Among the many headwinds U.S. department stores are facing that make the possibility of a Merry Christmas seem unlikely, a new one has started blowing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Online marketplace Poshmark — which focuses on the sale and sharing of clothing — has debuted Stylist Match, a voice-enabled offering that the company will use to help connect buyers and sellers in real time, and which works with Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. Get the Full Story...
Will consumers trust Facebook to verify their identity at real-world points of sale? Can apartment hunters trust its Marketplace more than Craigslist? Does Amazon Protect threaten traditional insurers, and will the eCommerce giant’s merchant marketplace gain traction Down Under? As always, the Frightful Five have...
Those looking for better options to buy appliances — specifically GE appliances — have some good news as of this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Williams-Sonoma is making a big acquisition to give its brand a big digital upgrade. 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, PYMNTS...
Glossier is not quite a household name yet. In fact, unless one already happens to be one of the emerging beauty and lifestyle line’s devotees, the name usually doesn’t ring a bell. It’s even still referred to in media descriptions as a “cult” beauty brand,...
If you thought Jim and Pam on “The Office” took forever to get together, you’ve clearly never followed the decades-long mating dance between the world’s two largest toy companies, Hasbro and Mattel — one, the owner of My Little Pony, Nerf, Mr. Potato Head and nearly...
Experiential retail is everyone’s favorite buzzword of late, but American Girl mastered this concept a long time ago. About twenty years earlier, in Chicago, Illinois, the first American Girl Place flagship store opened. Followed in short order by locations in New York and Los Angeles, the Mattel-owned...
Poshmark — one of the internet’s better-known marketplaces for the purchase, sale and sharing of clothing — has snapped up $87.5 million in Series D funding, according to Wednesday (Nov. 14) reports by Forbes. The investment round was led by Singapore-based investment company Temasak, with additional participation from...
