TECHNOLOGY

The reach of Amazon’s contactless payment device keeps growing across the tech giant’s brick-and-mortar banners.

Apple is extending its “family sharing” group service model to the Apple Card.

While Amazon leads Walmart in online customer reach, a specific subset of e-commerce consumers prefers Walmart.

Another apparel retailer is reselling used customer merchandise, with a charitable twist.

A major discount retailer is conducting personalized, scalable enterprise training.

A global retail bank, payments and shopping service is enabling customers to track their shopping carbon footprint in-app.

A leading specialty sportswear retailer is testing the viability of artificial intelligence to aid workflows including markdowns, promotions, and assortments.

The city of Boston is introducing B-Local, a mobile program that awards points to consumers who shop with local retailers.

A vertical fashion retailer is connecting online customers to live store personnel.

Charlie Chanaratsopon sees growing e-commerce, multi-use malls, and online marketplaces as critical elements of retail’s “new normal.”