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Update: Why Retailers Could Welcome Stripe’s Proposed Acquisition of PayPal

Stripe has approached PayPal about a potential acquisition. Margot Juros, Research Director at IDC Retail Insights, weighs in…

News July 20
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U.S. Shoppers Embrace AI and Social Discovery, But Trust Still Drives Checkout

New data from ESW shows U.S. consumers are growing more comfortable using AI for price comparison and discovering…

News June 25
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How Grocers Can Overcome Concerns Around Agentic AI and Improve Margins

The grocery business goes back centuries, founded on a simple agreement between consumers and retailers: reliable access to…

Executive Viewpoints June 4
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Why Retail’s AI Fraud Problem Starts at the Identity Layer

Retail has always attracted fraud, but what’s happening now is different in both scale and sophistication. 69% of…

Executive Viewpoints May 27
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Retailers: In Agentic Commerce, Payment Reliability will Determine Who Wins

It’s about to become far more important for merchants to offer consumers appropriate credit as agentic commerce emerges.…

Executive Viewpoints May 14
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Powering Better Checkout: Why Retailers Need the Right Payment Partners

Most shoppers tap a card or approve a mobile wallet without a second thought. But at the checkout,…

Executive Viewpoints May 8
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How Computer Vision is Reducing Shrink and Reshaping Store Operations

According to Capital One Shopping Research, 27% of consumers admit to using self-checkout to steal, and 55% of…

Executive Viewpoints May 5
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Friendly Fraud and the Breakdown of Transaction Authenticity

Retail has spent the last decade perfecting frictionless commerce through one-click checkouts, instant refunds and no-questions-asked returns. But…

Executive Viewpoints April 30
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Chico’s Debuts Credit Cards Tied to Streamlined Loyalty Programs

Chico’s FAS has introduced its first-ever credit cards — both a Mastercard-powered co-branded card and a private label…

News April 24
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