Looks like BeBe Stores—with about 200 stores in the U.S.—may be the next cyberthief retail chain victim, according to a report from Krebs On Security. BeBe is the common point of purchase behind fraudulent charges being reported by various banks and BeBe is also related...
The lines at Starbucks in Portland may look a little different these days. At least if the company’s Mobile Order & Pay catches on like the company anticipates. The new feature made its Portland debut this week (Dec. 3), setting the stage for Starbucks’ national rollout...
Staples announced Thursday (Dec. 4) the launch of its new online platform that will better connect suppliers and customers. Staples Exchange is an option that enables vendors to sell its products directly through the company’s e-Commerce channels, according to a company news release. Because Staples...
Amazon has released its own line of two particular products that may have some of its sellers crying foul: diapers and baby wipes. As a recode.net article points out, anti-Amazoners have said it would only be a matter of time before the e-Commerce company used...
U.K. online shoppers have returned almost a third of the things they bought on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to parcel-return service CollectPlus. Fortunately, that 31 percent return rate should represent the peak of buyer’s remorse in the U.K. this holiday season — except...
The economy may be getting better, but affordable broadline retailers like JC Penney, Burlington Stores and Ross Stores won’t see much benefit from it — and the biggest reason is the shift to ecommerce, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Stephen Grambling. In a research report...
Beacons have become pervasive as the holiday selling season arrives — and that’s mostly because the numbers show they’re working, the Associated Press reported on Thursday (Dec. 4). Between July and September, 30 percent of shoppers who received a “push” ad from an in-store beacon...
Most shoppers with mobile devices prefer to look up information on their phones or tablets while shopping instead of talking to store employees, according to a new survey by the Consumer Electronics Association. In the survey of mobile shoppers, 58 percent said they’d choose mobile...
Mobile payments platform Braintree is now rolling out its One Touch payment service outside the U.S., adding Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the U.K., Mobile Payments Insider reported. Braintree, which is owned by eBay, launched its single-touch payment system on...
