November 26, 2013
comScore Reveals Top 4 Holiday Shopping Trends
By Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) “We’re tempering our expectations a bit thanks to discretionary spending being squeezed and six fewer shopping days this season.” This statement, issued by comScore on...
November 21, 2013
Macy’s First To Leverage New ShopBeacon Technology
Macy’s has been revealed as the first retailer to leverage Shopkick’s new ShopBeacon customer engagement feature, Online Media Daily reported on November 21. ShopBeacon, based on Apple’s iBeacon technology, allows...
November 20, 2013
Shopkick’s ShopBeacon Puts Apple’s iBeacon To Work
Mobile shopping app ShopKick has released a new tool for retailers that uses Apple’s Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mobile phone feature, iBeacon, TechCrunch reported on November 20. ShopBeacon uses micro-location...
November 18, 2013
Apple To Leverage iBeacon For Improved Apple Store Experience
Apple will soon install its Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) iBeacon systems in its retail locations to hep with customer sales and in-store services, Mac Rumors reported on November 16. The...
November 05, 2013
BitWall’s Tall Task Of Returning Value To Publishing
Welcome to PYMNTS.com’s “Meet the Founder” Series, a new feature that gives you unprecedented access into the minds of the payments industry’s most exciting innovators. Here, the industry’s top creators...
October 24, 2013
PYMNTS.com Mobile Commerce Insider Series Friday Fact-Finding Mission
Think you know your mobile commerce stuff? Well then, without consulting Professor Google, do you know the answers to the following questions about what’s going on in mobile commerce right...
October 20, 2013
Plan Smart Now If You Want to Be Relevant in...
Strategic planning season is in full swing in payments! And, the land grab for data and projections on everything from consumer spending to smartphone and tablet sales to POS trends...
October 16, 2013
A Is For Commerce
If you want a peek at what’s to come at Apple with the addition of Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as its new SVP of retail and online, look no farther...
October 04, 2013
Apple’s Mobile Commerce Mojo
How many people have you heard say that Apple’s best days are behind them? Well, I can tell you that it is the buzz in Silicon Valley, big time, and...