Chase announced news on Tuesday (May 22) that it is launching Ink Business Unlimited, a new credit card geared toward small business owners that gives them unlimited 1.5 percent cash back on purchases. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
It looks like a flaw in Comcast’s website used for the activation of Xfinity routers can be exploited to harvest sensitive consumer information. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Consumers love mobile apps: In fact, there were 175 billion downloads globally in 2017 — a 60 percent growth from 2015, according to App Annie’s end-of-year retrospective report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Grocery is a big category. There’s brick-and-mortar retail, where competition is so fierce that the media has branded it “the grocery wars.” There’s online food purchasing, whether for delivery or pickup, where Amazon is gunning to be top dog. And there are meal kits, a...
There is much to like in the current economic snapshot of the U.S. The overall unemployment rate has slipped below 4 percent — the lowest it’s been in nearly 20 years. After a brief dip in consumer spending early in the year, consumer enthusiasm for...
Comcast may not be historically thought of as a retailer — it is much better known for the cable and internet services it provides — but, despite that fact, the brand is looking to stage a major make-over to its retail operations. Get the Full...
Relationship commerce exists as something of a gold standard in the era of the increasingly scattered customer. Loyalty, in the era of mobile, can be a tricky prospect. Where once stores could focus on building long-term relationships with their consumers, today the average merchant doesn’t...
After working for more than 12 years at Home Depot, JCPenney CEO Marvin R. Ellison is taking the helm as chief executive at Lowe’s. Shares of Lowe’s rose nearly 2 percent in early morning trading on the news, while shares of JCPenney fell approximately 3...
Though the idea of contextual commerce is widely loved, delivering on it is a significant challenge. As it turns out, finding the right context — a moment when a customer is perfectly primed to buy a good or service, if only someone would give them an...
