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Solving The In-Store Navigation Problem
September 03, 2015

As SKU noted last week, beacons and their application to retail are getting a lot of press these days – good and bad.   Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Amid Economic Uncertainty, China’s Wealthy Looks Abroad
September 01, 2015

A weakened Chinese economy has certainly sent a ripple effect across the global economy, but it may also be causing some of China's largest investors to pull their money out of the country to invest overseas.

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Consumers Make The World Go ‘Round Edition — Visa Checkout, Credit Rating And Cybercrime
August 31, 2015

Well, it’s finally come upon us. The last “official” week of summer has arrived. And after last week’s thrills and spills on the stock market, most of us are hoping to ease into the last week doing positively normal things like wearing white (it is...

Facebook’s Billion User Day (And Big Commerce Play)
August 29, 2015

Facebook this week made it over a finish line it has been eyeing for some time. Just under three years ago, Facebook officially hit the billion mark when it came to active users. However, as anyone who has ever tried to plan a family reunion...

How Vift Reinvents Gift-Giving
August 27, 2015

The buzzword in retail today is personalization. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree...

Beacons’ Killer App
August 27, 2015

August began with a big bet on beacons by Target, just one of many retailers that have made similar bets in the last 24 months. Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Major League Baseball, Apple Store, SXSW — and that’s just a very short list of some...

Meet The ‘Airbnb Of Retail’
August 27, 2015

As most of our readers have probably heard, eCommerce is the wave of the future. For 10 to 15 years — depending on how tech savvy the crowd one runs with is — people have been writing physical retail’s obituary and bemoaning/cheering loudly for the day...

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Amazon’s Fashionable ‘Investment Mode’
August 25, 2015

“Who are you wearing?” is a line Amazon executives want people asking. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

B2B Payments
Big Value For Visa Europe, Big Progress For The Blockchain And Big Trouble For Snapchat
August 24, 2015

Between Apple’s falling share prices, Amazon’s HR woes and the great Ashley Madison data dump of 2015, last week was an all-around great time for gossip in America. And with so much scurrilous (and potentially spurious) data floating free in cyberspace, it might have been...