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Merchant Innovation
Amazon Ramps Up Local Services Offering
July 23, 2015

The eCommerce company’s on-demand services marketplace, Amazon Home Services, has expanded its number of providers and services offered in 15 new metropolitan areas.

Darktrace’s VC Funding Pushes Value To $100M
July 23, 2015

Darktrace, the cybersecurity firm that counts as one of its key financial supporters the former head of Autonomy, Mike Lynch, has raised $22.5 million from Summit Partners, a venture capital firm. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Nordstrom’s Trunk Club Launches Service For Women
July 23, 2015

Trunk Club, a personal styling service owned by Nordstrom, is expanding its reach by offering fashion guidance to women.

It Took Amazon 17 Years To Pocket What Walmart Earns Every Seven Weeks
July 23, 2015

About 17 years ago, an analyst named Henry Blodget estimated Amazon’s stock price would soon be at or over $400. Since that prediction was made in 1998 and a year and a half later Amazon and the rest of the emerging eCommerce market were fighting to...

Treating Cybercrime Like A Disease
July 23, 2015

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Inside Pricing’s Black Box
July 23, 2015

One guy in a garage with a PC and a great idea isn’t all that novel anymore. Nearly 10,000 retailers later using his platform to predict inventory and dynamically generate new pricing so that sales (and profits) can be made – is pretty novel. Stitch...

Company Spotlight
MasterCard Keeps Its Promise To Developers
July 23, 2015

MasterCard put its heart on its sleeve (or online) last week when it made a formal declaration expressing its commitment to developers. Why now, and what have the results been? Sebastien Taveau, Chief Developer Evangelist, Open API Initiative at MasterCard, shares all with MPD CEO...

Taking Real (Local) Action In X-Border Commerce
July 23, 2015

The not-so-secret secret to success in cross-border commerce is to focus on local needs. But that’s just a concept; how can merchants truly make it a strategy? Larry Illg, CEO of PayU, shared his thoughts on turning a theory into a reality with MPD CEO...

B2B Payments
PayPal Puts The Merchant Voice In Invoicing
July 22, 2015

Dan Leberman, PayPal’s General Manager of Small and Medium Sized Businesses for North America, spoke with PYMNTS in an interview in advance of today’s announcement of PayPal's new invoicing platform for small businesses.