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International
Snapdeal Follows Amazon Logistics Investment Route
December 29, 2015

According to a cofounder of India’s largest online marketplace, Snapdeal, the company will invest heavily into logistics and technology in order to compete with Amazon’s Indian unit and Flipkart. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Innovation The mPOS Way
December 29, 2015

Understanding what it takes to be an innovator can only be done one way: by talking with leaders of companies whose sole focus is to set the pace for their industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Mobile Commerce
PayPal’s Mobile Charity Donations Jump 28 Percent
December 29, 2015

PayPal has found that the gift that keeps on giving — that is, charity — has been growing across mobile, to the tune of double digit percentage gains in the most recent data compiled through the holiday season. In a press release from the company...

A Look Back At Omnichannel
December 29, 2015

This has been quite a year for omnicommerce and the merchant’s quest to deliver it. It’s a journey ripe with challenges. But as the PYMNTS OmniReadi IndexTM powered by Vantiv reflects, for those willing to meet the new demands and expectations of their omnishoppers, the...

News
Why The CFPB Thinks Arbitration Is Bad
December 29, 2015

There are few issues in the world that are quietly controversial, as muteness is not, generally speaking, a feature of conflict, particularly when the disputes are about money and consumer rights. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Wire Transfer Phishing Scams See Year-End Surge
December 28, 2015

The end of 2015 brings one trend that won’t make any business feel better as the year wraps up: an increase in wire transfer scams being perpetrated by cybercriminals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Controversial
Delivery Delays Claim Christmas Casualties
December 28, 2015

Just about every retailer entered the 2015 holiday shopping season beating their chests with increasingly ambitious shipping options for hard-to-please consumers. This year may go down as one where shoppers finally developed an expectation for same-day and express delivery, and such a dramatic change didn’t...

The Naughty And Nice Of Holiday Return Policies
December 28, 2015

Right after the Christmas season comes, of course, the season of returns. With unwanted items accounting for as much as 15 percent of all holiday sales, retailers are now in the midst of handling those comebacks, employing varying degrees of difficulty for consumers.

The Magic of Recommerce
December 28, 2015

While for the majority of merchants the holiday season is winding down — for a certain select group, things are just getting warmed up. This is the case for retailers like Michael Ringelsten, the owner of Shorewood Liquidators. Get the Full Story Complete the form...