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Retail
Amazon Seeks 100K Workers For Operations Roles
September 14, 2020

As it plans to bring 100 new operations facilities online in September, Amazon announced on Monday (Sept. 14) that it is hiring for 100,000 new regular positions across the U.S. and Canada, in addition to 33,000 infrastructure and corporate positions announced in the prior week....

Retail
Fashion District Philadelphia Attracts More Than 70 Tenants In First Year
September 14, 2020

Fashion District Philadelphia garnered more than 70 tenants and an average of nearly 700,000 visitors per open month in its first year, according to a Monday (Sept. 14) announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Uncovering The Lessons In A Third-Party Cyberattack
September 14, 2020

B2B Software-as-a-Service company Blackbaud recently notified its customers that in February of this year it fell victim to a ransomware attack and was not aware of the issue until about three months later. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

B2B Payments
How Brands Can Turn B2B Buying Into A Positive Experience
September 14, 2020

“The Amazon experience” is now a worn-out catchphrase in the world of B2B eCommerce. 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...

B2B Payments
Large Firms Take Late Payments Fight Into Their Own Hands
September 14, 2020

In the fight against late B2B payments, there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that new research shows late payments were on the rise during the height of the pandemic and coronavirus-related lockdowns, adding even more cash flow pressure on the...

Payments Innovation
What Innovators Can Learn From Netflix
September 14, 2020

Netflix Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings has written a new book about building the video-streaming powerhouse that now has nearly 200 million subscribers globally, as of the end of July. In the book, he freely admits that his formula might not work for every company....

Mobile Payments
Uber Eats Updates Its App To Pay Tab While Dining In
September 14, 2020

Uber Eats has introduced a contactless ordering feature that will work when diners are eating in a restaurant as the fight against COVID-19 continues. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Cross-border Payments
Disrupting The Remittance Market One Corridor At A Time
September 14, 2020

The pandemic, and the international trail of economic chaos it has wrought, has thrown the growing importance and relevance of readily available digital remittance products into stark relief worldwide, Volopa Director Jay Wissema told Karen Webster, as both senders and receivers have been forced by...

eCommerce
Online Retail’s Next Phase: From Adapt To Accelerate
September 14, 2020

Overnight changes in consumer habits are usually rare, with inertia and habit difficult to overcome under normal circumstances. But circumstances have been far from normal this year, making consumers receptive to change in ways never seen before, according to Chris Abele, vice president of digital commerce...