Can iBeacons boost customer engagement? That’s what every major player in the retail market wants to know. But one smaller grocer is testing it out for themselves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The big trend in payments is to move away from in-house payments processing systems to SaaS-based platforms that are easy to deploy, configure and enable new capabilities. What’s driving this trend, says i2c CMO Marc Winitz, is the need for both the control and flexibility...
It may still be more than a week until Chinese New Year on Feb. 19, but China’s online war of the Red Envelopes is already well underway, Tech in Asia reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Wendy’s is looking to payments as a way to pull customers in and keep them returning. The fast-food chain is installing a standardized point-of-sale system in more than 2,600 locations to use as a mobile marketing platform, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. Get the Full Story...
Cash-back shopping service BigCrumbs.com will be offline for as long as three weeks after discovering that some of its members’ accounts had been compromised — even though the site itself doesn’t appear to have been breached, ECommerceBytes reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
HeartThis wants to make shopping across multiple retailers easy with a smartphone. 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...
As merchants increasingly explore the realm of mobile payments, they are starting to explore ways to steer consumers toward certain purchase decisions, including which payment tender to use. And while those solutions are today being brought to market by innovators, that doesn’t mean financial institutions...
Beacons, it turns out, aren’t just for the big kids. The Niemann Foods supermarket chain is putting iBeacons in all 45 of its County Market stores across Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, according to Mobile Commerce Daily. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
When it comes to retail customer service, the mobile side is an untapped resource, according to new data from an Econsultancy survey that looked at how retailers plan to alter their customer experience budgets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
