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Exclusive: Inside Grubhub’s First Year in Commerce Media and a Peek at What’s in Store

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Grubhub was inspired by the meteoric rise of retail media , which also has propelled the debut of media networks from other delivery and transportation services such as Uber and Lyft as well as companies more ancillary to the retail landscape, such as BNPL solution Klarna , payments provider PayPal and United Airlines.

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Battle of the Retail Giants Comes Down to Amazon’s ‘Why’ vs. Walmart’s ‘And’

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And while Walmart still holds the crown as the worlds largest retailer in terms of revenue, over the last three decades Amazon has given Walmart a real run for its money, and as a result, prompted a notable series of innovations at the older company ( Walmart Marketplace , Walmart Connect , Walmart Fulfillment Services , to name just a few).

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Google Rolls Out New Tools to Help Merchants Stand Out on Search

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Just in the time for the holiday shopping season, Google is debuting new features to help merchants capture consumers’ attention in search results, including a small business “tag,” generative AI tools for product imagery and a more detailed business information module in search results. The tools will be available first to U.S.

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What Does ‘Omnichannel’ Mean in 2021? How Marketplaces are Reshaping the Digital Landscape

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Now, at BigCommerce, she helps merchants grow via integrations to channels such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay and Walmart , a task she says is “like walking among giants.”. Gee: Omnichannel for me means a merchant can sell anywhere their shoppers are and fulfill anywhere they place that order.

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Reimagining Shopping Malls Post-COVID

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They provide the venue that connects merchants with customers and offer services and experiences that a single retailer cannot. While retailers can target and engage with customers online, it’s been a long-time struggle for merchants to convert foot traffic into intelligent data. Post-COVID: Shopping = Buying + Experience.

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4 Ways Google is Making it Easier to Shop (and Sell)

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Some of the latest include a price optimization tool for online sellers, AR try-on for beauty products and advanced data insights for merchants. But there is one big difference between Google and the leading online marketplaces— Google offers all this to merchants for free. Bottom line: more traffic = better results for advertisers.

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How One Auto Dealer Revved Up Car Sales in an Unexpected Place – Pinterest

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Catalogs allows merchants of all kinds to upload their active inventory directly to Pinterest and turn those ecommerce listings into dynamic Product Pins, making them more shoppable. More than 40 years on, the company now boasts eight locations across New York’s Hudson Valley region, with a ninth on the way.