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Amazon Delivers One-Hour Service To London
July 01, 2015

Amazon’s Prime Now service, which offers one-hour delivery from local stores, is now also available in London. Amazon follows Apple’s track by launching Prime Now in London, its first launch outside of the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Square Adds Payroll To Merchant Services Roster
July 01, 2015

Mobile payments company Square is bolstering its position in the small business market with the launch of Square Payroll, a software solution to help businesses pay and track employee salary and taxes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Big Players Jockey For Position In China’s O2O World
July 01, 2015

Amid growing competition in China’s huge e-commerce market, and with an eye on online-offline services, Baidu is poised to spend billions on its group buying platform and other initiatives. But is the company, up against Alibaba and on the heels of its $1 billion investment...

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Drizly Pours Omnichannel Into Digital Liquor Store
July 01, 2015

The on-demand delivery app, which focuses specifically on bringing customers beer, wine and liquor, will partner with BlueConic’s individualized marketing platform to bring a more personalized experience to customers across commerce and content, the companies announced yesterday (June 30). Get the Full Story Complete the...

Pinterest Boosts Mobile Downloads 100 Percent
June 30, 2015

The combination of unlocking tracking data and implementing test campaigns has positioned social media channel Pinterest to increase its mobile app downloads by more than 100 percent, Mobile Marketer reported yesterday (June 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Oracle Streamlines eCommerce With Cloud Commerce
June 30, 2015

On its quest to become the “world’s largest enterprise cloud company” — as Oracle CEO Mark Hurd recently declared — Oracle unveiled yesterday (June 29) its Oracle Commerce Cloud, an SaaS solution built for the Oracle Public Cloud. Oracle says its new Commerce Cloud utilizes the...

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Airbnb’s Luxury Rival Confirms $40M Funding Round
June 30, 2015

While all eyes are on the potential valuation of peer-to-peer lodging site Airbnb, which is expected to go as high as $24 billion, other players in the home rental business are doing their best to rack up financing as well. Get the Full Story Complete...

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RentPayment Deal May Boost Or Dip Renters’ Credit
June 29, 2015

The online and mobile rental payment solution RentPayment announced plans to integrate with TransUnion’s ResidentCredit program last week (June 25). The partnership of RentPayment, which is powered by YapStone’s payment platform, and the credit agency giant will promote a seamless reporting process of rental payment information,...

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PYPL Starts Trading On July 20
June 29, 2015

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