Retail

Instacart May Hire Out Some Delivery Services
April 14, 2015

Instacart has shifted its business model again. The on-demand grocery delivery company is now talking to other on-demand delivery companies to handle the task of actually getting groceries to customers, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

March 2015: The Good News? It’s Not All Bad News
April 13, 2015

Though March officially kicks off the beginning of spring here in the U.S. – it seemed physical retail was not quite ready to shrug off its winter hibernation this year. According to the latest year-to-year report from RetailNext, foot traffic at retailers is on the...

Net-a-Porter Brings Chanel “Digital Pop Up” eCommerce
April 13, 2015

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Apple Watch Preview Doesn’t Spark Crowds Abroad
April 13, 2015

Despite high demand, there were no long lines for the Apple Watch in the eight countries where it became available for preview on Friday (April 10). But thanks to online orders, deliveries — which officially begin on April 24 — have been pushed back to...

Hotel Management Company Becomes Repeat Breach Victim
April 13, 2015

A hotel management group has confirmed payment-card breaches in 10 of its hotels, just months before the affected point-of-sale (POS) systems were scheduled to be converted to tokenization — which might have blocked the breaches. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Carrier Billing Projected To Pull In $14B By 2019
April 10, 2015

Digital content paid for through carrier billing will generate more than $14 billion in revenue over the next five years, according to a new Juniper Research report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Mobile
Retail’s Mobile Beacon Tech Gets Ad Network Partner
April 10, 2015

Ad-tech company Freckle IoT is partnering with retail-beacon leader Blue Bite to create a 60,000-beacon network for mobile marketing — the biggest proximity network in North America, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Merchant Innovation
Millennials May Be Waste Of Retailers’ Time
April 10, 2015

Is all this catering to millennials a waste of retailers’ time? That’s what a new report from Forrester Research suggests. The problem? Millennials and other consumers under the age of 45 don’t have much money and don’t respond to conventional marketing, while older consumers have...

New Jersey Wants To Tax Bitcoin Transactions
April 09, 2015

In New Jersey, if you accept bitcoin as a retailer, you must collect sales tax — twice. That’s the word from the New Jersey Division of Taxation, which has issued a technical advisory memorandum spelling out the tax implications of cryptocurrency in the Garden State....