The mobile person-to-person market is predicted to see a significant surge over the next five years, due in part to the rise in mobile banking and social media, which give consumers the freedom to send money like never before. JAVELIN released the results of its...
Modern customers expect a certain amount of luxury in their in-store shopping experiences. This might look like attentive employees quick with recommendations or stands of refreshments for marathon shoppers. However, the foundation of any in-store experience worth its salt is free WiFi. However, Turnstyle’s Sam...
Buyer’s remorse used to be bad enough when it was just every few months that brick-and-mortar retailers changed prices, but now that online marketplaces have thousands, if not millions, of price adjustments per day, chasing down refunds on savings is near impossible for the average...
While the hit show “Mad Men” wasn’t entertaining viewers with the seedier details of its characters’ lives, it threw some basic lessons on marketing into the mix. Appeal to emotion, pitch the product, make the sale. Before the proliferation of marketing channels vying for customers’ attention,...
In retail it is always more or less raining data. With hundreds of millions of consumers, millions of stores, hundreds of thousands of miles of infrastructure and an ever-accelerating proliferation of products to make $4 trillion worth of buying and selling that happens each year...
It’s been a busy week on the mobile pay front. The good news? Most of it has been positive. The bad? There was a breach for one of the newest mobile pay players in the market. This week, we take a look into the latest...
In a new twist on authentication methods and technology, one Japanese firm is opening a vein — literally. As NFC World+ reported Wednesday (Oct. 7), JCB, the Japanese payment card company, is in the midst of testing a new palm vein technology through Fujitsu. The aim is to...
Mozido, a provider of trusted digital commerce and payment solutions, has partnered with TabbedOut — a mobile payment option for the restaurant industry — to bring an improved consumer dining experience while paying via a mobile phone. Besides mobile payments, TabbedOut allows consumers to find deals, locate...
Facebook is bringing the ability to connect people who need to get things done with professional contractors who are up for the job to its Messenger service through a new partnership with Pro.com. The move situates Facebook to continue its efforts to transform Messenger into...
