Merchant Innovation

Merchant Innovation
Best Buy Selling iPhones … For $1?
December 21, 2015

While some shoppers like to get their holiday shopping done early, 2015 has proven that customers who have the stomach to wait out retailers will most likely have their patience rewarded. However, Best Buy may have just taken that to another level. Get the Full...

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Saks To Open Mancentric Store
December 21, 2015

Who says shopping and sharp sartorial style are for women? 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 this...

This Startup Wants To ‘Trim’ Monthly Subscriptions
December 21, 2015

A new Web service is taking aim at the difficulty of keeping track of multiple monthly subscriptions. 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...

Krispy Kreme, Coffee And The Digital Donut
December 21, 2015

“Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” — Matt Groening, creator of “The Simpsons” 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...

The Strangest Gift Ideas On The Internet
December 19, 2015

Well, once again, the race to the end of the holiday shopping sprint is near. The Christmas shopping season has officially less than one week left to it, and at least for the next eight days, millions of customers will descend upon the nation’s retailers...

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High Fashion Sees Future In Online Videos
December 18, 2015

High fashion used to be able to create demand through exclusivity — invite only a few guests to a show, release only a few shipments of the next hot designs, so on and so forth. However, in the digital age, customers expect a different kind of...

Consumer Insights
Star Wars: The Merchandising Awakens
December 18, 2015

After nearly a decade of waiting (or three for diehards that don’t count the prequels), fans are flocking to theaters to watch a new Star Wars movie. With millions of tickets sold months in advance for “The Force Awakens’” opening weekend, it’s a fair bet...

International
Apple Pay Is Going To China After All
December 18, 2015

Despite appearances earlier this week that Apple had lost out on bringing Apple Pay to China — with UnionPay’s announcement that it had selected British firm Powa to help it construct and launch its mobile payments platform — it seems appearances can be highly deceiving. Get the...

Purch Acquires ShopSavvy mCommerce Startup
December 18, 2015

For a brief period in the 90s and early 2000s, it was more important for small businesses just to have websites than to make sure they functioned as smooth eCommerce portals. Now, however, those are two sides of the same coin, and publisher Purch is...