While there are many convenience propositions that may come with VR-based shopping, it also comes with its share of pitfalls. In a recent blog post I explained that technology companies such as ...

As tech companies hype the metaverse and retailers open virtual stores, bear in mind that even Mark Zuckerberg can’t predict how shopping will evolve. We are a society that shops—a lot. It is among ...

Imagine our world, then picture it fully digital. For many, it looks like the metaverse, an immersive virtual space where we can log on to meet friends, shop, work in virtual offices, and even buy ...

Accenture’s Annual Holiday Shopping Survey said that for the 2022 holiday season, consumers are exploring new ways of shopping, from live streaming to virtual worlds in the metaverse and buying and ...

Virtual shopping experiences are a precursor to what a fully interoperable metaverse could be, although the concept has yet to mature, according to a Forrester report shared with Retail Dive. The ...

This holiday season, expect to see it all. In addition to online shopping, consumers will dip their toes into spending in the metaverse along with a return to stores. Image: elenabsl/Adobe Stock Forty ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Anna Vladymyrska, the founder of ShopParty, is on a mission to bring livestream social shopping to the fashion and the Western World. Several years ago, I discovered a young tech entrepreneur called ...