Search results for "brick and mortar"

April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?

Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...

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...

April 12, 2012
Whatever Happened to…ShopSavvy?

Who is this we’re talking about? ShopSavvy is a barcode scanner for your smartphone. Available on Android, Blackberry, and iOS devices, ShopSavvy uses the information conveyed through the barcode to...

April 10, 2012
Intuit Buys AisleBuyer, Self-Checkout App, for Reported $100M

Intuit has acquired AisleBuyer, the Boston-based software company behind a leading self-checkout app for smartphones. On late Tuesday, the Boston Herald reported that the deal could be worth as much...

April 05, 2012
Merchant Report: Apparel Retailer Express Launches NEXT

A new loyalty program launched by Express attempts to reward consumers for their activity online, be it purchases through the store’s website or product mentions via social media. An Ohio-based...

April 05, 2012
Whatever Happened to…Shopkick?

Who is this we’re talking about? Shopkick gets paid when it puts bodies in stores. It’s a mobile application that automatically sends consumers rewards points when they walk into a...

March 29, 2012
Friday Five: What Will Keep David Marcus Up at Night?

Amazing news out of eBay today with the appointment of David Marcus as the new President of PayPal. As most anyone who has been living on Planet Earth for the...

March 22, 2012
Western Union’s Marwan Forzley Introduces WU Pay

Western Union just launched WU Pay, a new way to pay for goods and services bought online. WU Pay leverages Western Union’s 44,000 agent locations throughout the U.S. to make...

March 19, 2012
GoPago Founder: JPMorgan “Put a Bet On Us”

GoPago founder Leo Rocco is surprisingly explicit about where he’ll look for merchants: the Chase retail banking network. Yep, GoPago sees gold in Chase’s existing network of 5,500 branches that...

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Walmart Vs.Amazon Whole Paycheck: Battle For The Digital-First Consumer
Amazon And Walmart’s Battle For Consumer Retail Spend Download the latest quarterly analysis of how the pandemic affected the world’s two most powerful retailers as they battled for digital and offline consumer spend and positioned themselves for the fourth quarter push.
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How We Shop
5,000 ‘Need It Now’ Consumers Tell PYMNTS What They Expect, Value Most From Retailers Online purchases and deliveries have soared during the pandemic, but consumers still head to stores for their “need it now” purchases. In How We Shop: Brick-And-Mortar’s Role In The Bring-It-To-Me Economy, a PYMNTS and Carat from Fiserv collaboration, we surveyed 5,266 consumers to learn about the digital features that can give in-store merchants an edge when consumers “need it now.”