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The Retail Pulse: ‘Eat Fresh’ Goes Stale
April 30, 2018

It appears that “Eat Fresh” has gone stale. 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 completing this form, you...

eCommerce
AI Bots Can Help Retailers Serve Customers
April 30, 2018

Consumers may have only two to three shopping apps on their phones – even though there is a whole universe of eCommerce companies with mobile apps. Brands and retailers face a dilemma then: How do companies reach consumers through their phones? Pawel Kolacz thinks the...

Retail
Chico’s Teams Up With Amazon For Apparel Sales
April 30, 2018

As Amazon adds established clothing brands to its platform, Chico’s FAS will become one of the latest companies to sell its merchandise on the eCommerce retailer’s site. The company’s brands include Chico’s, White House Black Market and Soma, CNBC reported. “Chico’s FAS will be one of...

Retail
The Quiet Sea Change At QVC
April 30, 2018

QVC Home shopping used to mean something quite different in the United States than it does today. In the pre-digital, pre-web and pre-Amazon world, shopping at home meant shopping from the couch — from TV channels like QVC or HSN, but a similar model no matter which way...

B2B Payments
The Biggest Banking, Regulatory Challenges For Today’s Entrepreneur
April 30, 2018

National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community. The verdict, overall, is quite good: Small business optimism is, again, at new heights. But analysts from Bank of America,...

B2B Payments
Australian Commission Finds ‘Unconscionable’ FinServ Practices
April 30, 2018

After increased pressure on the Australian government to crack down on misconduct in the banking industry, a Royal Commission released preliminary findings of its financial services probe, highlighting “unconscionable” conduct by the nation’s largest listed wealth manager, reports in Reuters said on Friday (April 27)....

B2B Payments
Treasurers Overconfident On Cyber Defenses
April 30, 2018

With a threefold increase in the number of corporates who had been hit by a ransomware attack in the last year compared to a year prior, corporate treasurers have been forced to swallow the large, uncomfortable pill of the threat of cyberattacks and fraud on...

B2B Payments
UK Corporates Brace For Weaker Sterling, Slower Economic Growth
April 30, 2018

Market volatility and uncertainties linked to Brexit seem to have hit corporate spending in the U.K. harder than expected, reports in Reuters said Friday (April 27), as the sterling hit a two-month low against the U.S. dollar. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

B2B Payments
Korea’s Top Crypto Exchange Joins Blockchain Procurement Project
April 30, 2018

South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...