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Amazon’s Latest Delivery Ploy: Same-Day “Treasure”
June 26, 2015

The eCommerce retailer is stepping, or rather driving, in a new direction with the launch of its Treasure Truck service, which will bring customers a unique and mobile way to shop from Amazon.com. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Facebook Is Making It Easy To Give Out Your Number (Or Email Address)
June 26, 2015

Retailers love to capture consumer email addresses and phone numbers, but on mobile it is sort of an irritant to type either out in full. Facebook may have solved their problem with a new feature called newsfeed ads. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Airbnb Eyeing $24B Valuation As It Closes Off A $1.5B Funding Round
June 26, 2015

Airbnb is heading toward a valuation boost all the way to $24 billion as it closes in on finishing a massive round of fundraising that will add $1.5 billion to the company’s coffers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Netflix Goes Pay As You Watch…In The UK
June 26, 2015

Netflix UK has just changed who can binge watch – and how they’ll pay – with the release of the prepaid Netflix card. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Here A Token, There a Token…
June 26, 2015

It’s a tokenization world and merchants are just living in it. TokenEx CEO Alex Pezold says that’s sort of a problem – since, above all, merchants don’t want a solution that locks them in to a player or set of technologies that don’t meet their...

Curbside Drops $25M In New Funding Into Its Cart
June 25, 2015

Curbside, the Bay Area-based startup with a mobile app to allow shoppers to pick up items from retailers, announced today (June 25) that it’s secured $25 million in Series B funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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BaubleBar On The Prowl For Physical Retail Space
June 25, 2015

Four years ago, BaubleBar set up shop online to bring the wonders of inexpensive and trendy jewelry to the greater masses.   Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Smart Products Study: Changing Consumers’ Lives, But Retailers Wary
June 25, 2015

The evolution — or some would say revolution — toward smart products will offer consumers new experiences, but some businesses face disruption with no sure game plan on how to respond to that disruption. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

eCommerce Is Going To The Dogs
June 25, 2015

On a bad day, many parents have mentally wished Disney out of existence. There’s only so many times a reasonable adult can be forced to listen to the soundtrack from the movie “Frozen” before he or she wants to punch the next person in a...