Welcome, valued PYMNTS readers, to the weekend. No doubt you worked hard, and chances are you put in more than 40 hours...
Rumor has it, there is some sort of football competition happening in Atlanta this weekend. We are mostly kidding about that. As PYMNTS is Boston-based,...
“Hype” is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “to promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits.”...
In 1946, a few weeks before Christmas, Frank Capra’s Christmastime classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” was released in theaters. It was mostly...
There was a lot about CES in Las Vegas last week that was predictable. Google and Amazon competed for voice-activated mindshare. There...
Until extremely recently, the word “fortnight” was a fancy way to say “two weeks” – and it wasn’t likely to come up...
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, consumer confidence had slipped to an all-time low, and consumer spending followed it...
The Christmas countdown is upon us. And with just single-digit shopping days left, the countdown is on to find that perfect gift...
While the holiday season is officially known as the most wonderful time of the year, for the majority of American consumers, it...
Pull any list of “top 10 Christmas carols” from the web, and it will quickly become obvious that bells are deeply important to people...
These are amazing times to be a consumer who suffers from retail embarrassment. Both science and digital technology are making it easier...
Once upon a time, the holiday shopping season had a very, very well-defined start date. The day after Thanksgiving has been known...
When Singles Day launched nearly a decade ago, the then-fledgling eCommerce brand Alibaba didn’t really think they were changing the face of...
Politics is not our normal beat here at PYMNTS. But the 2018 midterms has changed our thinking, and for one reason: 2018 will...
Halloween is the scariest day of the year for children and parents alike – though for very different reasons. For kids, the proliferation...
On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The skies parted, the...
When English mountaineer George Mallory was asked in 1923 by The New York Times why he wanted to attempt to climb Mount Everest...
Some failures of technology are very serious. On Jan. 13, 2018, an emergency alert text went out all over Hawaii telling residents...
This week, New York celebrated its 75th fall Fashion Week, with all the pomp, glamour, celebrity and hype that defines the event. The city was...
With 12 words, one photo and a tweet, Nike has managed to capture the news cycle this week – and much of...
The unofficial end of summer is upon us. But before everyone can contentedly begin sipping their pumpkin spice latte and start Christmas...
The Burn is upon us. This weekend, the hippest, coolest, most connected and most creative will converge on Nevada’s Black Rock desert...
“Oooh, your kisses, sweeter than honey/ But guess what? So’s my money.” Writing about Aretha in a 2016 profile for The New Yorker, writer...
Americans do a lot of driving. According to the latest edition of the American Driving Survey, each Americans spends about 290 hours a...
For the team at MoviePass, it’s been an interesting few weeks – or few months, depending on how one looks at it....
Everyone loves a bargain, and there is something uniquely satisfying about not only getting whatever product one is after, but also getting...
When planning a large-scale marketing push or publicity stunt, it can be easy to overlook the fact that getting attention is hard,...
Here at PYMNTS, we see it all, often in the form of press releases – most of which claim to be the next big thing...
PYMNTS may not have the greatest sports experts in the world, but even we understood the big deal concerning the addition of Lebron James to the...
Every summer needs at least one song. In 1960, it was the Brian Hyland classic “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini.”...
National Selfie Day has passed into the history books once again. For those us who need a few days to let go...
Father’s Day has always had some trouble engendering the kind of enthusiasm for gift giving that Mother’s Day does — and we mean always....
In one week, the FIFA World Cup Men’s Soccer competition will kick off in Russia. For most of the world that is big...
“Blame It On the Rain” is more than the song that ended the musical career of early 90s sensation Milli Vanilli. The...
It’s been called many things: Fry Sauce, Go Sauce, Russian Dressing, Dutch Sauce, Golf Sauce. On occasion, it’s called nothing in particular....
There have been a number of great commercial jingles in the history of commercials — tunes so catchy that they stick, almost forever,...
Mothers are special people. Moms kiss scraped knees, edit term papers, cook meals, clean rooms and listen to Disney soundtracks on repeat...
Some things in life are predictable. The passage of seasons, the flow of time and, of course, quarterly earnings reports. Rain or...
Spring has been called the season of renewal — new birth and new life — and it doesn’t get much better than the announcement...
In 2012, American internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and blogger Jason Calacanis gave a pretty bold prediction about Amazon Prime — then in...
Tax Day for Americans is here, or at least it will be on Tuesday, April 17. This year is a bit of an unusual year as...
It’s fair to say we live in the future. A vast majority of Americans carry a super-computer in their pockets that can...
Americans spend a lot on Easter - collectively almost $20 billion on Easter with $2.6 billion on candy alone. That’s a lot...
Though you couldn’t tell on the East Coast this week — following the latest round of blizzard-y weather — spring has officially sprung. And...
Irish Americans outnumber the Irish of Ireland by quite a lot. There are 4.7 million people in Ireland and about 33 million...
When Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts and ends, most Americans lose or gain an hour of sleep — and while this can...
The Oscars have become one of Hollywood’s most glamorous events over the past nearly nine decades, with stars spending millions on red...
Some days will always be remembered — Oct. 29, 1929, for example (a.k.a. the Wall Street Crash of 1929). Others are symbolic...
Yesterday marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year, and this year it’s the Year of the Dog. The Chinese zodiac is a bit...
The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Opening ceremonies took place Friday night, local time (early Friday morning...