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  • Online giant to expand its distribution network in Mexico
    Amazon is looking to take advantage of Mexico’s growing e-commerce industry.   The online giant is planning to open a 1 million sq. ft. warehouse near Mexico City, according to Reuters. Scheduled to open next year, it would be the company’s third distribution center in the country.  

  • Study: Amazon influences how shoppers research merchandise online
    Amazon is expanding into one of the go-to destinations for product discovery.   This was according to “Amazon: The Big E-Commerce Marketing Opportunity for Brands,” a report from Kenshoo. The study is based on 3,100 consumers in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom and France.  

  • Study: Cash-free society could be here sooner than you think
    A cash-free economy could be here sooner than expected — and American consumers are leading the charge.   Slightly more than half (54%) of consumers in the United States expect to stop using cash for shopping by 2020, according to “Lost in Transaction,” a report from payments provider Paysafe. The study, conducted among 3,038 consumers in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, examines how cash is merging with digital formats.  

  • Report: Social media giant turns catalogs into buyable mobile ads
    Facebook is helping retailers bring their catalogs to life.   The social media giant introduced a new ad format that enables brands to distribute catalogs through mobile devices. Called "lifestyle templates,” the new format replicates the look of a print catalog, and also allows customers to make a purchase items directly through the Facebook ad, according to Business Insider.   

  • Amazon rings up $500,000 in grocery sales in one week following Whole Foods Market deal
    It only took seven days for Amazon to begin reaping the benefits of its acquisition of Whole Foods Market.  

  • Study: Majority of grocery sales are digitally driven
    Digital's influence on grocery overall has nearly doubled year over year, and is now impacting the in-store experience.  

  • Restaurant lets customers pay using their face
    A new restaurant concept gives customers an easy — and high-tech way — to pay for their meal without having to take out their wallet or even their smartphone.  

  • Report: Mobile e-commerce sales to hit $250 billion by 2020
    Mobile e-commerce sales will account for nearly half of all online commerce in just a couple of years.    This was according to “A Mobile Mindset,” the second volume in the five-part series, “The 2017 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper.” The report, from UPS, is based on input of over 5,189 comScore panelists who made at least two online purchases in a typical three-month period.  
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