It’s undeniable that marketers draw on certain stereotypes to push their products to the right consumers, but exploiting those archetypes can land retailers in hot water with the very public they’re trying to sell to. However, in the margin-shrinking fight against eCommerce merchants, are in-store...
Whether it’s a case of unintended consequences, or just a sign of the changing times, the Uber and Lyft on-demand ride-hailing revolution has claimed one of its first major victims. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
“We’re going to get Apple to build their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
In a victory more symbolic than practical for Apple, a U.S. Court has agreed to ban the sale of Samsung Galaxy 3 phones in the United States as part of an ongoing patent dispute between the two tech firms. The victory is largely symbolic; the...
When so many people have a stake in seeing the Internet of Things truly take off, it’s natural that the potentially unsavory aspects of an all-connected world might be played down in press releases or trade show coverage. However, one group of journalists found out...
Former Capital One Financial Corp. Analyst Nan Huang has been found liable in civil court of using non-public sales data from the credit card issuer to buy and sell stocks. A long way of saying: Huang was convicted of insider trading. Get the Full Story...
Late last year, Airbnb narrowly avoided a new set of regulations in its hometown of San Francisco that would have sharply curtailed how the platform could be used, particularly by real estate businesses and landlords. Those rules would have seen limits placed on how many...
Every so often, back in the day, one would occasionally see a headline about a baby born in the backseat of a cab. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
When people say the government is wasting money on something, they are, generally speaking, being a little imprecise with language. What they intend to confer is that the government is spending money on something they don’t agree with and that they should be spending that...
