While on a recent visit to the W Hollywood Hotel, Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder gave an impromptu product demonstration on a keyless entry system that permits guests to use their smartphone devices as room keys. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
While retailers consider a sale a sale, and would rather their customers buy online from them then not buy at all, online sales ding their margins. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that while most would think online sales would be more lucrative, because websites...
In the military, there is a concept called acceptable losses and it, candidly, calculates how many of your fighters are likely to be killed under different scenarios. But all businesses do similar calculations – building in losses as part of “doing business” is the ROI...
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This year Macy’s gave customers 1 million more reasons to be excited about Black Friday. 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,...
Alibaba has become the target of the latest political ad from the Alliance for Main Street Fairness — a spot previously held by Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
There are plenty of niche markets in the payments world. And then there’s examples of the niches among niches — crowdsourced funding payment options available through major payment providers such as Amazon, PayPal and credit card companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Two years ago “showrooming” was something of a boogey-man for brick-and-mortar retailers. In 2012, analysts were writing the early drafts of Best Buy’s obituary, mostly centered on the big box store’s transformation into a demo center for Amazon and eBay customers. At the time, the...
Today will mark the tenth time that consumers whose need to spend was not quite quelled during the long Thanksgiving weekend, will return to work and carry-on commerce in one of the latest holiday season retail rituals, Cyber-Monday. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
