Despite reports to the contrary, customer loyalty is not quite as dead as it has been advertised to be. A recent study by American Express indicated that 58 percent of the general population say they will stick with the same brand of products no matter...
With an array of options at their fingertips, consumers find and pay for retail purchases ranging from clothing to cosmetics through a variety of channels. Consumers might seek the help of an employee in a brick-and-mortar store, or they may shop outside the four walls...
To provide consumers with regular access to nutritional foods, eCommerce merchants are delivering meals that cater to a range of tastes and dietary needs through subscriptions. Factor 75, for instance, provides what Mike Apostal, the company’s CEO, described as “nutrition for performance.” After all, Apostal...
The proliferation of real-time payments around the globe has had serious implications on liquidity management. Maintaining a safe level of working capital is critical for banks and corporates, which need enough funds to continue normal operations should they be struck by an economic downturn or...
To help move their merchandise closer to the point of supply in their worldwide supply chains, entertainment firms are increasingly tapping a T-shirt printing service from Amazon. The eCommerce retailer’s on-demand printing service, which is called Merch by Amazon, prints the apparel when an order...
B2B payments do not exist in a vacuum. They’re connected downstream to invoices and purchase orders, and upstream via accounting, reconciliation and financial management processes. So, when a business receives an invoice, one might think the mechanism through which that bill is processed, approved and...
Supply chain management firm FourKites is introducing a new tool aimed to boost visibility down the supply chain for corporate customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Organizations are getting creative in the ways they implement the Internet of Things (IoT) into their back-office operations. In this month’s Intelligence of Things Tracker, PYMNTS spotlighted an independent brewery, Sugar Creek Brewing Company in North Carolina, that has deployed IoT technology to track and...
Oracle and alternative lender Greensill are teaming up to facilitate early vendor payments in the construction sector. 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...
