Depending on who ask and how you ask it, consumers are either feeling a bit more confident about the economy as the fourth quarter gets underway, or they’re not. Not to be flip, but with so many personal factors impacting their financial state of mind,...
It’s been an eventful period in the B2B payments space. Here’s a recap of recent developments along with an analysis of the trends they illustrate. Integration Takes Top Billing Two developments illustrate the trend toward integration of B2B payment automation functionality into accounting and operating...
While everyone in the business-to-business (B2B) space would like to see transactions become as simple as those they experience in their lives as consumers, companies have their own hurdles to overcome when creating fully digitized, seamless experiences for buyers and sellers. During PYMNTS’ B2B Fireside...
What to wear? Always an important question, though perhaps in a different way during the year of the pandemic, as workers around the world headed home from the office and shed their business casualwear for sweatpants, old T-shirts and slippers, working in the privacy of...
May 25, 2020
The pandemic was unprecedented when it showed up in February and March; the phases of its aftermath will also be without a reference point. While it’s clear that the digital shift will stick in the retail ecosystem, other elements of the landscape are harder to predict. PYMNTS identified five areas and companies to watch as […]
September 10, 2019
The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. Unfortunately, simply introducing an electronic alternative to paper checks is not enough to kill this sticky and...
September 11, 2018
Is there a secret sauce for merchants to capture the evolving millennial? Those are the young consumers who are not that young anymore, and moving steadily toward the peak earning...
June 11, 2025
Pinterest has introduced two artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for advertisers that it says will provide enhanced ad solutions and shopping trend forecasts. One tool now being piloted among select advertisers is auto-collages, which uses AI to turn advertisers’ existing Pinterest product catalog into shoppable collages, the company said in a Wednesday (June 11) press release. […]
June 29, 2020
A former Nordstrom executive is calling on the department store sector to meet the needs of customers and keep pace with technology – or face extinction. In a Q&A with the National...
September 12, 2018
Cash purchases in the U.K. fell 1 percent last year, and now account for just 22 percent of purchases in the country. Data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed that...
May 31, 2017
Teenagers shopping with friends? Well, duh – but only if they can bring all of their friends, carried in their pocket and amplified via an acceptable Wi-Fi signal at the...