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Are You Ready For Some Football (Commerce)?
September 09, 2017

Well, we had a totally different intro written for this piece before the New England Patriots blew it on Thursday night and threw away (and we mean, literally threw away) their home football opener to the Kansas City Chiefs. (Insert palm-to-head motion here.) Get the...

Retail
Target Stock Falls More Than 3 Percent As It Slashes Prices
September 08, 2017

Target recently announced it has lowered its prices on thousands of items, a news report which resulted in its stock price falling more than 3 percent. In a company blog post, Target noted it has put its “prices and promotions under the microscope.” Get the Full Story...

Payment Methods
Global Payment Card Numbers Rise To 14B As Debit Card Issuance Grows
September 08, 2017

A new study has found that the number of payment cards issued globally reached 14 billion last year and is predicted to rise to 17 billion by 2022, boosted by an increase in overall debit card issuance. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Amazon Tracker: Cities Clamor To Become Amazon’s Home Away From Home
September 08, 2017

Amazon has come under fire for price gouging in the week leading up to Hurricane Irma. As the Category 5 storm drew near to the Florida coast, basic emergency supplies such as cases of bottled water surged 500 to 625 percent in price, from $4...

Retail
How Pentatonic Literally Turns Trash Into Treasure
September 08, 2017

Humans produce an almost staggering amount of waste each year. People purchased 480 billion plastic bottles in 2016 and are on track to increase that figure by more than 100 billion by 2021. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Rebecca Minkoff Pairs With Alipay
September 08, 2017

Lifestyle brand Rebecca Minkoff has announced an expanded partnership with Alipay which will allow customers in the U.S. to pay with the payment method at Rebecca Minkoff retail locations and online at rebeccaminkoff.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
Certify Adds Another Industry Peer To Mega-Merger
September 08, 2017

Cloud-based travel and expense report management solution Certify combined with three other corporate travel and expense management companies earlier this year, with parent company K1 Investment Management incorporating Nexonia, ExpenseWatch and Tallie under the Certify name to step up competition with industry leader SAP Concur....

B2B Payments
Logistics Firm Ups IPO Hopes To $930 Million
September 08, 2017

Chinese logistics company Best is hoping to raise $930 million through a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), according to reports released Thursday (Sept. 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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HSBC Begins Payouts For SMBs Affected By Frozen Accounts
September 08, 2017

Weeks after reports surfaced that some small business accounts at HSBC had been frozen, a result of the FI revamping anti-money laundering (AML) crackdowns, HSBC has said it is compensating some of the businesses affected. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...