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How Off-Price Came To Dominate Retail Apparel
July 19, 2016

Apparel shoppers are bargain hunting like never before. 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...

Retail
How Staples Is Getting Its Groove Back
July 19, 2016

Staples is looking to make a comeback after surviving a failed merger attempt and is hoping to boost sales and keep pace with Amazon through improving its eCommerce marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Retail
Target Keeps Kids Front And Center In Back-To-School Promotions
July 19, 2016

Target is letting kids call the shots for its national back-to-school sales season, according to several media reports on Monday (July 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Merchant Innovation
Microsoft Misses Billion-Device Target
July 19, 2016

Considering the recent history of Microsoft‘s lackluster OS launches, it came as a surprise to many that Microsoft chose to hang its hat on a specific estimate last year for total installations of its then-new Windows 10 operating system. Pride comes before the fall, though, and...

Cross Border Commerce
Walmart Stumbles Into A New Age Of Labor Relations
July 19, 2016

It seems like the biggest retailers’ legal departments never have much of a shortage of things to stress over, and just in case any merchants’ counsel was planning on taking a vacation anytime soon, the recent passage of updated overtime regulations surely put a stop...

Merchant Innovation
Pokémon GO Shows Retail How To Do AR/VR Right
July 19, 2016

Retailers can’t be held entirely liable for the ham-fisted ways they’ve tried to push virtual and augmented reality onto consumers, who — like retailers themselves — don’t quite know what to make out of the technology just yet. When these potentially transcendent platforms are put...

Payment Methods
Walmart Turns Visa Away In Some Stores In Canada
July 19, 2016

It looks like Walmart Canada wasn’t bluffing. 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 agree...

Alternative Finances
Lending Club Appoints BlackRock Veteran As Chief Capital Officer
July 19, 2016

Lending Club, which has been struggling to recover from loan errors and the departure of its Chief Executive (among other issues), has named Patrick Dunne, a veteran of BlackRock, as its new chief capital officer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Santander Doubles Down On FinTech Fund
July 19, 2016

Bloomberg reports that the biggest bank in Spain is, in effect, doubling down on its investments in FinTech. 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...