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Mobile Commerce
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: GM’s Maven A Precursor to Lyft?
August 25, 2016

The effect of GM’s car-sharing operation, Maven, on urban traffic congestion is unclear, but it is causing indigestion for car rental firms. The company is expanding the service at an impressive rate after acquiring Sidecar in January and is stealthily gaining traction in the transportation...

Security & Fraud
Almost 20% Of Consumers Would Avoid A Retailer After A Breach
August 25, 2016

As the list of retailers and service providers breached by hackers seems to be ever-growing, it seems the organizations that suffer at the hands of data thieves have a related but separate problem to worry about. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Vacation Rental Home Startup Vacasa Isn’t Just An Airbnb Knockoff
August 25, 2016

At first glance, the business model behind Vacasa, the vacation rental home startup, sounds very similar to the one behind Airbnb. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Apple Music Is Making It Hard For Spotify To Sign Big Artists
August 25, 2016

Apple Music is putting the squeeze on Spotify in the quest to sign big name artists, according to report from 9to5Mac.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
Pokémon GO + iBeacons = Perfect Together?
August 25, 2016

They can both be used as a way to lure potential customers to a physical store front or location, according to an opinion piece that Keenan Baldwin, cofounder of location intelligence technology provider SiteZeus, wrote for Chain Store Age. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Retail
Abercrombie Goes Global With Wholesale Deal
August 25, 2016

Abercrombie & Fitch, the embattled teen clothing retailer, has struck a deal with a German online retailer to make its clothes available online in 15 European markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Mobile Commerce
GM’s Car-Sharing Service Is Rolling Up The Miles
August 25, 2016

GM‘s car-sharing operation Maven has hit a couple of big milestones: expansion to five cities in the U.S., more than 5,000 registered members and 4.2 million miles driven. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Mobile Payments
The Big Banks’ Coming Venmo Killer
August 25, 2016

Can the biggest banks in the United States catch up to the millennial-beloved Venmo with their own P2P payments app? They’re sure hoping so and are putting their product, reportedly called Zelle, out for public consumption in October. The hope? That soon the young and...

Social Commerce
Twitter Launches Button To Private Message Companies
August 25, 2016

Social media giant Twitter is at it again, this time rolling out a new button for websites that enables visitors to privately message an individual or company directly. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...