In Depth

Controversial
Wanelo and Nordstrom To Make Shopping Social Again
July 03, 2014

Social commerce hasn’t’ exactly set the world on fire. Wanelo and its new partnership with Nordstrom would like to change that. Wanelo’s Social Commerce Evangelist Rachel Youens tells PYMNTS about their ambition to become “the Facebook of eCommerce” and bring social back to shopping -...

Alternative Finances
NewEgg Opens Marketplace Site To Third-Party B2B Sellers
July 03, 2014

NewEgg has been a staple on the consumer electronics stage now for years and recently made a decision to open its online marketplace to third-party sellers. It also struck a deal to bring in data management and metrics into its marketplace system.

B2B Payments
Point and Click Comes to Fleet
July 03, 2014

Truck replacement parts are as easy to order online as books and running shoes, thanks to a new e-commerce site launch by Daimler Trucks North America. Why did this mega manufacturer decide to take that route?

B2B Payments
Alibaba Gets Some Competition
July 03, 2014

Who says that B2B commerce in China is a “red ocean?” Certainly not JQW. This domestic Chinese B2B e-commerce operator took some big steps in an effort to make its site more appealing to English speaking buyers and suppliers.

Acquiring
The ‘Knuckle Buster’ Makes A Comeback
July 03, 2014

Embellished denim, gaucho pants, Birkenstocks - three things that the fashion forward of PYMNTS never thought would live to see another day. Now add “knuckle buster” (aka manual credit card terminal) to that list. This 50-year old piece of payments memorabilia returned for the dead...

Alternative Finances
“As Transformative As The Birth of Money”
July 03, 2014

The closing days of Q2 2014 and the dawn of Q3 has seen the cross-border eCommerce world shaken up twice—first with Stripe’s deal with China’s Alipay and then with yesterday’s announcement that Ingenico is acquiring GlobalCollect. BlueSnap CEO Ralph Danglemaier tells MPD CEO Karen Webster...

Cool
ISIS: The mWallet With The Wrong Name At The Wrong Time
July 02, 2014

While there are many mistakes a company can make in naming a product, some branding disasters are just sheer bad luck. Such is the problem the ISIS mobile wallet faces today as it now shares a name with a Islamist insurgent group currently leading a...

Controversial
DOJ vs. Amex: Will Amex Prevail?
July 02, 2014

It’s taken four years, but a civil antitrust case the Department of Justice filed against American Express in 2010 is set to go to trial on July 7. The DOJ wants Amex to allow merchants to let customers know they have options to pay that...

Alternative Finances
10,000 B2B’s Can’t Be Wrong
July 02, 2014

B2B sales and relations are expected to grow as more companies seek out their objectives to expand and diversify, an emerging trend this year discovered in a recent analysis of 10,000 firms globally. But first they need partners to help in the process. Guess what...