Retail

How To Make Discounting A Game Retailers Can Win
April 20, 2015

These days one can almost feel bad for the people who work hard to bring you television commercials each night. It is reportedly intensive, expensive, highly creative and very demanding work – which must make the ever declining number of eyeballs those commercials attract extremely...

International
Alibaba Cuts GM Deal To Finance Cars And Target Buyers
April 20, 2015

Alibaba will be selling and offering financing for General Motors cars through its eCommerce sites, and using its data-crunching capabilities to target Chinese buyers for GM, Reuters reported on Friday (April 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

News
Retail Breaches Now Cause 59 Percent Of ID Exposures
April 20, 2015

The year 2014 saw far-reaching vulnerabilities, faster attacks when those security holes became public, files held for ransom and far more malware than ever before — and retailers were among the hardest hit, according to Symantec’s “2015 Internet Security Threat Report.” Get the Full Story...

Controversial
The Many Ways Apple Could Spend All That Cash
April 18, 2015

Most people at some point in their life dream about what they would do if they were suddenly super rich. We think of all the nice things we would buy, the good we might do and the various wonders we might work if we suddenly...

Boomerang Commerce Tests Retail Pricing Strategy
April 17, 2015

Want to test pricing options for your retail business? Boomerang Commerce has a platform for that. 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 daily...

Jack Dorsey Says Square Just “Wants To Make Commerce Easier”
April 17, 2015

Mel Brooks famously observed that it is good to be the king, but while few of us will ever intentionally pass up a turn in the throne, there are downsides to the crown. When the going gets tough, the king is the person most at risk of...

Amazon’s $20-Cheaper NYC Grocery Run
April 17, 2015

How aggressive is Amazon’s pricing in its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery business? Aggressive enough that it beat Instacart, Peapod and Fresh Direct by more than $20 for a 30-item order in New York City in a Nomura Securities test, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (April...

Mobile
Fashion Shopping App Spring Snags $25M
April 17, 2015

Mobile fashion shopping platform Spring has closed a $25 million investment and — after eight months iOS-only — launched an Android version of its app, Fortune reported on Thursday (April 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Breach Bill Still Too Weak, Consumer Groups Say
April 17, 2015

With the Data Security and Breach Notification Act headed to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for a full vote, some digital rights and privacy groups say the bill should be at least as strong as the state breach-notification laws it will replace...