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Mobile Commerce
Demandware Partners For Mobile Checkout
April 05, 2016

Demandware has partnered with Moovweb to integrate its pre-built mobile checkout integration so its customers can offer more frictionless checkout options and understand where there may be gaps in their systems. The goal of this partnership is to enable Demandware merchants to increase mobile conversion rates, increase revenues per visit and...

Alternative Finances
Transactional Credit Comes To Main Street Merchants
April 05, 2016

When most laymen hear the term “alternative financial services,” they immediately envision consumers (and small businesses) that are underserved by the traditional credit markets and either unable to secure credit along “mainstream” channels or unable to do so without facing a difficult or time-consuming process....

Payment Methods
Amid Regulatory Scrutiny of Unicorns, Caveat Emptor
April 04, 2016

When the Feds come knocking and want to look under the proverbial hood, the unicorns may crash to earth.

Mobile Commerce
Fitbit Outsells Apple Watch On Amazon
April 04, 2016

Whenever Apple decides to release a new iteration of the iPhone, the execs at Cupertino can always count on the diehards turning out in droves to bump sales numbers up. However, it doesn’t appear that the same dynamic holds for the Apple Watch — at least,...

Soda Wars Summer
April 04, 2016

Coke and Pepsi have unveiled their competing marketing campaigns for summer 2016. Will the brands’ efforts gain traction among millennials, who have been forsaking soda altogether, or is the growing consumer preference for healthier options too strong to be affected by song lyrics and emojis?

Retail Employment Shows Some Improvement
April 04, 2016

There’s good news and bad news regarding employment for a number of industries in the U.S., with retail, more or less, coming out on the positive end. In examining data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday (April 1) related to employment...

Mobile Commerce
What’s On Tap: Beacon-Based Beer Recommendations
April 04, 2016

As March Madness reaches its ironic conclusion at the start of April, millions of basketball fans will trudge to their neighborhood bars to watch the championship game and either celebrate or drown their sorrows with plenty of the same thing: beer. While wine drinkers and...

Retail
Ladies-Only Ridesharing Service Founded By Ex-Uber Driver
April 04, 2016

Can a speciality version out-Uber Uber? This is the question Chariot for Women is seeking to answer with the launch of its new service, which, for lack of a better description, is basically Uber by women, for women. Founded my Michael Pelletz, once an Uber...

Snapchat’s Surprise Surge
April 04, 2016

Though Snapchat – and its valuation haircut – got the lion’s share of the headlines as the year began, it looks like the story might be starting to turn. As it turns out, Snapchat is gaining the right traction with the right users, and (for...