Retail

The Retail Delivery Coin Toss
November 18, 2015

Free delivery? Buy online, pick up in-store? Different retailers are saying ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ to a number of different options for getting customers’ purchases into their hands. Which of the gambles are likely to pay off -- and which might have to be reconsidered before...

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Millennials Can’t Hold Onto Their Gift Cards
November 18, 2015

There’s no gift that says, “It’s the thought that counts,” quite like a gift card. The last-minute choice of harried shoppers and slackers alike, the gift card has taken on prominence in recent years as a particularly profitable offering for retailers during the holiday shopping...

Apple/Postmates Partner On NYC Same-Day Delivery
November 18, 2015

It appears that Apple is making its same-day delivery service around the Big Apple … well, a little bigger. 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...

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Groupon’s Global Market Exit Continues
November 18, 2015

Groupon is further withdrawing its presence from Europe with its latest plan to exit from four Nordic countries as it continues to restructure its business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Will Shoppers Tighten Their Holiday Purse Strings?
November 18, 2015

Until now, the main struggle retailers had to contend with was the push-pull relationship between online marketplaces and brick-and-mortar stores. Now, though, retailers might have to convince shoppers to buy their products — or anything at all. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Walmart’s Omnichannel Focus Driving Up Sales
November 17, 2015

Walmart just might be proving that traditional, big box retailers have a chance in the digitally shifting retail ecosystem. 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...

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Is Pricing Uber’s Achilles Heel?
November 17, 2015

While Uber is busy expanding internationally and fending off regulatory battles, its competitors are still at the drawing board trying to come up with ways to stem the momentum of the ride-hailing industry’s undisputed leader. That’s proven to be an uphill battle, though, as rivals like...

Cybersecurity
EMV Spells Holiday Trouble For Retailers
November 17, 2015

This week, EMV remained center stage in retail security news, as the battle between banks and retailers over fees and adoption of new security measures continued to play out on a very public stage. Meanwhile, a number of other security issues, some surrounding EMV, also...

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Elle’s Beacon Breakthrough Uses Curated Fashion Deals
November 16, 2015

A hundred years ago, Hearst’s broadsheets and Pulitzer’s newspapers dominated not only how average Americans got their news, but also how advertisers reached their audiences. Fast forward to 2015 and pundits are heralding the long, slow death of print media at the hands of high-tech...