Walmart Deepens Livestreamed Shopping | PYMNTS.com

by PYMNTS | Feb 22, 2022 | Client experience, Conversion, Technology

Less than a week after CEO Doug McMillon touted Walmart’s increasingly digital business model, the retailer has announced plans to deepen its commitment to livestreamed content with a stable of new recurring programs. In revealing a slate of eight new themed and...

Grabango adds another c-store partner for its checkout-free tech

by Sam Silverstein | Feb 16, 2022 | Client experience, Conversion, Technology

Dive Brief: Frictionless checkout startup Grabango has struck a deal to install its computer vision-based technology in retail locations operated by the Mapco convenience store chain, according to a Tuesday press release. Mapco plans to debut the technology, which...

Bold Commerce Launches One-Click Checkout Tool

by PYMNTS | Feb 8, 2022 | Client experience, Conversion, Technology

eCommerce firm Bold Commerce has launched a new checkout solution designed to give brands an alternative to third-party digital wallets and pay now options. Dubbed the “Bold Checkout: Buy Now solution,” this tool lets brands offer customers “Amazon-like one-click...

Meta’s Metaverse Is ‘Old Idea’ That’s ‘Never Worked,’ Tech CEO Says

by Redactie | Feb 7, 2022 | Client experience, Conversion, Technology

Phil Libin is the former boss of Evernote and is now CEO of videoconference company Mmhmm. He told Insider he’d tried out Horizon Workrooms, Meta’s VR meeting software, and wasn’t impressed. He described Meta’s vision of the metaverse as...

Bolt CEO Breslow Steps Down

by PYMNTS | Feb 1, 2022 | Client experience, Conversion, Technology

Bolt’s CEO Ryan Breslow is stepping down and becoming executive chairman weeks after an $11 billion valuation for the company was secured, Bloomberg wrote. Instead, the new CEO will now be Maju Kuruvilla. Bolt’s services provide payment software for online shopping...

Relationship Commerce Moves Customers to ‘One to One’

by PYMNTS | Jan 28, 2022 | Client experience, Conversion, Technology

In their 1997 marketing “Enterprise One to One,” Don Peppers and Martha Rogers zeroed in on the deeper connections possible for companies fostering close customer relationships rather than simply transactional affiliations. Long known as relationship commerce, it...