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Niemann Foods Stocking Stores With iBeacons
February 06, 2015

Beacons, it turns out, aren’t just for the big kids. The Niemann Foods supermarket chain is putting iBeacons in all 45 of its County Market stores across Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, according to Mobile Commerce Daily. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Forrester: Online Retail In China Will Hit $1T By 2019
February 06, 2015

Online shoppers in China are shifting to mobile, and that’s going to push retail e-commerce spending there past the $1 trillion mark in 2019, up from $307 billion in 2013, according to a new Forrester report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Rising Mobile Commerce Fraud Costing Retailers
February 06, 2015

Mobile commerce fraud is costing retailers an average of 3 percent of their total revenues, and the faster m-commerce grows, the more fraud will cost, according to a study released Thursday (Feb. 5). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Home Depot Plaintiffs May Use Target’s Lead Counsel
February 05, 2015

Buoyed by the success of the Target data theft case back in 2013, the main counsels of that case will now be part of the plaintiff’s general counsel in the Home Depot multi-district litigation case regarding that company’s own experience with data hackers between April...

Macy’s Buys Beauty Retailer Bluemercury for $210M
February 05, 2015

In an effort to grow the company’s beauty retail portfolio, Macy’s announced on Feb. 4 that it will purchase beauty business Bluemercury for $210 million in cash, according to The Drum. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of Macy’s first fiscal quarter...

Bank Regulators Didn’t Fix The One Thing They Needed To – The Culture
February 05, 2015

After the Great Recession of 2008, various governments around the world hoped that strict rules regarding banking activity would prevent a future calamity of that magnitude from happening ever again. Reforms such as the Dodd-Frank Bill, the investigations into LIBOR rigging, and various Basel accords...

Staples to Acquire Office Depot
February 05, 2015

Facing pressure from online competitors in the office supply industry, Staples and Office Depot have agreed to merge pending SEC approval, according to a Feb. 4 public conference call. The acquisition had been in the works since last September, and was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards...

Samsung Galaxy S6 Will Ship With Mobile Payments
February 05, 2015

While largely seen as a major Android phone carrier, Samsung wants to be thought of more like Apple than like other phones, in that it wants to have its own built-in ecosystem that its consumers can come to use in their everyday lives. One way...

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MasterCard Provides EMV Credit and Debit Cards to First Tech Credit Union
February 05, 2015

First Tech Federal Credit Union announced yesterday that it has entered a new agreement with MasterCard as its payment solution provider, according to a company release. MasterCard will offer “convenience, control and security” for First Tech’s more than 380,000 members, enabling the credit union to...