Karen Webster

Will Amazon Make Streaming Shoppable?
Will Amazon Make Streaming Shoppable?
March 21, 2022  |  Retail

The Netflix series “Emily in Paris,” which debuted in May of 2021, didn’t exactly start off on the right foot. Panned by critics and viewers,...

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The Value of Consumer Certainty in Driving Digital Transformation
The Value of Consumer Certainty in Driving Digital Transformation
February 28, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

There has been so much written over the last two years about the consumer’s great shift to digital – and PYMNTS has contributed our fair...

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Peloton and the Amazon Effect on Fitness
Peloton and the Amazon Effect on Fitness
February 07, 2022  |  Retail

Last Friday’s news that Amazon could be one of the suitors interested in buying Peloton caused that stock to jump 30 percent in after-hours trading....

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The BNPL Innovation That Pure Plays Unlocked and Banks Are Missing
The BNPL Innovation That Pure Plays Unlocked and Banks Are Missing
January 31, 2022  |  BNPL

When general-purpose credit cards were introduced in the late 50s and early 60s, they were advertised as a way for consumers to buy something they...

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The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans
The Three Most Important Questions for the Fed on Its CBDC Plans
January 24, 2022  |  CBDC

The Fed released its long-awaited paper on Central Bank Digital Currencies last week. After reading it, I don’t get the feeling that even the authors...

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10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
January 10, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Ten Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022 Just about everyone has their own prediction for what three, four, five or ten things will...

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52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy Takes Off
52 Mondays 2021: And Just Like That, The Connected Economy Takes Off
December 27, 2021  |  Karen Webster

The vintage pop song says, “Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be …”   No disrespect to The Mamas &...

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The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing
The Buy Now, Pay Later Battle That’s Brewing
December 13, 2021  |  BNPL

The invasion of 156,000 Allied Forces on the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944 is regarded by historians as the big turning point of...

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Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap
Physical Retail’s Data Distortion Trap
December 06, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

In 1907, Mark Twain famously popularized the saying “lies, damn lies and statistics,” almost as a self-deprecating comment about his own ability to interpret “figures”...

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