online sales

Amazon Rolls Out Red Carpet for Sellers With Buy With Prime, Alexa Upgrades
Amazon Rolls Out Red Carpet for Sellers With Buy With Prime, Alexa Upgrades
September 14, 2022  |  Amazon

Targeted marketing emails, pages that direct shoppers to off-site sellers and Alexa artificial intelligence tools are three new marketing solutions Amazon is piloting to help...

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Walmart Invites Canadian Sellers to Join Its US Marketplace
Walmart Invites Canadian Sellers to Join Its US Marketplace
August 30, 2022  |  Walmart

Calling it a chance to expand in the U.S., Walmart is hoping to recruit sellers based in Canada to join its American marketplace. The retail...

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BNPL’s Newest Trick: Cutting Out the Retail ‘Middleman’
BNPL’s Newest Trick: Cutting Out the Retail ‘Middleman’
August 22, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a consumer credit solution typically sold to retailers who then allow eligible consumers to use it to pay in...

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Adapting Authentication to a ‘Buy’ Button World
Adapting Authentication to a ‘Buy’ Button World
August 18, 2022  |  Authentication

As the enemy of conversion, checkout friction is in the crosshairs of players in the sector as more are making moves to apply friction more...

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76% of Merchants Prefer to Manage Chargeback Disputes With Third-Party Tools
76% of Merchants Prefer to Manage Chargeback Disputes With Third-Party Tools
August 08, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

An unwelcome side effect of the eCommerce and digital payments boom is the burden of chargebacks and disputes, and more merchants and brands are finding...

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PYMNTS Summer Series: African Diasporic Brands Go Mainstream With The Folklore
PYMNTS Summer Series: African Diasporic Brands Go Mainstream With The Folklore
August 08, 2022  |  eCommerce

Discovery takes many forms, a popular one being delving into our ancestral roots and coming away inspired by cultural heritage, music, literature and most definitely...

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Direct-to-Consumer Retailing Boosts Supply Chain Technology Providers
Direct-to-Consumer Retailing Boosts Supply Chain Technology Providers
August 07, 2022  |  Retail

More companies have embraced selling directly to consumers, sidestepping old, larger-scale operations in favor of developing direct-to-consumer (D2C) operations. With brick-and-mortar commerce still recovering from...

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BNPL Firm Postpay Introduces ‘One’ Express Checkout Solution
BNPL Firm Postpay Introduces ‘One’ Express Checkout Solution
July 28, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Dubai-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Postpay has launched a new checkout solution that aims to simplify the process and empower eCommerce merchants. The...

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Supporting the Right Cryptos and Wallets Is Key When Choosing a Payments Processor
Supporting the Right Cryptos and Wallets Is Key When Choosing a Payments Processor
July 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Welcome to “The Merchants Guide to Accepting Crypto: The Questions to Ask,” a new PYMNTS series aimed at helping merchants big and small, online and...

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