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National Retail Federation Urges Lawmakers Not To Repeal Debit Card Swipe Reform
National Retail Federation Urges Lawmakers Not To Repeal Debit Card Swipe Reform
May 03, 2017  |  Retail

As the House Financial Services Committee considers approval of the Financial Choice Act, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is urging lawmakers to reject efforts to repeal...

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Facebook Quietly Testing QR Codes For Offline Discounts
Facebook Quietly Testing QR Codes For Offline Discounts
May 02, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook doesn’t only want to be the leading advertising destination in the world of social media; it’s also trying to show it can drive foot...

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Investors Betting On The End Of Malls
Investors Betting On The End Of Malls
April 27, 2017  |  Commerce

Malls are hurting, that much is true. As consumers continue to move their purchases elsewhere, many of these behemoths of brick-and-mortar retail have become shells...

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Payless Suppliers Getting More Aggressive As Concerns Mount They Won’t Get Paid
Payless Suppliers Getting More Aggressive As Concerns Mount They Won’t Get Paid
April 24, 2017  |  Retail

Payless, the soon-to-be-bankrupt shoe retailer, is seeing hostility from its vendors grow more broadly as suppliers are growing more concerned they won’t get paid for...

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How Retailers Can Reclaim A Month’s Worth Of Lost Sales
How Retailers Can Reclaim A Month’s Worth Of Lost Sales
April 24, 2017  |  eCommerce

Retailers say they lose out to Amazon for many reasons. One of them is their inability to enable last minute gifting. Loop Commerce CEO Roy...

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Chatbot Tracker: Are Payments The Missing Link To Chatbot Success?
Chatbot Tracker: Are Payments The Missing Link To Chatbot Success?
April 18, 2017  |  Chatbots And Commerce

As the saying goes, money makes the world go around. The same can be said for the potential future success of chatbots. In nearly every...

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Crate & Barrel Confirms Its CEO Left The Company Last Week
Crate & Barrel Confirms Its CEO Left The Company Last Week
April 18, 2017  |  Personnel

Crate & Barrel, the furniture and home goods retailer, confirmed last week that CEO Doug Diemoz left after less than two years at the helm....

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Max Levchin And Building Truly Honest Finance Products
Max Levchin And Building Truly Honest Finance Products
April 12, 2017  |  Loans

In February 2013, Max Levchin launched Affirm — a point-of-sale (POS) lender that would provide creditworthy millennials, who lacked credit cards and credit scores, the ability...

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First Data CEO Bets On Data, First, For Merchants To Score Payments
First Data CEO Bets On Data, First, For Merchants To Score Payments
April 11, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Can merchants find their way into the end zone, scoring points with customers? In an Innovation Project 2017 fireside chat with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster loaded...

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