Loyalty & Rewards

Amex Teams Up With Schwab
March 20, 2015

American Express is in the Charles Schwab business, and vice versa, on a couple of new credit cards. 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...

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Amazon Expands One-Hour Delivery
March 20, 2015

Amazon’s one-hour delivery service Prime Now has arrived in “select zip codes” in Miami and Baltimore, the eCommerce giant announced on Thursday (March 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Intersections Of Payments — Day 1
March 19, 2015

Innovation Project 2015 heads into Day 2 today (March 19), as Day 1 wrapped up a series of stimulating conversations focused on this year’s theme of “Innovation At The Intersections.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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AmEx Loyalty Program Coming To Macy’s And Exxon (Among Others)
March 18, 2015

AmEx later today (March 18) is planning to unveil its new loyalty program – Plenti – in its ongoing attempts to expand its consumer base. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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The Store That Sports Omnichannel
March 17, 2015

Sporting goods chain Dick’s has discovered that its brick-and-mortar stores aren’t competing with its eCommerce effort — they’re boosting it. ECommerce grew to almost 15 percent of the 640-store chain’s total sales in Q4 2014 after a new in-store mobile-device push, according to Mobile Commerce...

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Who’s Prepping For Apple Watch Apps?
March 13, 2015

Starwood Hotels and BMW are among the luxury brands that are putting the finishing touches on apps for the Apple Watch during the run-up to its availability on April 24, Luxury Daily reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

GameStop Now Accepting Apple Pay (And Buying Other Stores’ Gift Cards)
March 12, 2015

Mobile payments the Apple way got a boost on its continuous if somewhat slow march to wide retailer acceptance with the announcement earlier this week that GameStop will be accepting Apple Pay.  The video game and entertainment retailer joined the Marriott hotel chain and crowdfunding...

How Sephora Wins At Omnichannel
March 11, 2015

Beauty retailer Sephora was recently faced with a challenge: how to best market digital gifting to its consumers. With that challenge came the retailer’s decision to better align its omnichannel strategy, and in turn differentiate itself from other top omnichannel players. The solution? Leveraging the...

How Merchants Should Place Bets In Cross-Border Commerce’s Future
March 11, 2015

With players like Google, Apple Pay, Samsung, and Alipay driving mobile payments around the world, merchants have a plethora of choices at their fingertips. Placing bets on particular payment methods can be tough, says Rick Barbari, Group VP of Payment Products, Digital River, but one...