Offering financing to consumers can be a tremendous marketing and customer retention tool for retailers that do it right. The trick, Bread Finance CTO and Co-founder Daniel Simon told PYMNTS in a recent conversation, is doing it right to ensure that consumers know about financing — and whether they can...
It’s the big stage for retailers, the holiday shopping season – when all the consumer world is watching (and, merchants and payments providers hope, buying more than they did last year). Successes bring profit, bonuses and gilded reputations. Failures — well, they bring social media...
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker, is now operating in the U.K. market, launching its Mi 8 Pro handset in the country on Thursday (Nov. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
In a bid to increase loyalty, merchants are driving innovations in their stores. To that end, some brick-and-mortar retailers have begun to offer rewards programs for the very first time to bring shoppers through their doors. The idea? Retailers are taking new approaches to the...
In the dot-com era of the 1990s, Priceline came onto the scene with a revolutionary idea for travel: Travelers could use a “name your own price” feature to bid for airline tickets, before the company ended the feature when it became too difficult for consumers...
Airlines are not quite the inventors of the points-based loyalty model, but they do perhaps deserve credit, historically speaking, for perfecting the art form. Points are undeniably a popular selling point for consumers, some of whom will literally go to great lengths to travel on their...
To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. With the launch, the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets, Chain Store Age reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
To attract shoppers on Thanksgiving day, Walmart plans to have in-store events on November 22. The retailer plans to offer complimentary cookies and coffee as it offers Black Friday promotions in-store that day and online the night before, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete...
Grocery group Ahold Delhaize is set to launch automated warehouses to speed up completion of orders and slash delivery times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
