Merchant Innovation

Are Catalogs Still Relevant In a Digital Age?
January 12, 2015

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Taco Bell Runs For The Mobile
January 12, 2015

Taco Bell is trying to drive mobile ordering by offering customers a free Doritos Locos Taco with each mobile purchase made in January, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

How Merchants Plan To Turn Good Ideas Into Best Practices
January 10, 2015

Starting today, scores of merchants, technologists, financiers, analysts, journalists and all-around retail enthusiasts descend on Manhattan for “Retail’s Big Show” –  NRF’s annual event. By the looks of the agenda, it seems most participants are helping retailers prepare for an increasingly demanding and connected consumer....

PayPal Comes To Blackberry
January 09, 2015

It’s official: PayPal’s app is now available on all major mobile platform with the announcement this week that it has expanded to the Blackberry operating system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Uber’s Logistics Service – Uber Cargo – Launches in Hong Kong
January 09, 2015

Fans of ride-sharing pioneer Uber have for a long time speculated on its potential to develop into a global logistics firm.  Uber customers in Hong Kong are getting a chance to test drive that future now with a “rent-a-van” service called Uber Cargo. Get the...

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Where SMBs Find Funds
January 09, 2015

Commercial lending is on the rise, but don’t tell that to SMBS who still find it hard to get a loan from a bank, says James Mendelsohn, Chief Marketing Officer at CAN Capital. In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Mendelsohn explained how the lack of...

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Meet The New Kids On The (US EMV) Block
January 09, 2015

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Is Amazon Building An Inventor Platform?
January 08, 2015

It seems that Amazon will be taking no break in their attempt to become the online “everything” business in 2015, and is now developing a “secret” inventor platform aimed at helping create (and eventually exclusively sell) the next generation of electronic hardware. Get the Full...

Diapers.com Founder Returns To E-Commerce To Launch New Marketplace
January 08, 2015

If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em; that was the attitude Amazon was eventually forced to adopt toward Diapers.com and its parent company Quidsi.  Amazon bought out the company for $550 million in 2010 after all attempts at competing with the online children’s products (and...