Retail

Subscription-Based Birchbox Expands Physical Beauty Offerings
July 16, 2015

Beauty box sample provider Birchbox, which gives consumers access to new products through its monthly offerings via mail, announced plans to grow its brick-and-mortar presence by opening two more store locations in 2016, TechCrunch reported yesterday (July 15). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Etsy Transparency Report Shows 168K Account Shutdowns
July 16, 2015

One thing is clear from the results of the online handmade marketplace’s transparency report, which was published Tuesday (July 14), Etsy takes its company values, responsibility to members and legal obligations very seriously. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

eBay Announces $925M Enterprise Unit Sale
July 16, 2015

With the big spin-off happening on Monday, it is easy to forget about eBay’s Enterprise unit. Private equity hasn’t forgotten though, and during its earnings call today, eBay announced that it has officially found a buyer for the struggling unit. Get the Full Story Complete...

Survival Of Retail’s Fittest (And Faster) Payments Network
July 16, 2015

Did Darwin predict a network infrastructure built on faster payments? Not precisely, but Phil Heasley, President and CEO of ACI Worldwide, has applied that naturalist’s work, mixed in 40 years of payments experience and a great understanding of what retailers want and need from payments,...

Apple’s Share Of Smartphone Profits? 92 Percent!
July 13, 2015

Of the nearly thousand or so smartphone makers in the world, one of them is racking up 92 percent of profits, leaving the remain 999 to fight over that 8 percent sliver. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

PayPal Is Happy, Monitise Is Sad And Consumers Are Indifferent
July 13, 2015

Between the Greek government’s reenactment of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” by threatening loudly to breakup with the euro (and realizing no one really cares), the Chinese government potentially threatening to breakup with the free market and Reddit breaking up with interim CEO Ellen Pao, you...

In Depth
Is Cognitive Biometrics A Retailer’s Best Friend?
July 13, 2015

The problem with security of all kinds is best typified by an experience anyone reading this can relate to — going through the security lines at the airport. After September 11, there are exactly zero adults in the United States who do not understand the...

The Incredible Shrinking PC Sales
July 10, 2015

The hits just keep on coming when it comes to PC sales — and not in a good way. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

Target Launches New Store Format
July 10, 2015

Target wants to make your home smarter — and it’s opened a store just for that purpose. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...