Merchant Innovation

PayPal’s New SMB Global Sales Resource
October 21, 2015

Expanding global sales can be a tough obstacle for small and medium-sized businesses, but PayPal is looking to ease the journey through the release of two new eBooks geared at helping SMBs boost sales abroad. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Merchant Innovation
Is Omnichannel Marketing Getting Ahead Of Consumers?
October 20, 2015

In retail, it’s always important to be one step ahead of the competition. Most of the time, this is a good thing – it drives funding for innovations in eCommerce technology, store design and everything else that creates a successful omnichannel strategy. Other times, though,...

PYMNTS Turns Six: The Top 10 Stories In Six Big Years
October 20, 2015

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Macy’s Trades Floor Space For Innovation Capital
October 20, 2015

Until the eCommerce boom changed the game, a reliable metric of success in retail was physical footprints. If a retailer had storefronts in every major American market, it was meeting customers in every place they would be expected to shop, but now that eCommerce makes...

Alternative Finances
Red Hot Valuations Contribute To Tech IPO Freeze
October 20, 2015

Creating hype is easy. Silicon Valley has evolved a rather sophisticated machine to help you do so. But living up to that hype on IPO day, well, that is shaking out to be harder than expected, as the tech unicorns of the last few years...

Merchant Innovation
StreetHub Launches Curated Boutique eCommerce Site
October 20, 2015

U.K.-based startup StreetHub is launching its own eCommerce site, Trouva, with $2.6 million in fresh funding under its belt. 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...

Acquiring
First Data’s Sunny Second-Day Outlook
October 20, 2015

There is almost nothing in life worse than having to publicly deliver on high expectations. A situation that the good people at First Data (FDC) learned rather directly last week. Before the opening bell was rung, some speculated that First Data’s IPO would attract enough...

Retailers Want To Grow, But Can’t Agree On How
October 19, 2015

Just about every retailer knows that if they’re not ready to adapt to changes in the market, they might as well close up shop. Whether it is quickly and efficiently setting up eCommerce operations on every social network imaginable or managing stock inventory with a...

Target Jumps On The Tech Accelerator Bandwagon
October 19, 2015

Apparently, anyone who is anyone these days has their own tech accelerator. 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...