Halloween has not so much happened yet, but that has not stopped a shocking and frankly dismaying number of Americans from jumping the gate and getting the drop on their Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa gifts. According to a recent poll by CreditCards.com, 32 million Americans have already...
As in so many areas in life, "The Godfather" can offer up a few nuggets on how to wrangle with the ad-blocking mafia.
What’s in a name? Well, for Facebook, it’s about what’s in a Messenger. And about transforming social media into social commerce — something Facebook has remained fairly tight-lipped about, until recently, when asked about its plans for monetizing Messenger. A peek into that vision emerged...
Shopping done right can feel like a victory, especially when consumers manage to “save” more than they spend and/or when they snag what others said was impossible to find. But the folks at WinUru have a very different idea about how consumers can win at...
The college move-in process can be chaotic. However, onerous college move-in days may soon be a thing of the past thanks to a well-known name in delivery services: Amazon. Fortune reported that Amazon is set to open “Campus Pick-up Points” at three universities: the University...
Jet.com is the latest online retailer to take a swipe at Amazon’s crown, and all signs point to the fact that it’s doing pretty well at the task. After launching in July, Jet only needed a month and a half to become the fourth highest online...
There’s got to be an app for that — but are consumers really engaged? That’s the million-dollar question on the digital economy docket today. And it’s at the center of comScore’s latest research report about the impact of mobile on driving digital media usage. We...
The fitting room can be one of the most stressful parts of in-store shopping, but Hointer CEO Nadia Shouraboura told MPD CEO Karen Webster how a bit of automation can yield massive results for B&M retailers.
There are many complementary adjectives people routinely apply to their pharmacist. “Friendly,” “organized,” “knowledgeable” and “helpful” were all words customers of a Boston-area CVS used to describe how they felt about their pharmacist. While some people didn’t have much an opinion on their pharmacist one way...
