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AdWords’ Retail Friendly Update
March 30, 2016

Google’s AdWords is getting its first major facelift in the 15 years it has been on the market. Going forward, the online advertising platform offered by the world’s most successful search firm will be designed to help retailers (and the marketers they employ) to deliver...

California Dreamin’ (Of A Higher Minimum Wage)
March 30, 2016

California’s landmark proposed legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour stands to affect the retail industry in a major way, perhaps even nationally, but not all are in agreement as to whether it will be positive or negative. Will the benefit...

ShopApp Automates Retail App Publishing
March 30, 2016

ECommerce platform Ecwid‘s new offering is aiming to make publishing a native mobile app a snap for retailers. 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...

Retailers See Most Facebook Likes – But Not By Much
March 30, 2016

While it’s just become a fad in the last few years for retailers to actually start selling their wares on social media, just having a Facebook page has been a necessity of online merchants for many years more. In fact, it might be more important...

Loyalty & Rewards
Restoration Hardware Goes Members Only For Discounts
March 30, 2016

It’s sometimes hard to imagine, but not too long ago air travel was considered a luxury experience, no matter the location of a seat on the plane. One by one, however, the amenities that made taking the friendly skies friendly started to vanish — drinks...

Why Are Half Of Millennials Still Using Print Coupons?
March 30, 2016

First, video killed the radio star. Then, CDs, MP3s and the iPod caused the death of their predecessors. From the 1990s to the mid-2000s, it seemed like the future of music was directly headed for increasingly smaller players in increasingly intangible formats. But just when the last...

Merchant Innovation
Rent the Runway CEO Says Unlimited Fashion Is In
March 30, 2016

If there’s a single trend that’s dominated fashion over the last few years — outside of whatever they’re putting out in Milan these days — it’s fast fashion eating the lunch of traditional brands. However, what if an even more transient apparel experience could replace...

SoundCloud Enters The Subscription Arena
March 30, 2016

Does SoundCloud want to be more like Spotify or more like Apple Music? 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...

Security & Fraud
Convenience Trumps Security for Consumers
March 30, 2016

EMV makes it harder for a person in a store to fake their identity via a counterfeit card. Online, it’s starting to look like the Wild West. In The March edition of the PYMNTS Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Socure, we talk to TransUnion’s Rurik...