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Target’s Breach Settlement Consumer Website Launches
May 12, 2015

The massive Target breach that hit the company at the end of 2013 has made its share of headlines. And rightfully so, since 40 million payment cards and personal details for 70 million customers were impacted. But Target has recently announced how it plans to settle...

Bitcoin For President? Paul Taps Overstock CEO For Tech Team
May 12, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul has ran his campaign on two platforms: liberty and technology. And he’s even incorporated the digital currency favored by some of his tech-savvy constituents: bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Digital Dressing Rooms Reshaping Retail
May 12, 2015

While retailers are working to change up their eCommerce sites and shift their storefronts to keep consumers interested in stepping foot through their doors, there’s one area of retail that’s being influenced by technology that’s not quite as obvious when consumers step foot into the...

April’s Retail Sales And Foot Traffic Sink Again
May 12, 2015

For retailers that were hoping the sales and foot traffic that dipped in March would spring forward in April, they were likely disappointed as RetailNext’s April Retail Performance Pulse report indicated that those metrics took another plunge last month. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Facebook Challenges eBay For Secondhand Goods Supremacy
May 12, 2015

Tough times may be ahead for online marketplace eBay, as Facebook is currently testing out a new news feed option that shows a unified view of items on sale across user groups. It also adds a search function so that Facebookers can look for goods across...

Fidelity Considering Blue Apron Bet
May 12, 2015

Mutual fund giant Fidelity is in talks with Blue Apron about the possibility of a buy-in during the startup’s current funding round. The meal-kit delivery service is trying to raise $100 million during this round – on a valuation of around $2 billion, according to The...

Counterfeit Goods Eating Etsy’s Stock Price
May 12, 2015

Investors were dropping Etsy stock like it was hot yesterday (May 11) afternoon following analysts’ warnings that as many as 2 million goods for sale on the arts and crafts marketplace are either fakes or violating trademarking laws. If that figure is correct, it would represent...

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Oberthur Launches Luxury Smart Card Line
May 12, 2015

Digital security leader Oberthur Technologies announced the launch of Smart Premiere, a line of luxury payment cards geared toward affluent customers, in a press release issued Monday (May 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Whole Foods’ Millennial Strategy
May 12, 2015

Whole Foods has tried to stay ahead of the bricks-and-mortar curve. 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 completing...