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Retail
Why Best Buy’s Betting On Customer Service
May 26, 2016

Retail chain Best Buy is betting big on customer service to keep its stores busy and beat competition from the likes of Amazon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Regulation
Alibaba’s SEC Troubles
May 26, 2016

Alibaba is finding itself in hot water over an SEC inquiry regarding its accounting practices. 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,...

Retail
Whole Foods 365 Expands To Los Angeles
May 26, 2016

Whole Foods has expanded its 365 concept to Los Angeles with a new opening in the Silver Lake neighborhood. 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...

Risk Management
Chapter 11 Watch: Sports Authority Sends Shockwaves, Gap Pulls Back
May 26, 2016

When a retailer goes under, it’s usually a problem for that company and its investors alone. A mom and pop shop putting a “Going Out Of Business” sign on its front door might send ripples down Main Street, but mom and pop shops and their...

Merchant Innovation
Why In-Home Commerce Is B&M Retail’s Big New Fight
May 26, 2016

Brick-and-mortar versus online. 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 to receive marketing communications...

Merchant Innovation
Neiman Marcus Will Charge Your Phone While You Shop
May 26, 2016

Watching a smartphone battery drain to nothing will, one day, be properly diagnosed as a traumatic experience. For now, though, Neiman Marcus is doing what it can to keep that from happening and from causing consumers to cut their shopping sprees short. Get the Full Story...

Security & Fraud
Walmart Card Skimmer Targets Card-Swiping Consumers
May 26, 2016

The transition to EMV was supposed to all but eliminate the danger of credit card fraud, but incomplete changeover, both in chip cards and compatible payments terminals, leaves plenty of room for the less scrupulous among us to take advantage and credit card numbers in...

Regulation
TCH’s New Framework For Regulators
May 26, 2016

The Clearing House (TCH) and the International Swaps and Derivative Association (ISDA) said on Wednesday (May 25) that they have jointly issued a whitepaper that helps guide regulators as they hammer out a new framework for central counterparties (CCP). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Security & Fraud
The FDIC Is In Hot Water Over Cybersecurity
May 26, 2016

House lawmakers aren’t letting up on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) when it comes to how the banking regulator handled notifications following a slew of recent data breaches. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...