their expectation.  

  • Report: Department stores missing the mark in key digital area

    When it comes to mobile, department stores have a ways to go.   That's according to an annual report by L2's annual L2 Digital IQ Index: Department Stores 2017, which benchmarks the digital performance of 64 department stores operating in 14 markets globally. The report examines a brand's strengths and weaknesses across the four digital dimensions of site and e-commerce, digital marketing, mobile, and social.   

  • Social network giant improves visual search engine

    Pinterest is giving its image-based search engine an upgrade.   Pinterest introduced Lens in February. Since then, users have been pointing their mobile cameras at objects they see out in the real world, from apparel and accessories to decor, and Lens serves up similar styles or related information on their mobile device’s screen.   

  • Online merchant ups the ante in online price war

    eBay is stepping up its game in the online price war competition, and taking aim at low-cost rivals Walmart and Amazon, among others.   Starting Tuesday, eBay launched its Price Match Guarantee on more than 50,000 deals in the United States. As the name suggests, the program promises that an eligible deal will be the best price available online, or eBay will match the lower price found on a competitor’s website.   

  • Commentary: Amazon accelerating e-commerce disruption of apparel

    Apparel is at a tipping point. E-commerce currently accounts for 17%-20% of total apparel sales in the U.S. Historically, when e-commerce surpasses the 20% threshold of a retail category Amazon comes in and makes a big wave, because Amazon is the main beneficiary of e-commerce capturing half of all growth in online retail. We’ve witnessed it time and time again in both media and electronics, and now it’s happening in apparel.  
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