The “year of mobile” in commerce and payments has been coming/happening/about to ignite for as long as PYMNTS has been in virtual print. And while it would be ridiculous to say that mobile commerce has not made significant progress in the last half decade, it...
It seems team Amazon has decided to offer Pinterest some of the sincerest form of flattery, since its new service Stream builds on the “pin it” experience to offer Web shoppers an infinitude of products to browse. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Amazon, in its ongoing campaign to sell everyone everything, is getting ready to launch a slew of private label brands which will include foodstuffs such as milk, cereal, and baby food, as well as household cleaners, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. Amazon...
Shoptiques.com is Yelp’s latest addition to its growing family of partners. With this partnership, Yelp is increasing its inventory of local boutiques such as Olive & Bette’s in New York or y&i Clothing Boutique in San Francisco. According to Yelp’s blog, Shoptiques.com is Yelp’s first...
To everyone’s surprise, sales in the U.K. have boomed in May and are expected to hit their highest level in more than 26 years in June, according to Reuters. Retailers’ overall assessment of the business situation improved to +20, the highest since last August and up...
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Shopify – a Canadian firm that helps retailers move their goods more efficiently online – announced yesterday (May 20) that it priced its initial public offering at $17 a share. That is above the top end of a price range that investor demand had already...
Tugboat Yards – a startup that helps content creators connect with their fans for financial support – has been acquired by Facebook, who will soon be shutting the whole thing down. Tugboat allows publishers (and other online content controllers) to tap into their fan base by...
On the whole – payments and eCommerce is a fairly serious place, which is reasonable given the very serious sums of money at stake. However, when it comes to connecting with consumers, sometimes a light touch is what is called for – especially if one’s...
