Retail

Storm Juno Came at a $35M Price for Online Retailers
February 02, 2015

Online retailers don’t even have brick-and-mortar stores, but Storm Juno still managed to blow their doors off. 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...

Walmart and Sears Get the Likes
February 02, 2015

The “likes” have it: Walmart and Sears were the most popular store sites on Facebook during the 2014 holiday season. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Channeling Retail’s Inner Data Scientists
February 02, 2015

The quickest way to describe the difference between cooking and baking is as follows – cooking is in art, but baking is all science. Chefs known for instinctively adjusting their recipes and never making the same meal twice run five star Michelin restaurants. Bakers known...

Bed Bath & Beyond Finds Its Money in the Latter
January 30, 2015

The big news in Bed Bath & Beyond’s Q3 report was not the earnings themselves but where they were coming from: online. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Mobile
Facebook Starts Testing NYC Beacons As A Way To Monetize Mobile
January 30, 2015

Facebook plans to test beacons in New York City as a way of connecting its mobile users to the Facebook pages of nearby shops and landmarks, the New York Times reported on Thursday (Jan. 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Global Consumer Confidence Ends 2014 With Slight Dip
January 29, 2015

Even though global consumer confidence has been on an upswing since late 2012, Nielsen reported on Jan. 28 that the global consumer index — the indicator that projects consumer spending — dipped slightly to 96 in Q4 of 2014 from the quarter prior, though this...

Unified Commerce the Goal for Retailers
January 29, 2015

Different retailers sell different products, but most appear to have one thing in common: the desire to implement a unified commerce platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

Mobile Commerce
Colu Gets $2.5M To Use The Blockchain For Everything
January 28, 2015

Colu, a startup that wants to put Bitcoin’s blockchain to work tracking other kinds of transactions, has raised $2.5 million to do just that, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Jan. 27). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

News
Lawmakers Are Optimistic About Finally Passing A Data Breach Law
January 28, 2015

Congressional lawmakers from both parties said they were optimistic that they can pass federal data-breach notification legislation after a hearing on Tuesday (Jam. 27), The Hill reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...