Merchant Innovation

Merchant Innovation
The AI Shopping Assistant For More Than Retail
December 14, 2015

It can seem like every startup and its venture capitalist mother has an artificial intelligence shopping assistant these days, but somehow the product hasn’t made as big a splash as expected with consumers. Perhaps — startup Mezi is banking on — shoppers need AI assistants not to find...

Amazon
2015 — The Year Amazon Won Delivery
December 14, 2015

While consumers are more than happy to play around with the latest and greatest gadgets startups can dream up, if there’s one thing 2015 has shown the retail world, it’s that many shoppers are happy to buy everyday items as long as they get there...

Merchant Innovation
Is Kroger Mobile Payment’s Sleeping Giant?
December 14, 2015

In retail, as a general rule, big names attract massive headlines. Google any of the top ten retailers in the U.S, and you’ll pull up a slew of headlines. It’s not surprising. Big, just generally, gets the media’s attention. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Consumer Insights
Are Beacons Approaching The Breaking Point?
December 14, 2015

It’s rarely the first adopters that get credit when a new technology or service hits it big but rather the startups and entrepreneurs at the helm of the movement when it hits critical mass that become the face of the future. That can be disheartening...

Amazon
New Jersey Town No Longer Suing Amazon
December 14, 2015

The major of a New Jersey town that about two weeks ago was prepared to head into court with Amazon over his town’s ruined traffic patterns has decided to back off some. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Alternative Finances
Global Payments: A Quietly Quirky World
December 14, 2015

Consumers in the developed world tend to think of their financial systems as complex, particularly as compared to the developing world. And while that is not an entirely incorrect perception, it might just be a little bit skewed. When it comes time to pay in...

Merchant Innovation
Shoppable Video Is Here (And Racking Up Funding Dollars)
December 14, 2015

Sure, product placement might inception a consumer into purchasing a car, soft drink or outfit later, but then again, it might not. Even if consumers notice the desirable consumer good and think to themselves to want it, the reality is they might just forget all...

Merchant Innovation
Samsung Pay Hopes To ‘Usher’ In NYE In Style
December 14, 2015

Few who grew up in the era would argue that R&B from the late 90s and early 2000s rivals anything being put on the radio today, and Samsung is banking on the star power of an artist who hit it big at the turn of...

Merchant Innovation
Data Dive: Amex’s Advantage, J.Crew’s Falter, First Data’s Hiccup
December 14, 2015

There are any number of reasons to come into the work week a little hazy on what exactly went on in the seven days immediately prior. Usually it is because there is just an unusually high volume of news floating around the atmosphere. Sometimes, as...