Merchant Innovation

Reserve Snaps Up Two Rivals While Investors Drop $2.2B
April 08, 2015

When the history of the mobile revolution is written, the chapters on payments, media and small businesses will be among its richest reading. And while we anticipate that the complete history of the mobile wallet wars will be very interesting, for our part here at...

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Google To Buy Twitter?
April 08, 2015

The rumors have resurfaced again – Google is looking to buy Twitter – and investors have taken notice with shares in the social media site jumping by almost 5 percent and adding a billion and a half to the company’s overall value. Get the Full...

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The TSA’s Spare Change Payday
April 08, 2015

Over the years, particularly in the security obsessed ones that have followed 2001, consumers have drafted a long list of complaints about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Favorites include slowness, obnoxiousness, seeming disregard for the fact that people are at airports to catch planes that...

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How China Does Omnichannel
April 08, 2015

Whether it’s a conversation in the U.S. or China, whether it’s about commerce online or via bricks-and-mortar — for retailers and e-tailors, it’s about developing strategies that demonstrate to its core consumer base that its strategy is all about the “customer experience.” Get the Full Story Complete...

Local Grocer Provides Personalized Omni-Commerce
April 08, 2015

Personalized omnichannel shopping is no longer just for big retailers. The 97-store Lowes Foods supermarket chain is about to begin testing a customer engagement platform that will give click-and-collect shoppers a personalized homepage on the grocer’s website, complete with personalized recommendations. Get the Full Story...

Amazon’s Growth Is eBay’s Pain
April 07, 2015

As Amazon’s list of merchants continues to grow, it may be having an impact on the merchants who were once loyal to eBay, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Could Amazon Do To Groceries What It Did to Books?
April 06, 2015

Amazon’s launch of Dash might be the best look we’ve had so far into how Amazon thinks about omnichannel. 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...

Holonis, The Digital Genome And The Next Generation Marketplace
April 06, 2015

Pop culture quiz. What does “let your fingers do the walking” refer to? 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....

From Payments Gateway To Merchant Services, And Beyond
April 03, 2015

At its very core, 5th Dimension Logistics is a payment gateway and transaction hub. But what makes the company unique, says its President and CEO Matanda Doss, is that once a transaction is processed and completed, that sparks an entirely new chain of events that...