e-Commeerce startup PayStand announced that it has raised $1 million in seed funding opened up its service to any entrepreneur looking to sell his or her goods from a PC or mobile browser. “Our goal is to drive adoption of no cost and low cost...
New Toys ‘R’ Us Strategy Looks To Wow Parents, Not Kids News, Retail What’s Hot, Toys ‘R’ Us turnaround strategy, TRU Transformation Toy store Toys ‘R’ Us, which lost $1 billion last year, reportedly is going through changes, focusing its turnaround strategy less on impressing...
Sure, security is on everyone’s mind these days, as no one wants to be the next poster child for data breaches. But other fundamental issues and market changes also are affecting the industry as well, and it’s important not to focus on one issue to...
Direct sales innovator Thatcher Technology Group has chosen ROAM’s mobile commerce platform as the basis for its new mPos product for direct selling. The partnership will allow Thatcher’s client base to easily and securely accept credit or debit purchases. The access to ROAM’s capabilities will...
Fast-growing New Zealand start-up Vend has raised $25 million in investment funding and is eyeing international expansion. Vend offers consumers an HTML POS that promises to work on any platform or device, whether or not they are connected to the internet. “2014 is going to...
Point-of-sale (POS) integration platform eThor provides software that creates a two-way communication between local merchants’ POS systems and user devices. In a recent podcast interview, eThor Founder and CEO Gary Ziegler told Karen Webster, CEO of Market Platform Dynamics, that the company has also built...
New Zealand’s Westpac says is working on a new banking app for Google Glass. The app will allow users to check their account balance while on the go and without the need to actually log into the bank’s online system, Finextra reported on Feb. 3. “By the...
Target acknowledged this week that the holiday season point-of-sale malware attack continue for longer than previous admitted. Target CFO John Mulligan’s included the revelation in his testimony for an appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He wrote that 25 POS machines were discovered to be...
The malware used to infiltrate the point-of-sale systems at Target, Neiman Marcus and other retailers appears to have been custom built for each job. Investigators have determined the malware attacks are slightly different from retailer to retailer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Feb. 5. William Noonan,...
