August 20, 2013
Macy’s Incentivizes Charitable Giving With Rewards
Ohio-headquartered retail chain Macy’s has announced it is offering 25 percent discounts to customers who donate $5 to charity using their mobile phones, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. The discount is...
July 31, 2013
Today’s Briefs: August
Briefs from August 23, 2013 Uber Rakes In $360M In Latest FundingSan Francisco-based mobile taxi app provider Uber has raised $361 million as part of its latest private equity round,...
July 23, 2013
Shopkick Assembling Anti-Amazon Coalition
Shopkick announced that it will incorporate in-app purchase functionality into its omnichannel retail application, TechCrunch reported on July 23. The program rollout will begin with 30 merchants already using Shopkick’s...
July 11, 2013
Shopzilla Moves Toward Two-Click Checkout
Online shopping giant Shopzilla acquired mobile shopping startup Zappli on July 11, TechCrunch reported. As part of the deal, the entire Zappli team will join Shopzilla. The move will give...
May 23, 2013
Target, Macy’s Headline New Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard
A group of prominent U.S. retailers headlined by Target and Macy’s have disengaged from the $7.2 billion Visa and MasterCard “swipe fee settlement,” and have started a separate lawsuit against...
February 11, 2013
Out With the Old, In With The New
Peter Drucker, the father of modern management and perhaps the most influential thinker on that subject once said, “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.”...
June 12, 2012
Sprint’s Leaked Slides Reveal Further Proof of Wallet Ambitions
Internal documents from Sprint published to Android Central provide further evidence that Sprint is indeed developing its own NFC-based mobile wallet application. The images revealed to Android Central show McDonald’s,...
April 16, 2012
Macy’s CEO’s Vision for Retail Location 2.0
Terry Lundgren, CEO at Macy’s, says he wants to incorporate some of the features that are driving the retailer’s online sales into brick-and-mortar stores. In-store, web-connected kiosks that pull up...
February 22, 2012
Converting to E-Statements: Why Not Now?
Converting from paper to e-statements seems like a no-brainer cost savings for any business that manages accounts. But, as TSYS’ David Marhanka and Tower Group’s Dennis Moroney explain, a confluence...