


Smart cart tech firm Shopic bags $35M in funding
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Smart shopping cart technology developer Shopic has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures, pushing the total amount it has...
Merchants Fine Tune Checkout Experience
When it comes to trends shaping commerce in 2022, the innovators are at it again. This time, they’re looking for ways for merchants to turn payments from a cost center into a revenue driver. That may sound like a stretch, but as Checkout.com’s director of strategic...
D2C Retailing Boosts Supply Chain Tech Providers
More companies have embraced selling directly to consumers, sidestepping old, larger-scale operations in favor of developing direct-to-consumer (D2C) operations. With brick-and-mortar commerce still recovering from the pandemic and shoppers electing to make more...
Retailers Weigh Payments Choice, Overwhelming Customers
The conventional wisdom of online commerce is that payments should be invisible, and merchants should offer their shoppers as many payment options as possible. In an interview with PYMNTS, Nicky Schardt, director of product, customer experience at Spreedly, said...