Some of the minds behind direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are inspired by their personal experiences. Yardbird Co-founder Jay Dillon, for instance, was shopping for furniture with his then-girlfriend, now wife, at big-box stores. “The designs weren’t that impressive, and the quality wasn’t great,” Dillon told PYMNTS...
Sally Beauty has rolled out a redesigned website, with enhanced functions and features designed to help the online beauty consumer. The company also added Apple Pay as a payment method along with the ability for consumers to shop from its Instagram feed, according to an announcement....
With a Series D round under its belt, the New York-based high-end marketplace 1stdibs has notched $76 million in funding. T. Rowe Price Associates led the round for the company, which offers products such as antique and modern furniture on its site. Other participating investors included...
H&M, the world’s second-largest retailer, reported a smaller than expected decline in profit for the first quarter. 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...
Carsharing digital marketplaces also enable owners to rent out their vehicles to customers. But how can owners trust their automobiles to strangers? The following case study, featured in the most recent Payments and the Platform Economy Playbook, provides an in-depth look at how car rental...
President Donald Trump’s chosen head for the Small Business Administration (SBA) will leave the post and focus on helping Trump’s re-election efforts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Late payments have had a ripple effect in the UK, as cash flow has gotten tougher to manage – and even covering employees’ paychecks has become an issue. QuickBooks has also found that self employed individuals struggle with cash flow problems even more often than...
CoinAcquiring is rolling out a bank account service targeting businesses in the cryptocurrency industry. A press release issued on Friday (March 29) said CoinAquiring, a U.K. consulting company providing fiat-to-crypto payment processing services, now supports the opening of bank accounts for companies in the sector,...
Electronic invoicing firm Basware announced that it has added a machine learning-enabled, predictive capability to its procurement technology. The idea for its Approval Confidence Index (ACI) was introduced during the company’s “hack day,” and is a score assigned to every item on a requisition to provide...
