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1.9KInnovationWearables That Read Your Mind
The fact that our connected devices are getting to know us pretty well is, by now, well-known. A phone that can unlock a hotel room...
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2.9KRetailWhy Libraries Are Giving Up On Late Fees
It has happened to all but the most organized among us. We’re minding our own business, cleaning out a closet or reorganizing the...
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4.7KRetailThe Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)
The benefits of a good night’s sleep can’t be overstated – nor the negative consequences of not getting one. The average human...
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4.5KRetailWhy Treehouses Rule The Airbnb Roost
Pop quiz: When you read the words “most popular Airbnb listing in history,” what is the first thought that pops into your mind?...
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2.7KInnovationInside The Race For Flying-Taxi Liftoff
This might still sound like science fiction to many people, but the race for flying-taxi dominance is on and is gaining fresh...
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3.4KRetailThe Sharpie’s Indelible Mark On Commerce (And, Well, #SharpieGate)
September is always a big month for the Sharpie. With back-to-school in full swing, Sharpies are popular favorites on supply lists nationwide. That means...
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4.1KCommerceBurning Man: Silicon Valley’s Hottest Perk?
As Labor Day 2019 rolls in, the residents of the Eastern shore of Florida are gearing up for what is increasingly looking...
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3.8KDigital PaymentsFootball Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays
It’s that’s time of year again – football season is upon us. As diehard baseball geeks pout about having to share TV time...
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3.7KRetailWhat To Expect From Back-To-School Shopping
There is no set national date for the beginning of school in the United States because there is no set date to go back...
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3.8KDigital PaymentsMoney-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
It used to be all about the Benjamins, all about the cold hard cash – in this case, U.S. $100 bills, as...
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4.2KRetailTo Dream The Impossible Meatless Dream?
In the year 2000, if one had stood on a street corner and predicted that in two decades, the biggest craze to...
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6.2KRetailThat Inexplicable In-N-Out Burger, And Marketing Stunt #Fails
This week, the world was presented with a truly unusual retail mystery: The Case of the Inexplicable In-N-Out Burger. The story starts...
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4.4KInnovationCan Elon Musk Turn The Human Brain Into A Connected Device?
It can never be said that Elon Musk has a problem thinking big. That can be seen from his early days as one...
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3.3KInnovationMonopoly Goes Cashless And Board Games Gain Popularity
In this age of live multi-player online gaming, and virtual reality, and all things digital, it can be easy to think of...
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2.6KRetailStranger Summer Payments Things
While there are many things to love about summer – vacations, the beach, BBQs, fireworks, amusement parks and so on – in...
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8.2KInnovationeCommerce … The 1950s Way
Despite the fact that eCommerce has become a way of life in the last two decades, it is harder than it might...
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2.4KInnovationInnovative Approaches To The $4.2T Health And Wellness Market
It seems every firm is trying to find a way into the expansive — and ever-growing — “health and wellness” market. As...
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2.4KTravel PaymentsAdventure Travel And Beyond — Summer Vacation’s New Norm
Summer is here and while schools nationwide are emptying, families across the U.S. are readying for the annual pilgrimage to beaches, national...
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1.7KCashWhy Cash Is Still King On Graduation Day
For the last several weeks, and for a few more to come, students at the nation’s high schools and colleges are donning their gowns...
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2.2KRetailOutside The Box (And Inside The Storage Container) Solutions To Sky-High Rent
More American adults own their homes than rent them – fewer than two-thirds own, while a little over one-third rent. Those numbers have been relatively...
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1.9KRetailThe Unofficial Guide To Buzzworthy Grilling And Beyond
This weekend, Americans will celebrate Memorial Day – the official recognition of all who have served in the U.S. armed forces and lost their...
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4.5KInnovationHave Consumers Fallen Out Of Love With Robots?
We confess: We hate doing household chores, cooking and running errands – and we suspect you do, too. And the promise of a modern-day version...
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5.4KRetailWhen QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race
The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. The drive-thru window, for example,...
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2.1KSubscriptionsPayments Goes To The Movies
There were two very different stories about the American movie business floating around in the media this week. One was big and...
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5.1KInnovationSpring Break Goes High-Tech
From smart bags to social media, spring break is becoming a surprisingly digital and high-tech travel period in the U.S. The words...
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4.8KRetailWhat’s Your Commerce Horoscope?
There are many mechanisms in the market designed to help match consumers to offerings that are suited to them. Better algorithms, visual...
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6.7KRetailWhat ‘The Simpsons,’ Art And Millennials Have In Common
The art world can be a strange place. While this is a fact well-known to art collectors, even non-collectors got a taste of just...
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6.4KRetailPutting A Famous Face To A Product
Celebrity-backed brands are nothing new. As PYMNTS has previously reported, the original celebrity-endorsed products date back as the far as the 1760s, when the...
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4.1KRetailSpace: The Final Travel Commerce Frontier
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek...
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7.0KInternet of ThingsThe Great Facebook Fumble – And The Economic Damage Done
Every day, in nearly every corner of the world, 1.4 billion people log onto Facebook and 500 million people log onto Instagram. On Wednesday (March...
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5.3KInternationalThe Tie That Binds? The Royal Instagram And Brexit Preppers
Over the centuries, the British have gained a reputation for a certain steadiness of character, best epitomized via the “Keep Calm and Carry...
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6.5KRetailCracking Down On The Counterfeit Culture
All Deborah Copaken really wanted was a warm coat. A good coat. A Canada Goose coat. Sure, it cost more than $900...
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9.3KNewsVenmo, Girl Scouts And Bitcoin: The Week In Unexpected Upsides
Usually when we talk about unintended consequences here at PYMNTS, we are talking about something that has gone terribly wrong, or at...
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5.0KNewsAmazon HQ2, JPM Coin And The Weird, Wild Week Of Payments’ Left Turns
There is no such thing as a boring week in payments, of course. Every seven-day period is good for at least one unexpected twist....
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5.1KPayments InnovationBeyond Flying Cars: Predictions That Weren’t Necessarily On The Money
Welcome, valued PYMNTS readers, to the weekend. No doubt you worked hard, and chances are you put in more than 40 hours...
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4.9KRetailWhy The Dollars Are Actually The Greatest Show On Turf
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,...
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5.6KInnovationBitcoin And Dented Radishes: This Week’s Hype Penalty Box Nominees
“Hype” is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “to promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits.”...
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5.1KRetailWhy The Sweet Smell Of Tech Success Can Be Rife With Failure
In 1946, a few weeks before Christmas, Frank Capra’s Christmastime classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” was released in theaters. It was mostly...
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5.9KRetailBots And Outside-The-Bots, CES 2019: Payments And Commerce Highlights
There was a lot about CES in Las Vegas last week that was predictable. Google and Amazon competed for voice-activated mindshare. There...
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8.6KRetailHow Fortnite Turned ‘Free’ Into $3B In Profits
Until extremely recently, the word “fortnight” was a fancy way to say “two weeks” – and it wasn’t likely to come up...
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5.9KEconomy2018: The Year Of The Confident Consumer
What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, consumer confidence had slipped to an all-time low, and consumer spending followed it...
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6.5KRetailThinking Outside The Holiday Gift Box
The Christmas countdown is upon us. And with just single-digit shopping days left, the countdown is on to find that perfect gift...
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7.0KGig EconomyCan The Gig Economy Stress-Bust The Holidays?
While the holiday season is officially known as the most wonderful time of the year, for the majority of American consumers, it...
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6.1KPayments InnovationAre QR Codes The Salvation Army’s Digital Salvation?
Pull any list of “top 10 Christmas carols” from the web, and it will quickly become obvious that bells are deeply important to people...
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10.5KeCommerceThe Art And Science Of Making Embarrassing Purchases More Private
These are amazing times to be a consumer who suffers from retail embarrassment. Both science and digital technology are making it easier...
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6.5KRetailGuess What? Black Friday Started The Day After Halloween.
Once upon a time, the holiday shopping season had a very, very well-defined start date. The day after Thanksgiving has been known...
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6.5KRetailThis Weekend’s $25B Shopping Event
When Singles Day launched nearly a decade ago, the then-fledgling eCommerce brand Alibaba didn’t really think they were changing the face of...
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6.6KDataThe $5B Midterm Elections And The Big Costs Of Big Data
Politics is not our normal beat here at PYMNTS. But the 2018 midterms has changed our thinking, and for one reason: 2018 will...
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5.9KCommerceTrick Or Treat (Payments And Commerce Style)
Halloween is the scariest day of the year for children and parents alike – though for very different reasons. For kids, the proliferation...
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5.7KCommerceHappy Birthday To PYMNTS
On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The skies parted, the...
