Retail

Study: Most People Find ‘Ethical Consumers’ Obnoxious
January 18, 2016

Consumers tend to be irritated by their ethically minded peers, particularly if they’re not as dedicated when it comes to their own buying habits. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Amazon’s Echo Will Now Read Your Books To You
January 18, 2016

While Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo may have caught consumers off-guard when it was first released last year, the retailer has been hard at work adding features to the device to make it more appealing to the least tech-savvy Prime members out there. Get the Full Story...

Can’t Baby Boomers And Millennials Get Along (To Benefit Retail)?
January 18, 2016

With so much potential profit to be had from Millennials, why should retailers even bother focusing on Baby Boomers? Because, as new research shows, the older group is not so different from the younger — in terms of shopping and buying behavior— than one might...

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Nest Malfunctions, Causes Outbreak Of Chilly Rage In Consumers
January 18, 2016

As more and more consumer electronics rely on Big Data to compile and analyze the information they need, ensuring those processes go smoothly as often as possible will become a goal of paramount importance for safety and security in the Internet of Things. Get the...

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Did Adele Disrupt The Music Industry’s Entire Holiday Retail Season?
January 18, 2016

The Beatles may have claimed to be bigger than Jesus, but only Adele can say she was bigger than Santa. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Are Used Car Startups A Threat To eBay Motors?
January 18, 2016

Cars have historically been a hard sell on the Internet, which is why for the last decade or so eBay Motors has had the lane to themselves, so to speak, when it comes to buying and selling used cars online. Get the Full Story Complete...

Retail Sales Dip To Record Six-Year Low
January 18, 2016

New figures from the U.S. Commerce Department show that the retail industry last year experienced its worst sales since 2009. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Diebold Rolls Out Contactless Retail Checkout
January 18, 2016

As the NRF is rocking and rolling in NYC this week, Diebold — a firm best known for its work in ATMs — will be bringing forward a new idea for retail checkouts that just might be the literal end of the line for the traditional POS....

Moltin Bags $2M For Emerging eCommerce Platform
January 15, 2016

A few short years ago, the predominant theory in the emerging eCommerce space was for big brands to dig out their own space on the market using proprietary software and applications. Now, the trend has shifted much more in favor of using pre-built APIs to...