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YellowPepper Picks A Peck Of Payments In LatAm
May 18, 2016

Like many developing areas, Latin America holds promise for payments companies and the burgeoning movement to digital transactions in lieu of coins and paper bills. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Mobile Payments
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Android Pay In The UK
May 18, 2016

Android Pay is finally making the hop across the pond and opening for business for British users. To sweeten the offer, Google is launching with Android Pay Day at the end of the month with special promotions for English users, though the specific shape of that...

Target’s Digital Boost Doesn’t Prop In-Store Slump
May 18, 2016

Target’s first quarter earnings reported May 18 were a mixed bag. 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...

Retail
What Is The Resale Value Of An Unwanted Hotel Room?
May 18, 2016

Stop us if you’ve lived this one. You booked a hotel room, then had to cancel at the last minute.  Surprise, you are outside the cancellation window — and thus you are on the hook for the charge. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

eCommerce
Capsule Looks To Build An On-Demand Pharmacy
May 18, 2016

There is little worse in life than being sick — and most of the things that are worse usually involve being sick and doing something else. Being sick and going to work, being sick and driving someplace far, being sick and waiting in line. Get...

Retail
Is Amazon Gap Inc’s Solution Instead Of Its Problem?
May 18, 2016

Gap Inc got some attention this week for something other than its falling sales figures.  The ailing retailer’s CEO Arthur Peck managed some big retail ripples this week with the announcement that Gap is strongly considered joining the Amazon bandwagon to gets its clothes into...

Retail
TJX Earnings Continues To Defy Retail Gravity
May 18, 2016

Well, there is some joy in retail’s Mudville, as TJX, the long-running champion of off-price sales, posted yet another quarter of solid results. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Omnicommerce
B&M’s Inventory Issues Aren’t Going Away Online
May 18, 2016

Mishandling inventory has usually been brick-and-mortar retail’s forte. Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have...

Rise Of The Human Billboards
May 18, 2016

The news that the Philadelphia 76ers will be the first-ever team in major U.S. sports to feature advertising on its players’ jerseys has a lot of fans up in arms. But, with the likelihood increasing that other teams and leagues will follow suit, is it...