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Retail
Kustomer: A CRM Platform Actually For Customers
November 17, 2016

It’s hardly an exaggeration to say that for many, the dreaded call to customer service is the cultural touchstone for impersonal bureaucracy. (Only trumped, perhaps, by the infinite line at the DMV.) Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Retail
Local Store Shopping Still A Holiday Tradition
November 17, 2016

New research commissioned by Citi Retail Services and conducted by Wakefield Research has shed some interesting insight on U.S. consumers’ holiday shopping season sentiments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Gap Shares Up Post-October Sales Results
November 17, 2016

Shares in retail giant Gap have been on an upturn, despite a dip in October same-store sales. As noted by Forbes, investors feel “a small sales drop is better than a big one.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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PetSmart Debuts 1,500th North American Store
November 17, 2016

PetSmart has just reached a new retail milestone: It has opened its 1,500th store in North America. The nearly 18,000-square-foot store opened this week in Sheradin, Colo. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Target Beats Q3 On Back-To-School Sales
November 17, 2016

Retailing giant Target said Wednesday that it beat quarterly profit expectations, as the firm saw a surge in back-to-school spending, along with a boost in sales conducted online, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Kate Hudson’s Fabletics Fiercely Giving Amazon A Run For Its Money
November 17, 2016

Not just a pretty face, Kate Hudson has fiercely taken on Amazon with her Fabletics activewear line. Growing the business to more than $250 million in three years is not small potatoes — unlikely that she eats those — when Amazon controls more than 20...

Retail
Lumos Labs, Lumosity Creator, Picks Back Up
November 17, 2016

Lumos Labs, the maker of the app Lumosity, hopes to start next year on a new foot after a rocky start to 2016. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Pizza Delivery … By Drone
November 17, 2016

Hungry? Drones will deliver a Chipotle burrito, and now a pizza. 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...

Payments Innovation
Vantiv Recognized For Global Commerce Payments Leadership
November 17, 2016

Global payments provider Vantiv was named as a leader in the space by independent research firm Forrester Research. 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...