Walmart has ended its delivery partnerships with both Uber and Lyft, potentially losing the grocery giant significant ground on rival Amazon. It is not clear the reasons why ties were severed but Walmart will use other delivery services to serve the four markets where it previously used Uber, and it will continue to push forward […]
Google kicked off its annual I/O developer conference with a barrage of announcements that show how artificial intelligence (AI) will give its next Android mobile operating system the ability to learn how people use their phones to make calls, schedule their day, listen to music, book tickets and read news. Android P will have augmented […]
Social media management platform Hootsuite has announced a global partnership with Pinterest, resulting in the native integration of Pinterest into the Hootsuite platform. Following the trends uncovered in Hootsuite’s 2018 Social Trends Report showcasing the growing importance of the use of images to engage customers and followers, all Hootsuite customers are now able to schedule and […]
The percentage of online U.S. sales made on mobile phones dipped from 43% in 2016 to 36% last year, according to a study by Forrester Research. During that same time, e-commerce grew by 14%. Cumbersome payment methods that require too many keystrokes at checkout are impeding the adoption of commerce on mobile, where conversion rates […]
Instagram has quietly rolled out in-app payments feature to some users, though its still in testing stages, TechCrunch reports. The new feature allows users to use a credit or debit card to book restaurants and salons through a limited number of third-party services. All of this happens in the app, without users ever having to […]
In the first quarter of 2018, Amazon‘s sales of advertising services and other service offerings leapt 132% to $2bn (£1.4bn) year-on-year. This is an increase of 17% from the last quarter of 2017, which is typically the strongest quarter for retail advertising due to the holiday season. “The fact that our data suggests advertisers bucked […]
Alibaba and Valentino have teamed up to launch a 3D online virtual store on the e-commerce giant’s luxury shopping experience, Tmall Luxury Pavilion. The online virtual store will mirror a physical Valentino pop-up store hosted in Beijing’s fashionable Sanlitun District. The experience aims to integrate the online and offline brand experience to create a unique […]
Though adoption is growing at a rapid pace, voice-enabled technology is still nascent and not used often for buying, with the majority of purchases going toward media, entertainment and household products, according to a study by retail search marketing firm NetElixir. Of the 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed, a majority use voice assistants to search for […]
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, one of the world’s leading roaster and retailers of specialty coffee and tea, today announced that it has launched mobile ordering within The Coffee Bean Rewards app. The feature is available now at all 191 Southern California and Arizona company-owned locations and will extend to franchise locations and new geographic areas in the coming […]
Latest figures by the Department of Statistics Malaysia indicate the digital economy has contributed 18.2% to the Malaysia’s GDP, amounting as much as RM290.9b in 2016. Since then, eCommerce has continued to grow at a rapid rate as both government and private sectors continued to heavily invest into the digital industry. To keep track of […]