Retail

Legal & Regulation
No Amazon Drone Deliveries For Now, Says FAA
February 17, 2015

Drones won’t be delivering your Amazon Prime order any time soon under new rules proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Dónde Wants To Help Brands ‘Think Local’ To Expand Their Reach
February 16, 2015

Between 2009 and 2013, according to the most recently available data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in Oxford, Mississippi, was a little over $39k a year, 55 percent of the population was working age (18-65) and a little over 20 percent of...

Loyalty & Rewards
US Passes 3 Billion Customer Loyalty Member Mark
February 16, 2015

Americans just can’t get enough of loyalty programs — they now hold 3.3 billion memberships, retail-loyalty research company Colloquy reported. That’s 10.3 loyalty memberships for every man, woman and child in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Cybersecurity
Smartphone Shopping Not On Par With Smartphone Usage
February 13, 2015

While smartphones seem to be progressively devouring the day for most Americans, mobile commerce and mobile payments are lagging far behind the other uses of mobile devices, according to a new pair of surveys. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Legal & Regulation
Overcharging Customers Costs Target $4M
February 13, 2015

Target will pay almost $4 million to settle accusations that it charged California consumers higher prices than the retailer advertised because of faulty checkout scanners, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Amazon Competitor Jet.Com Bags $140M In New Funding
February 12, 2015

Jet.com Inc. has closed $140 million in a new round of financing led by Bain Capital Ventures, bringing its total value to almost $600 million. That makes it one of the more valuable tech start-ups on Earth, which is a particularly impressive feat considering they...

Merchant Innovation
Home Depot’s Custom Smartphone Does Inventory And MPOS
February 12, 2015

Home Depot has almost finished rolling out 40,000 of its custom FIRST Phone smartphones to in-store employees — and the new-generation devices are slowly beginning to line up with industry standards, according to employee descriptions of the phones. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Fancy’s New Funding Hopes To Buff Up Social Commerce
February 11, 2015

Social shopping platform Fancy said it has closed a new financing round that’s reportedly worth as much as $20 million, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Mobile
Restaurant Waitlist App NoshList Rebrands As Waitlist Me
February 11, 2015

NoshList, an app-based restaurant waitlist service, said on Tuesday (Feb. 10) that it’s changing its name to Waitlist Me — in large part because it’s no longer being used just by restaurants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...