January 22, 2019
Can Smart Carts Make Grocery Stores Smarter?
The shopping cart has been a part of the grocery store checkout experience for nearly 152 years. It’s first use is attributed to a Midwest grocer, Humpty Dumpty. Its owner...
January 17, 2019
New Square Card Promises Instant Funds To SMBs
You know your stature by the enemies you make, right? That’s the old saying at least. Well, “enemy” might be too strong a term — business is not war — but...
January 16, 2019
Today In Data: Innovating Out Of A Challenge
There is no shortage of challenges in the world. Some are massive – like the ever-growing cost of medical care in the United States. Others are … less so, like the...
January 15, 2019
Why One-Size POS Does Not Fit All SMBs
From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we...
January 03, 2019
Moving From POS To Point Of Interaction
One size never fits all in retail — so why should it be any different with payments? Commerce is done across brick-and-mortar and online conduits, with plastic cards and in-app...
December 28, 2018
AEVI CEO: 2018 Was The Year Of Changing
Mike Camerling, CEO of AEVI, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. We cannot call 2018 a Year of Change, for that would imply that we...
December 05, 2018
Why The Merchant Countertop Needs A Tech Update
So much is changing in retail and payments these days — the seemingly unstoppable rise of mobile, for instance, or the transformation of cars and trucks into traveling commerce enablers,...
November 20, 2018
Today In Data: Keeping Constantly Wooed Consumers Loyal
It’s not an easy thing to build a loyal customer base, and keep it that way. Just ask the team at Walmart, as it fights off Amazon nipping at its...
November 19, 2018
How Retail Underdogs Can Avoid An Amazon Holiday Blowout
During the holiday shopping season, countless consumers will use digital payments and commerce technology to buy gifts from distant companies — some overseas, some just in neighboring time zones —...