Retail

No Buy Button In Pinterest’s Future
May 13, 2015

“We don’t have any plans to announce a buy button at this time.” 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....

April’s Retail Sales And Foot Traffic Sink Again
May 12, 2015

For retailers that were hoping the sales and foot traffic that dipped in March would spring forward in April, they were likely disappointed as RetailNext’s April Retail Performance Pulse report indicated that those metrics took another plunge last month. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Facebook Challenges eBay For Secondhand Goods Supremacy
May 12, 2015

Tough times may be ahead for online marketplace eBay, as Facebook is currently testing out a new news feed option that shows a unified view of items on sale across user groups. It also adds a search function so that Facebookers can look for goods across...

Counterfeit Goods Eating Etsy’s Stock Price
May 12, 2015

Investors were dropping Etsy stock like it was hot yesterday (May 11) afternoon following analysts’ warnings that as many as 2 million goods for sale on the arts and crafts marketplace are either fakes or violating trademarking laws. If that figure is correct, it would represent...

Will Jet.Com Beat Amazon On Price?
May 11, 2015

When it comes to offering the lowest prices online, Jet.com might be poised to bring Amazon down to earth. 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...

Is Yelp On The Block?
May 08, 2015

Despite its position at the top of many Web searches, review site Yelp is exploring a sale as it continues to struggle to expand its user base and advertiser pool. In fact, Yelp’s struggles have been numerous of late – apart from sluggish user and...

ShopSavvy And Discounts 2.0
May 04, 2015

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Warby Parker Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Unicorn
May 01, 2015

Silicon Valley’s unicorn herd has just welcomed its newest member. Warby Parker has just finished off a $100 million Series D round that leaves the five-year-old startup with a valuation of $1.2 billion, reported The Wall Street Journal. The funding round was led by T. Rowe...

Cybersecurity
Payments Heavy Hitters Move To Streamline Small-Merchant EMV Rollouts
May 01, 2015

Three heavy hitters in the payment-card industry are trying to smooth the path for small merchants to support EMV chip cards by launching an education and pre-qualification program for the companies that provide their card processing connections. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...