Capital One buys price-match tracking startup Paribus

Paribus helps shoppers obtain automatic refunds when the price of an item purchased from an e-commerce site goes down.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 6, 2016

Why Best Buy is betting big on virtual reality

This holiday season, the electronics retailer is greatly expanding in-store Oculus Rift demonstrations. Is the VR market finally set for explosive growth?

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 6, 2016

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How artificial intelligence is shaping retail

More retailers are leaning on AI as a tool, tapping into the tech to improve customer service and support supply chain functions.

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Wayfair releases API to 3D model library to drive app development

Software developers gain access to more than 10,000 3D furniture and décor models, enabling them to integrate more realistic content into their applications.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 5, 2016

Shopify adds Facebook Messenger direct sales channel

Merchants have had almost 2 million unique conversations since Shopify began Messenger support earlier this year.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 5, 2016

Criteo acquires e-commerce ad exhange HookLogic for $250M

HookLogic partners with retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Costco and Best Buy to sell sponsored ads that appear in product search results on their web pages.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 4, 2016

MasterCard rolls out Identity Check Mobile biometric payments

The technology leverages authentication options like fingerprints or facial recognition to verify a cardholder’s identity.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 4, 2016

WalmartLabs open sources platform that powers Walmart.com

The retailer's research and development unit hopes other developers will adopt and improve the Electrode application platform.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 3, 2016

Shopify acquires partner Boltmade to boost Shopify Plus offering

Shopify Plus is a platform for "high growth" customers, with premium features like dedicated account management personnel and customizable checkout processes.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 3, 2016

Mr. Porter rolls out shoppable Apple TV app

Viewers can shop products featured in videos compiled from the past five years of the luxury clothing brand's online magazine.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 2, 2016

CardFlight: 78% of cards have EMV chips, AmEx leads the way

A year on from the nationwide fraud liability shift, 96% of AmEx cards are now EMV-enabled, the highest percentage of any payment card issuer.

By Dan O'Shea • Oct. 2, 2016

Target launches new website for tech startup pitches

The new web portal promises to help emerging companies more effectively communicate their concepts to the retail giant.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 29, 2016

Feds: Package delivery drone regulations still years away

A Federal Aviation Administration advisor is starting to define technical standards, but it will be closer to 2020 before they actually impact delivery drones.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 29, 2016

Amazon, Google, Facebook form alliance to forge AI best practices

The Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society, created to advance public understanding of the technology, also includes Microsoft and IBM.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 29, 2016

Salesforce unveils Commerce Cloud omnichannel services

The new service fulfills expectations from the company’s $2.8 billion purchase of Demandware earlier this year.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 29, 2016

Target taps AddStructure to pilot Amazon Alexa voice search rival

Natural language processing startup AddStructure was one of 10 startups chosen in June to participate in the retailer's Target + TechStars accelerator program.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 28, 2016

Sears offers Shop Your Way points to Uber riders, drivers

Sears Auto Centers also will serve as one of Uber's Preferred Maintenance Providers for its fleet of drivers, offering exclusive discounts and points. 

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 28, 2016

Lowe's, Microsoft expand HoloLens AR pilot to more stores

The technology also offers new capabilities, including use of Microsoft's Cortana Intelligence Suite to analyze a customer's specific taste in decor and provide recommendations from a Pinterest board of relevant ideas.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 27, 2016

Survey: 55% of shoppers turn to Amazon to begin product search

Major internet search engines and rival retailers experience sharp declines as starting points for consumer product searches, according to new research.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 27, 2016

Maximizing holiday sales with endless aisle

As the busy holiday season gets closer, many big box retailers and major e-tailers are looking at drop ship as an alternative to offering faster, cheaper delivery options.

Sept. 27, 2016

Why September is prime time to acquire mobile shoppers for the holidays

Back-to-school shopping season just ended, and the holidays are on the horizon. This quiet period is the perfect time for retailers to make noise on mobile.

By Jason Ankeny • Sept. 27, 2016

Forecast: Card payments to surpass cash payments for first time ever this year

Euromonitor International anticipates that total worldwide card payments by consumers will amount to $23.1 trillion in 2016, although cash is still used for about 85% of all transactions worldwide.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 26, 2016

Best Buy's Ignite initiative spotlights startups in stores, online

A store in Silicon Valley already features a dedicated Ignite space with products from the program, including a selection of crowdfunded gadgets.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 26, 2016

Macy's makeover continues with beGlammed beauty services deal

The partnership enables customers to book at-home grooming and makeup services through the retailer’s website.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 25, 2016

UPS, CyPhy launch drone delivery test program

The companies completed their first test flight late last week, staging a mock delivery of medicine to a remote island about three miles off the Atlantic coast. 

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 25, 2016

Experian: E-commerce fraud attack rate up 15% over 2015

Data suggests that stolen credit and debit cards, card numbers and identities are fueling incidents of "card not present" fraud.

By Dan O'Shea • Sept. 22, 2016