Commerce

Commerce relates to "the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale". It includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural and technological systems that operate in a country or in international trade.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Omnicommerce
H&M Pushing Growth Despite Sales Decline
June 23, 2016

Retailers have plenty of reasons to put on a happy face when things might not necessarily be going so well on the black-and-white financial side of things. Whether it’s to reassure shareholders or project an image to consumers, never admitting defeat is a go-to strategy...

eCommerce
Goldman Sachs Believes In Nike, Ralph Lauren’s Online Futures
June 21, 2016

It’s becoming increasingly common for analysts to release less-than-encouraging reports on this or that brand’s online sales potential. So much so that these doom-and-gloom reports can be used to wallpaper the average retail executive’s office. However, when Goldman Sachs decides to give a retailer’s eCommerce...

Social Commerce
Twitter’s $150M Machine-Learning Acquisition
June 21, 2016

Twitter is bolstering its machine-learning capabilities with the new acquisition of Magic Pony Technology. 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...

eCommerce
The Four Blind Spots Costing Big Retail Big Bucks
June 17, 2016

Cha-choke? Underperforming online merchants leave $168 billion annually on the table because they can’t close the deal with their shoppers. And big retailers, despite their seeming advantage, fare no better than their smaller counterparts. The latest Checkout Conversion Index reports the latest findings for the...

eCommerce
Big Retail’s Big Checkout Conversion Blind Spots
June 16, 2016

Cha-choke? Underperforming online merchants leave $168 billion annually on the table because they can’t close the deal with their shoppers. And big retailers, despite their seeming advantage, fare no better than their smaller counterparts. The latest Checkout Conversion Index reports the latest findings for the...

Omnicommerce
Jukeboxes Take Digital For A Dance
June 16, 2016

From a coin-operated box to mobile in-app payments – the way we pay-and-play at jukeboxes has changed drastically over the last century. Ron Richards, CTO of AMI Entertainment, took PYMNTS on a journey of the evolution of payments in the jukebox industry and what’s on...

Social Commerce
Snapchat Opens Ad API To Advertisers
June 14, 2016

Snapchat is paving its path to going public with the launch of a new Snapchat API that enables advertisers to insert ads between Snap stories. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Social Commerce
Facebook Urges Retailers To Start Investing In Mobile … Now!
June 10, 2016

Speaking at a trade conference in Chicago earlier this week, Facebook’s Head of U.S. E-Commerce Jeremy Lewis made his pitch for mobile for retailers, saying that it’s no longer optional because it is undeniably the future. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Social Commerce
Can Facebook Make Social Commerce Payments Work In SE Asia?
June 10, 2016

In the West, Facebook is just one of a number of social networks that are competing to grab more and more of their users’ attention spans. However, Facebook still has something of a social monopoly in many Southeast Asian countries, and that’s what could help...