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Circuit City Plans to Curate Shop-in-Shops Using its Electronics Expertise

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After it closed its last brick-and-mortar retail store in 2009, Circuit City launched a comeback in 2018 with an experiential ecommerce site. The integrations are slated to begin online and in select locations this year, with a more expansive rollout planned for 2024.

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Z Gallerie Files for Bankruptcy Again, Looks for Buyer 

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The saga began in 2009, with the brand’s first filing, and then in 2019 it was acquired by DirectBuy, a discount home goods membership club, which had recently been acquired by parent company CSC Generation. It has received a $1.1 million line of credit to maintain operations during the bankruptcy process.

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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

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That sense of unease is to be expected from a cohort shaped by both the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and it’s had a big impact on their shopping choices: nearly half ( 48% ) say they shop the most often at discount/off-price retailers, and 25% frequently patronize dollar stores.

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The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

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Omnichannel” has been an aspiration for brands for many years now, but while it used to refer to the merging of a retailer’s brick-and-mortar and ecommerce operations, it now means something very different. Without a doubt Amazon has been central to shaping ecommerce as we know it today.

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Are Crypto Payments the Future of Retail? | Salsify

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While initial attempts at creating a viable digital currency date back to as early as the 1980s, as noted by Marca , it wasn’t until bitcoin’s launch in 2009 that the concept of “crypto payments” began its slow creep into the mainstream consciousness — albeit not without a bit of convincing.

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Investment in BigCommerce, Our Customers and Our Partners

BigCommerce

BigCommerce’s founders, Eddie Machaalani and Mitch Harper, launched the company in 2009 after meeting in an online chat room while living in Sydney. Omnichannel integrations with leading marketplaces, social networks, content and advertising platforms. BigCommerce History . Enhanced point-of-sale integration capabilities.

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Making High Conversion and High Security Play Nicely Together

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Whether your ecommerce storefront is an omnichannel model like BOPIS or just a simple Shopify page, managing card-not-present payments is a persistent challenge. Varga has been fighting online fraud since 2009 at various companies — even co-founding his own anti-fraud startup. Why Conversion and Security Aren’t Mutually Exclusive.