Small businesses say that company websites are still their most effective marketing tool, but social media is gaining ground, according to a new study by Thrive Analytics. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Personalized omnichannel shopping is no longer just for big retailers. The 97-store Lowes Foods supermarket chain is about to begin testing a customer engagement platform that will give click-and-collect shoppers a personalized homepage on the grocer’s website, complete with personalized recommendations. Get the Full Story...
Despite wintry weather, U.S. consumer borrowing in February blew past economists’ expectations with an increase of $15.5 billion, thanks to a big jump in non-credit-card loans, according to a monthly report from the Federal Reserve released on Tuesday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its sales channels in India beyond Flipkart to include Snapdeal and Amazon India, along with Indian brick-and-mortar retailers for the first time, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Bank-owned fraud prevention provider Early Warning will acquire mobile authentication vendor Authentify, the companies announced on Tuesday (April 7). 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...
An eCommerce executive will plead guilty and pay a $20,000 fine in the U.S. Justice Department’s first prosecution for online price fixing, the department announced on Monday (April 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Square is stepping outside of its own box and into marketing. 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...
Last year, Britain combined the G-Cloud and Digital Services programs to form the Digital Marketplace. The goal was to create a clearer, simpler and faster market for the public sector to buy—and SMEs to sell—digital products and services. At the end of its first year,...
Establishing a credit history can be an unexpectedly tricky thing – to get a loan consumers need to demonstrate a past history of managing with debt well. To manage debt well, entities need to extend loans to consumers. Since the inception of credit, the above...
