Merchant Innovation

Amazon And Its Real Estate Effect
Amazon And Its Real Estate Effect
May 03, 2018  |  Real Estate

Is Amazon so big that it can change the real estate game in a way that might suit Amazon? Consider that the eCommerce giant has...

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Amazon Researches Sizing With 3-D Body Scanning
Amazon Researches Sizing With 3-D Body Scanning
May 03, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon wants to improve sizing, and so, the eCommerce retailer is studying different body types. More specifically, Amazon is inviting people to visit a New...

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MoviePass Brings Back Popular Monthly Subscription Plan
MoviePass Brings Back Popular Monthly Subscription Plan
May 02, 2018  |  Subscriptions

MoviePass, which briefly removed its movie-a-day monthly subscription from its website, will start allowing customers to sign up for it again. Variety, citing MoviePass Chief...

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Blockchain Moves From POC Into Pilots And Beta Tests
Blockchain Moves From POC Into Pilots And Beta Tests
May 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain applications may still be a ways away from real-world proliferation, but the technology is certainly beginning to take steps from proof-of-concept phase into beta...

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Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles
Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles
May 01, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon, announced news on Tuesday (May 1) that it will expand its Boston Tech Hub, creating 2,000 new tech jobs in fields including machine learning,...

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Higher US Spending Marks McDonald’s Results, Hints At Resilient Consumer
Higher US Spending Marks McDonald’s Results, Hints At Resilient Consumer
May 01, 2018  |  Earnings

Think of it as a measure of the economy, rendered in meat, bread, pickles and ketchup.  Cheese too, if you like. The latest quarterly results...

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Mastercard Introduces Remote Biometric Card Enrollment
Mastercard Introduces Remote Biometric Card Enrollment
May 01, 2018  |  Mastercard

As biometrics have begun to represent the next generation in securing payments, Mastercard has unveiled a technological advancement for its own biometric cards. Cardholders can now register...

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Delivery Services Bridge The Gap From Farm To Table
Delivery Services Bridge The Gap From Farm To Table
May 01, 2018  |  Retail

Services like AmazonFresh and Peapod offer grocery delivery with a few clicks, but mainstream delivery services — or even local supermarkets — don’t always offer farm-to-table...

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Lyft Takes 9 Percentage Points Of US Market Share From Rival Uber
Lyft Takes 9 Percentage Points Of US Market Share From Rival Uber
May 01, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Lyft has nearly doubled its market share, taking nine percentage points away from rival and market leader Uber. According to news from Bloomberg, Certify data showed...

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