CurrentC made a lot of headlines this week, but not because they meant to. The PR backlash as a result of the decision on the part of CVS and Rite Aid to disable NFC, and therefore Apple Pay, caused the mainstream media and social media...
The in-store analytics space has consolidated a bit, with Brickstream purchasing Nomi in an all-equity no-cash deal. Nomi co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer Wesley Barrow said the entire Nomi team will be staying with the combined firm post-acquisition, reported TechCrunch. The resultant operation will 110...
Taco Bell and Outback Steakhouse are shifting their businesses to deal with the new smartphone reality. Taco Bell on Tuesday (Oct. 28), for example, rolled out its version of the mobile app to allow customers to order ahead and place a food order for pickup....
Surveys are predicting more shoppers in the malls this holiday season and a 4.1 percent rise in holiday spending. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, once again, such surveys don’t predict margin and if those shoppers gravitate only to the lowest margined...
High-end fashion retailer Neiman Marcus is rolling out a new feature in its mobile app that won’t just let customers search for products they like, but lets them buy the products seconds after they see an item on the street, according to Internet Retailer. The...
U.S. e-commerce sales are on track to beat last year’s numbers by $61.4 billion — a figure that eMarketer reported will continually increase as mobile commerce draws in a larger e-commerce audience. E-commerce in 2014 is projected to reach $305.7 billion, a 15.7 percent increase from last...
The U.S. Postal Service is already delivering groceries for Amazon in San Francisco, and has now received an OK to extend the experiment for two years, Internet Retailer reported. According to a USPS proposal, which was approved on Thursday (Oct. 23) by the Postal Regulatory...
After accepting Apple Pay at all of its stores on the Apple Pay launch day on Monday (Oct. 20), the $26 billion 4,600-store Rite Aid pharmacy chain apparently changed its mind and yanked support from those stores Wednesday (Oct. 22), with no official explanation, according...
Talking revenue or net income in the billions isn’t something shocking for Apple, but hitting that billionth mark for sales of its iOS devices is, which apple is expected to do this quarter, according to a Seeking Alpha report released Wednesday (Oct. 22). During Monday’s...
