Alibaba’s Singles’ Day has a lot of hype to live up to after shattering the single-day online sales record last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Christmas is usually known for a general effusion of cheer and goodwill throughout communities – at least that’s how things are supposed to run. Instead, the holiday shopping season can get some consumers so riled up that things like lining up days in advance for...
The PYMNTS team caught up with experts in the payments field to ask them their views on industry trends, predictions for the coming year and what their ideal payments system looks like. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Few retail tech advances have come with the aura that surrounds beacons and location-based marketing. However, just because pundits believe a technology will take off doesn’t mean retailers feel the same way. Are merchants adopting beacons? Are they using them in innovative and unexpected ways?...
With the holiday shopping season all but upon us, do independent retailers have a leg up in the area of on-demand services? Here’s how offerings like Uber Rush, Amazon On Demand and Etsy ASAP might be changing the game this holiday season.
When 2015 comes to a close, Chinese cybercriminals will be saddened to learn that they have once again come in second place in the race to see who or what can break the Internet the maximum number of times in a single year. For yet...
Life was famously compared to a box of chocolates 21 years ago on the grounds that one “never knows what they’re gonna get.” Which, as it turns out, is almost a perfectly good metaphor for the payments and commerce ecosystem, though perhaps with a minor caveat. ...
The PYMNTS team caught up with experts in the payments field to ask them their views on industry trends, predictions for the coming year and what their ideal payments system looks like. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
On the surface, there seems to be no reason why shoppers wouldn’t want to sign up for rewards programs. Many consumers love the rush of scoring a deal, but more often than not, the promise of program-based rewards and discounted prices hasn’t been the irresistible...
