Amazon is kicking off this year’s holiday season with an early launch of a Black Friday Deals store, exclusively targeted at boosting its Prime membership base. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
It’s no surprise that Black Friday has a less-than-stellar reputation among the general public (even those who can’t resist in participating in it), particularly as it has crept into Thanksgiving itself. More unexpected is the fact that many retailers are actively pushing back against it....
Analysts use every tool at their disposal to try to glean some insight from consumer behavior that retailers can use to plan their next moves, but if there’s any constant in this field, it’s that there’s no accounting for the unpredictable in consumer spending. Get...
The age-old rule of business states that if you’re not growing, then you’re shrinking, and while that might not be 100 percent true anymore, retailers that have the room and resources to expand aren’t taking any chances. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
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Success as a payments processing company can depend not only on how much experience firms have in specific verticals but how diverse their portfolio of clients really is. For Heartland Payment Systems, its payments footprint just spread a little bit wider. Get the Full Story Complete...
While most people know that Amazon’s original name was Cadabra when it first incorporated in July 1994, that name was ditched a year later when the company’s attorney misheard the firm’s name as “cadaver.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Though Cyber Monday and a perennially longer holiday shopping season have siphoned some of the traditional hype away from Black Friday, there are still plenty of shoppers who cut coupons and camp out for deals the day after Thanksgiving. However, the number of retailers planning...
For major retail chains, there’s no cinematic slasher as scary as the very real phenomenon of fast fashion. Where did it come from? Are they somehow to blame? One thing’s for sure: not all of them will remain standing when (and if) fast fashion’s reign...
