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Security & Fraud
Payments Security, With A Dash Of Humor
July 14, 2016

Payments security isn’t generally a wellspring for belly laughs. But Vantiv is hoping humor will help it get a very serious message out to SMBs about the relationship between managing fraud and staying in business.

B2B Payments
Supplier Management Attracts $12M In Venture Capital
July 14, 2016

An India-based startup helping businesses better manage their suppliers has raised new funding from investors. 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,...

Payment Methods
Do Stock Market Highs Bode Well For Payments?
July 13, 2016

Stocks may have enjoyed a bump on last Friday’s jobs report, but you should let the bubbly chill for a while. The June numbers were enough to erase some less-than-stellar gains in the previous two months. Certainly the headline was a good one, as employers...

Is Fast Fashion Fizzling?
July 13, 2016

For a while there, it really did look like fast fashion was actually reshaping the fashion retail business, because if millennials want anything, it’s ever more options. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Retail
Millennials Are So Last Year: Study Says Retailers Need To Start Thinking About Gen Z
July 13, 2016

Move over millennials, there’s a new kid in town that is about to become nearer and dearer to retailers’ hearts: Gen Z. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Retail
Move Over Macy’s, Because Here Comes Amazon
July 13, 2016

There’s about to be a new sheriff in Retail Town. 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...

Risk Management
Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong
July 13, 2016

Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO, a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. In all seriousness, Pokémon GO is in danger of overtaking Twitter in daily active users, and some retailers have...

Risk Management
Retail’s Reverse Supply Chain Problem
July 13, 2016

It took a while for the average retailer to reach a level of competency dealing with online orders. That’s not to belittle the feat of turning an entire network of in-store inventory into shoppable links on a digital marketplace; rather, it’s a testament to how...

Merchant Innovation
Walmart Reinvents The Shopping Cart
July 13, 2016

Every retailer is in search of the next great innovation to their business models, but they always say that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to come up with something worthwhile. Well, Walmart is testing out whether it can reinvent a critical part of...