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Retail Tech Roundup: ABG Revamps Checkout for Forever 21, Affirm Files for IPO
Buy now, pay later platforms Quadpay and Sezzle unveil new partnerships, while Hero launches a new Shoppable…
Crocs Stores Add Afterpay Ahead of Holiday Rush
A lot of retailers want to be live in stores before the holidays, so they can give consumers new payment…
Retail Tech Roundup: Klarna Debuts Wish Lists, Tapestry Deploys Amperity CDP
Driverless delivery company Nuro raised $500 million, Tapestry taps Amperity and FindMine brings its app to…
Afterpay Enters Its Largest Partnership To-Date with Gap Inc.
Gap Inc. inks a deal with payments firm Afterpay, giving consumers more flexibility in how they make…
Retail Tech Roundup: Alliance Data Pays $450M for Bread, B8ta Nabs Re:store
Two major acquisitions lead the week's roundup, while Group Dynamite and Vera Bradley partner with Signifyd…
Why Macy’s Invested in Pay-Later Fintech Klarna
Macy's is the latest marquee retail name to chase the pay-later craze, while Afterpay boosts its mall…
Affirm Raises $500 Million With Reported IPO Hanging in the Balance
The rraise marks the second major "buy now, pay later" funding this week, with competitor Klarna securing…
Klarna Reels in $650M Funding as Covid Fuels How Shoppers Want to Pay
Klarna saw total volume sold on its app jump 44 percent to $22 billion in the first half, while revenue…
Nearly Half of SMB Fashion Retailers Aren’t Ready for the Holiday Rush
As many as 57 percent of fashion merchants believe they are doing less than retailers in other verticals to…
Retail Tech Roundup: Salesforce Acquires Mobify, Fanatics Integrates QuadPay
In more of the latest retail technology news, John Lewis & Partners expanded its partnership with First…
Why Everyone Wants a Piece of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’
High unemployment, economic uncertainty and a lack of normalcy have created a perfect storm for the…
Retail Tech Roundup: Aptos Buys Revionics, Yotpo Raises $75 Million
Aptos and Searchspring made acquisitions to amplify their commerce tech, while Yotpo and Splitit raised a…
Afterpay Sees Casual Fashion Demand Spike, Partners With Google Pay and Apple Pay
Afterpay has partnered with five new retailers as spending shifts to products that promote a casual…
Did Klarna and Cosmo Just Reinvent the Back-to-School Sale?
Pay-later platform Klarna is teaming up with the millennial bible—Cosmopolitan Magazine—to stage a summer…
Buy Now, Pay Later Continues Hot Streak As Splitit Merchant Sales Jump 260%
Online merchants using Splitit grew 104 percent, crossing 1,000 sellers, while total shoppers grew 85 percent…