Personalized omnichannel shopping is no longer just for big retailers. The 97-store Lowes Foods supermarket chain is about to begin testing a customer engagement platform that will give click-and-collect shoppers a personalized homepage on the grocer’s website, complete with personalized recommendations. Get the Full Story...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its sales channels in India beyond Flipkart to include Snapdeal and Amazon India, along with Indian brick-and-mortar retailers for the first time, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
An eCommerce executive will plead guilty and pay a $20,000 fine in the U.S. Justice Department’s first prosecution for online price fixing, the department announced on Monday (April 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
There is a gender divide when it comes to online shopping…and men currently claim the majority. 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...
Apple Pay is violating the Dodd-Frank Act’s Durbin amendment, retailer groups say — at least the way Apple’s mobile payments system is currently implemented — and the groups are calling on Apple, Visa and MasterCard to meet the requirements of the law, American Banker reported...
Indian B2B marketplace IndiaMART believes its six-month-old Tolexo arm could pass $1 billion in gross merchandise value by 2017 and hit $10 billion in transactions by 2020, according to DNA India. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Pop culture quiz. What does “let your fingers do the walking” refer to? 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 Today....
The war of words over whether the U.S. federal government should beef up regulation of retailers’ data security got another salvo from a credit-union organization last week, in a letter telling congressional leaders that retailers should be regulated like financial institutions. Get the Full Story...
Ingenico and Intel have partnered to build mobile payment capabilities into a wide array of connected devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) — including intelligent vending machines, kiosks and digital signage, the companies announced at the Transact conference last week. Get the Full Story...
