Black Friday will be a digital-first holiday – and possibly even digitally dominated – at a time when consumers who have shifted to digital say they will stick to all or most of those habits in the future. And in digital onboarding, email verification and other authentication technologies can...
Restaurants are depending heavily on mobile traffic to help offset declines in walk-in traffic amid the pandemic. Eateries are slowly opening dining rooms and patios at restricted capacity, but some of these reopenings could end with the colder weather. In retail, skincare and beauty brand Cleanlogic is setting...
Fleet Feet has harnessed its technology-first strategy to obtain, maintain and expand its customer base – even while its retail locations were shuttered early in the pandemic. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies such as Kellogg’s are stepping up their direct-to-consumer (D2C) efforts, while Petco is offering a new subscription option. And overall, consumers have forced large...
Home Depot has revamped its loyalty program by allowing Pro Xtra members to earn points for shopping and redeeming benefits via its app. In consumer spending, Amazon and Walmart are pushing to capture the electronics portion of the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck. And in payments innovation, tokenization and data vaulting take the sting out of payment card...
Salesforce predicts that a digital surge could strain holiday shipping. In connected vehicles, the FinTech Car IQ has teamed with Discover to accelerate automotive banking. And in innovation, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is making it simpler for companies and FinTechs to create functions for sending and receiving payments in addition to managing banking data. All this, Today in...
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) hybrid brand Spiceology is on a mission to get chefs and consumers to experiment with flavor, as home cooking has become popular and eateries are beginning to rebound from COVID-19. In merchant innovation, many retailers are in the middle of a journey to digitize operations and bolster sales. And...
Target’s “Deal Days” are set to compete day-to-day with Amazon’s proprietary holiday, which was confirmed just hours before Target’s. The “Deal Days” will showcase digital promotions on thousands of products. And in business-to-business (B2B) payments, adopting automation for accounts receivable (AR) takes the struggle out of manually following...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost everything about how consumers live – when it comes to working, shopping, eating or entertaining themselves. And yet in the U.S. and around the world, merchants are increasingly enthused by the opportunities that changes in the market may...
Boosted Commerce is riding the marketplace tailwind by purchasing companies that sell on digital platforms. In technology, Amazon has unveiled its new Luna cloud gaming offering, as it became the latest Big Tech firm to launch its collection of pre-holiday shopping selections. And in finance, credit unions are stepping up to support...
