Crate and Barrel welcomes a new leader into its family, naming retail veteran Neela Montgomery as its new Chief Executive Officer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Food delivery platform Seamless is making it easier for Alexa devotees to make repeat orders from their device with simple voice commands. As of yesterday, Seamless launched its Reorder with Seamless skill for Alexa. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
There are few businesses quite as expansive as McDonald’s, with 36,000 locations on Earth, about 15,000 in the U.S. and serving around 69 million people per day (or about 50,000 people per minute). And, that, McDonald’s VP of Global Digital Experiences, Farhan Siddiqi, told Karen...
Furniture and home decor shopping can sometimes be a long process of visiting retail store after retail store to find just the right piece. Sometimes even when furniture is purchased and consumers get it home, the piece doesn’t quite look right in its intended room....
In late June of this year on New York’s 6th Avenue, Bluemercury will be opening its 2,600 square foot flagship store in the base of a Hilton hotel. It will be the retail cosmetics chain’s splashiest opening of the year — co-founder and COO Barry Beck told...
For quite some time, office supplies retailer Staples has been struggling to stay afloat. 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...
Another big week in the developing connected car space. One expanded partnership between a payment company and a vehicle manufacturer, along with a recent connected-car device company acquisition, looks to set the stage for further developments and greater interconnectivity. Get the Full Story Complete the...
U.S. auto sales fell for the fourth straight month, declining 4.7 percent in April — the biggest slowdown of the year, and a strong indication that 2017 will put an end to seven straight years of growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
The retail sector has been suffering a lot of pain this year, with bankruptcies already happening at a record pace and more bankruptcies expected to come. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...