Omnichannel

London, U.K. — Online grocery shoppers tend to buy fewer impulse purchases online than in store, resulting in smaller basket sizes. A recent survey of 1,154 online grocery shoppers from EDigitalResearch found that 29% of respondents feel that they make far fewer impulse purchases online than in store. 

Seattle — Customers at Starbucks will soon be able to charge their smartphones while getting their afternoon pick-me-up. The coffee giant announced Thursday that it would begin a nationwide rollout of Duracell Powermat wireless charging stations after the success of a pilot program. The rollout will begin in the Bay Area, with plans to nationwide in 2015. Initial pilots in Europe and Asia are expected within the year.

Walgreens and Paula’s Choice online customers will be getting their orders faster now that they have eBay Enterprise and its regional fulfillment centers at their disposal.

ebay Enterprise said that Walgreens had renewed its agreement that will utilize the Reno, Nevada, fulfillment center to better reach its West Coast customers.

Queens, N.Y. — A new retail building is reportedly planned for the site of a former adult entertainment club in the Rego Park neighborhood of Queens. According to the Queens Chronicle, a 20,000-sq.-ft. building will occupy the location once occupied by the Goldfingers nightclub, which has been shuttered since 1999.  

Dodgeville, Wis. — Lands' End is launching its "Set Sail" omnichannel sweepstakes. The contest allows customers to play a virtual tic-tac-toe game on Lands’ End’s e-commerce and Facebook pages, with the chance to win gift cards.

One random winner will receive then grand prize getaway, which includes round-trip airfare for four people to Miami and five nights' accommodations. The contest runs June 12-July 12.

A new website from PayPal is looking to help businesses navigate global markets. PassPort, which is free and was launched earlier this week, provides insight into global markets by country, outlining gift-giving traditions and major holidays, as well as providing shipping tools for sellers.

Dallas — Neiman Marcus saw adjusted profits slip in the third quarter, even as revenues and comps rose.

For the quarter ended May 3, the company reported a net loss of $2.7 million, compared with net income of $70.8 million in the year-ago period.  On an adjusted basis, however, the company reported earnings of $45.1 million compared with $78.7 million last year.

Also in the quarter, the company reported total revenues of $1.16 billion, up from $1.10 billion in the year-ago period. Same-store sales rose 5.9%.

 

Dallas — Speed Commerce Inc., a vertically integrated, omni-channel platform of e-commerce services, has launched Sara X, a pre-configured, feature-rich accelerator for Oracle Commerce.