Merchant Innovation

Merchant Innovation
Uber Making The Move To Moving
August 18, 2014

Will Uber find moving to moving moving? The taxi tyrants will find out this weekend, as it trials a moving service for college students in Atlanta and Nashville. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Can Apple With NFC Ignite Mobile Payments?
August 18, 2014

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PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker
August 18, 2014

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Heartland Takes Over Leaf
August 18, 2014

Heartland Payment Systems may not be turning over a new leaf, but it’s finished taking over an old one. Heartland has announced that it acquired 100 percent of mPOS tablet maker Leaf. Last year, Heartland bought a majority stake in Leaf for $20 million. It...

Loyalty & Rewards
How Is Retail Doing This Quarter?
August 16, 2014

Earlier this week, the National Retail Federation reported that July retail sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, were flat, growing just 0.1 percent from June. Similarly, consumer confidence, which had been on a steady climb, remained stable from June to July. In a separate...

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Walmart Same-Store Q2 Sales Flat As Online Sales Soar
August 15, 2014

Walmart’s second-quarter U.S. same-store sales were flat during the quarter ended Aug. 1, though it did represent an improvement over growth reductions a year earlier. But the megaretailer is seeing the writing on the wall, as it is building up its distribution networks to accommodate...

Uber Shrugs Off Berlin Ban
August 15, 2014

In what will likely go down as one of the more appropriately metal moves of a ridesharing service, the ridesharing service Uber has roundly declare “Nein!” to Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Backpack Lets Travelers Buy Foreign Items For Shoppers Who Can’t Go There
August 15, 2014

Peer-to-peer purchasing startup Backpack offers a novel approach to helping customers buy products from retailers in other countries: It links up the customers with travelers to those countries, who will then buy and return with the goods, according to TechCrunch profile. Get the Full Story...

StartUp Hopes To Crack eCommerce Conversion Problem
August 14, 2014

Online-customer retention start-up Windsor Circle said Tuesday that it has closed $5.25 million in a second round of institutional funding, VentureBeat reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...