The smartwatch market saw its first-ever year of sales decline, and it was a doozy, according to a new report from IDC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Retail sales in Britain were down sharply in June, but The Guardian blames the measly sales data on uncharacteristically “soggy” weather, rather than the country’s controversial vote to leave the European Union. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Pandora, the online radio streaming service, turned down a $3.4 billion acquisition offer from Liberty Media recently, the company that owns the Sirius XM satellite subscription radio service, according to The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
There are certainly no shortage of online marketplaces out there, but only one of them has attached itself to the epithet of “Amazon killer.” For better or worse, that honor over the last 12 months has gone to Jet.com, and as it celebrates its first...
Just because the pundits say that certain forms of retail are on their way to the grave doesn’t mean that merchants in those markets are going to go quietly into that good night. Such resilience puts many over-the-hill brands in a difficult position, though. Unable to go...
Few dads and tropical tourists look as fetching in any piece of footwear as they do in Birkenstocks, and the company is well aware of the brand image it’s acquired. So aware, in fact, that it’s willing to go to drastic lengths to protect unauthorized...
At the rate smartphones come out today, the price of a new device (plus two-year contract and data plan) can be difficult to pay off in the time before they release the next one. To that end, a new startup to the U.S. thinks renting...
A group of behind-the-scenes investors are pushing to have Uber cease its escalating war with Didi Chuxing, China’s largest taxi cab-hailing company, over control of the lucrative Chinese marketplace because they fear it is costing the company too much money, according to a Bloomberg report....
Vantiv, a provider of payment processing services, has been chosen by the California Bankers Association as its sole endorsed EFT processing partner. 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...
