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Mobile Commerce
Should Retailers Require Mobile Shoppers To Log In?
April 20, 2016

The seamless path to purchase has become the new Holy Grail of mobile commerce. In many ways, this has become a race to see who can bend over backwards the furthest to meet consumers on the level that they seem most comfortable buying at. Get...

Hyundai Teaming With Cisco On Connected Cars
April 20, 2016

You can’t have “connected commerce” without “connections,” so Hyundai has made one of the latter to facilitate the former. 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...

Casper’s Big Plans For Sleep-Related eCommerce
April 20, 2016

What would Amazon look like if it only sold items related to sleep? 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....

Merchant Innovation
Munchery’s Monthly Membership Aimed At New Eaters
April 20, 2016

As on-demand delivery companies attempt to navigate the murky waters of turning a profit, more and more are turning to a solution that consumers have found hard to swallow: monthly membership fees. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

How Alexa Found Her Voice
April 20, 2016

Amazon’s path to creating the Echo was not an easy one, as a recent story explains in detail. But from a troubled journey emerged a widely successful consumer product — one whose capabilities continue to expand thanks to tech innovators that are contributing to Alexa’s...

Investments
Investments Pick Up And Rinse Bags $6M To Wash Away The On-Demand Blues
April 20, 2016

A year can make a big difference to how the world sees a business model. 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,...

Security & Fraud
The Half-A-Trillion Dollar Global Counterfeit Goods Market
April 20, 2016

There is an old adage: anything that can be made, can be faked. According to new data from OECD and the EU’s Intellectual Property Office, those fakes are quite a lucrative industry for the enterprising counterfeiter, with a total annual value of nearly half a trillion...

Pinterest’s Valuation-Justifying Reinvention
April 20, 2016

In about a week Pinterest will show the world the overhaul it has been brewing up.  The work of over three-dozen designers, the new iOS Pinterest is reportedly a ground-up redesign forged during late nights and weekend work sessions with one goal in mind: make...

B2B Payments
Where Commercial Cards Are Just A Means To An End
April 20, 2016

Developers of accounts receivable technology have a lot on their plates these days. Not only do they have to keep up with the in-house tools that suppliers want to manage their AR departments, but firms must also keep an eye on the broader payments industry...