Ex-Apple exec Ron Johnson unveiled his vision for the transformation of JC Penney and retail last week in Dallas which included, among other things, checkout via mobile in an effort to both reduce costs and improve customer service. Initial enthusiasm turned to “meh” as analysts,...
I have a confession. I like to study vintage advertising. I know, it probably sounds weird in this day of digital and mobile techniques but I think that looking at old TV commercials and print advertising provides a really interesting barometer of our culture at...
The payments industry barely had time to catch its breath from the Square/Starbucks news last week when the other payments shoe dropped yesterday morning: PayPal and Discover have joined forces to ignite the fifth payments network and something more important: the first, and certainly the...
The news that Mickey D’s now accepts PayPal in 30 locations in France got the Internet buzzing yesterday. Most of the stories just reported the Reuters story from Friday. But, if you want to know the whole scoop and nothing but the scoop on what...
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Just in time for the 22nd anniversary of the Jane’s Addiction farewell tour, otherwise known as Lollapalooza, Google made news with some pretty big changes to its digital wallet. Here’s our take on how Google may have just made its way thru the mosh pit...
All of the discussion about Facebook’s lousy earnings last week brought to mind a little story about platforms that I wanted to share with you. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
LevelUp made news about a week ago when it announced that it was eliminating interchange fees for its merchant customers. Instead, LevelUp said it would assess a fee based on the value of the promotions redeemed by the customers of its merchants. This move was...
We are about two weeks away from opening the voting on the 2012 PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards. The field that we have sent to the judges is nothing short of awesome. Some 150 companies took a lot of time to prepare and submit their nominations. What...