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Is Amazon Buying A High-End Fashion E-Tailer?
March 27, 2015

Amazon is in “ongoing talks” to buy high-fashion online retailer Net-a-Porter for as much as $2.2 billion, Women’s Wear Daily reported on Thursday (March 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

House Committee Says Yes To Data Breach Bill
March 27, 2015

Federal legislation to require reporting of a data breach within 30 days has passed its first milestone on the way to becoming law, but not everyone is happy with the details, The Hill reported on Thursday (March 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form...

US Retailers Falling Short On Omnichannel
March 26, 2015

Whatever U.S. retailers are doing to integrate mobile, online and in-store shopping…it’s not really working. 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 newsletter,...

Retail’s Cybersecurity Center Adopts Intel-Sharing Portal
March 26, 2015

A retailers’ group formed to share cyberattack and threat information has launched a portal to speed up its ability to spread that information in the face of rapidly escalating attacks on payments and other retail data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Mobile Commerce
Retail Chat Next For Facebook Messenger
March 26, 2015

Barely a week after adding person-to-person payments to Facebook Messenger, Facebook said it is adding the ability for users to chat with businesses on the social network’s mobile app. The company announced the upcoming capability at its F8 developers’ conference on Wednesday (March 25) in...

UPS Helps Gone! Online Marketplace Go National
March 25, 2015

Gone!, a six-month-old platform for selling used goods, has cut a deal with UPS that has let it expand nationally, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (March 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Opentabs Taps PayPal For Mobile Ordering
March 25, 2015

German mobile-ordering and payment app Opentabs has added PayPal to its options for restaurant and bar payment, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

What’s In A Name? The Omnichannel Debate
March 23, 2015

What do you get when you bring eight payments, retail and commerce executives together to debate whether omnichannel is the future of retail? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Mobile Commerce
Mobile Accounts For Third Of Online Orders
March 23, 2015

Smartphones now account for 34 percent of digital commerce shopping traffic and 16 percent of all orders, according to a report by online-commerce technology vendor Demandware. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...