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Klarna Acquires Shoppable Content Provider to Expand its Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

These capabilities will complement Klarna’s comparison shopping services (CSS), available through Semtail/Shoptail, another recent Klarna acquisition. The CCS software helps retailers list their Google Product Listings Ads more efficiently.

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The Rise of the Digital Showroom

Retail TouchPoints

As more consumers opted to make their final purchases online, many B&M stores suddenly found themselves in the business of “showrooming.” . . After all, most consumers still prefer to see, feel, touch, wear and try products before making a final purchase. Many consumers are now doing most (or even all) of their shopping online.

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Klarna Launches Klarna Comparison Shopping Service across Europe

A1 Retail

Klarna, a global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, today announced the launch of their new Comparison Shopping Service (CSS) in 21 markets. In addition, the Klarna comparison shopping page will provide new opportunities for brands to reach browsing consumers with their products.

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What the CashRewards, Little Birdie deal says about the rise of AI in retail

Inside Retail

Little Birdie is an AI-powered price-comparison shopping platform that launched in 2021, with $30 million in funding from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, before suspending operations in May. It’s a great opportunity for retailers with products on promotion to get in front of consumers,” Walsh said.

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After Summer Sale Comes Amazon Prime Day — Retailers Must Prepare

Retail TouchPoints

Brands can use Amazon’s June summer sale shopper data to help formulate their Prime Day strategy, such as better targeting and personalization based on comparison shopping habits, price sensitivity and search behavior. Last year, a study noted that 68% of shoppers planned to comparison shop against Amazon on Prime Day.

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Google Targets Holiday Bargain Hunters with New Search Tools

Retail TouchPoints

Details like sale prices and price drops have been part of Google search results for some time, but the new badge offers more details on specific promotional offers to make comparison shopping directly in search easier. According to the Ipsos study, more than half of U.S.

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BNPL Provider Klarna Expands Further into Social Commerce with Two Acquisitions

Retail TouchPoints

Longer term, we see opportunities for Klarna’s 90 million global consumers to share their shopping expertise as part of a social shopping ecosystem that defies physical and online boundaries, aligned to Klarna’s mission to ensure people can shop, bank and pay in ways that suit them and their lives today.”.