Google has long claimed that the ads it shows users actually prompt them to make purchases online and in real life – and now they have the credit card data to prove it. Google has begun using billions of credit-card transaction records – 70 percent...
A partnership between logistics giant FedEx and online global payment gateway BlueSnap will make it easier than ever for merchants to ship their products worldwide. Modern businesses need to be able to handle cross-border shipping requests to stay competitive. Plus, an estimated estimated 30 percent...
A recent survey by American Express shows that, unsurprisingly, millennials have the biggest appetite for digital dining experiences, from ordering take-out through a mobile app to ordering and paying through a kiosk at their table to tweeting what they’re eating. But technology isn’t the only...
Bed-in-a-box company Casper Sleep wouldn’t shake hands on an acquisition offer from Target, but it will be selling some exclusive products through the home of the red bulls-eye. Target offered $1 billion to purchase the New York City startup, which is popular among urban millennials...
Investors were pleased with the results out of discount retailer Ross as earnings results hit the wires yesterday. Share were up more than 3 percent after earnings results on the top and bottom line came out ahead of, or in line with, analyst expectations. By...
The bad news is, New York & Co.’s comp store sales and revenue are down as the company shifts strategies and moves more business online. The good news is, eCommerce sales are up and gross margin reached its highest level in the first quarter since...
Shares of retail giant Walmart got a 3 percent boost yesterday following the release of Q1 earnings that beat the Street. But the real beat for the largely brick-and-mortar retailer lay in how it has managed not just weather the eCommerce storm, but how it...
Shares of global retailer Gap Inc. rose some 4 percent in after-hours trading following the company’s earnings release for the first quarter of fiscal 2017. It was largely a beat. In Q1 2017, Gap Inc. reported diluted earnings per share of $0.36, well above analyst...
The health food kick isn’t just for humans. Man’s best friends can stand to benefit from a good meal. A food startup looks to fill dog bowls with fresh ingredients just for them—and they just got some cash to do so. The Farmer’s Dog just...
