In the space of a few short years, eCommerce has ushered in a Wild West-like atmosphere when it comes to attracting new customers. Online retailers have employed everything from rewards programs to dynamic pricing to siphon consumers away from their digital competitors, but is this...
While many retailers mistakenly believe that a successful eCommerce strategy simply mimics what works in a brick-and-mortar store, there are just some places where the two experiences don’t match up. For example, while beacons are helping in-store marketing campaigns close the gap, eCommerce usually has...
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Three days since the launch, Apple has broken yet another record with more than 13 million iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus sales in 12 markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Alibaba and Ant Financial — the eCommerce firm’s financial services affiliate — have moved to make a second big buy into Paytm, an India-based mobile payments and eCommerce firm. This follows an undisclosed investment by Alibaba and Ant in Paytm earlier this year — funding...
With more major retailers announcing same-day delivery programs every month, it seems clear that the modern consumer doesn’t need the traditional mall any more. While rows and rows of shops and kiosks might have appealed to their parents, younger consumers just aren’t enamored with retail...
Contactless payments is supposed to make the consumer path to purchase seamless. The only problem is: Can that be done with clunky phones as the device everything pivots around? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
MPD CEO Karen Webster says that everything that you’ve heard over the last several years about how successful mobile payments are at the physical point of sale is wrong. Starting with how it’s taken off like a rocket ship in Europe and how the U.S....
Apple is used to landmark product launches, but September was a singular month for the tech giant. In the space of nine days, Apple released both iOS 9 on Sept. 16 and the new iPhone 6s today (Sept. 25.). Even though customers will be clambering...