Social Commerce

When Is Luxury Not Luxury?
June 04, 2015

When Lilly Pulitzer released an exclusive line for Target in April, the entire collection sold out at some physical locations within hours. Good for the designer, good for the store, good for the buyers. A resultant Target website crash aside, good for everybody…right? Get the...

Pinterest’s Buyable Pins And Instagram’s Buy Button
June 03, 2015

Just days ago, the public got its first look at Pinterest’s “Buy Button.” And yesterday (June 2), Pinterest introduced the concept of Buyable Pins — which will turn the site shoppable. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

MasterCard’s “FastTrack” To Helping FinTech Startups
May 27, 2015

Payment tech entrepreneurs, start (up) your engines and head for New York. 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. By...

Mobile Commerce
Snapchat Springs Investment Into Shopping App
May 26, 2015

Photo-sharing service Snapchat is investing in Spring, a shopping app launched in August 2014, according to a May 22 story from Re/code. Only three weeks ago, Spring closed a $25 million investment and — after eight months iOS-only — launched an Android version of its...

Litigation Crowdfunding Platform Launches in UK
May 25, 2015

Two’s company; three or more might just bring justice for the public interest. 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....

Pinterest Pins Lead Path To Purchase
May 21, 2015

Pegged by GlobalWebIndex as the fastest-growing social media site in 2014, all eyes are on Pinterest right now. And with an anticipated valuation of around $11 billion, it’s turning heads. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Facebook Buys, Then Shutters, Payments Startup Tugboat Yards
May 20, 2015

Tugboat Yards – a startup that helps content creators connect with their fans for financial support – has been acquired by Facebook, who will soon be shutting the whole thing down. Tugboat allows publishers (and other online content controllers) to tap into their fan base by...

Domino’s Baking Up Tweet-To-Order
May 14, 2015

Send a tweet, get a pizza delivered to your door. 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. By completing this...

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....