Retail

BlueSnap
The Biggest Opportunity in Commerce: Cross Border
April 18, 2014

MPD CEO Karen Webster and BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier went around the world to explore the opportunities and challenges of doing business in some of the most dynamic markets for commerce. Here are a few highlights about what it will take to win in these...

Controversial
SMBs Give The Economy A Thumbs Up, Sort Of
April 09, 2014

New research from NFIB reveal that SMBs have a slightly more optimistic view of their economic future with much of the gain the result of the nose dive this “optimism index” took in February. Unfortunately, SMBs still feel a nagging sense of uncertainty about their...

News
New Toys ‘R’ Us Strategy Looks To Wow Parents, Not Kids
April 02, 2014

New Toys ‘R’ Us Strategy Looks To Wow Parents, Not Kids News, Retail What’s Hot, Toys ‘R’ Us turnaround strategy, TRU Transformation Toy store Toys ‘R’ Us, which lost $1 billion last year, reportedly is going through changes, focusing its turnaround strategy less on impressing...

B2B Payments
After A Recession-Driven Collapse, Factoring Returns For Apparel
January 22, 2014

Factoring, in which a supplier sells an invoice to a financer to be paid less than the invoice's value immediately, all but dried up as a financing source for small apparel manufacturers in the wake of the recession. But it appears to be making a...

Merchant Innovation
12 Retailers Innovating With Mobile
December 09, 2013

“Mobile blurs the on and offline worlds, making it possible for everything with a physical component to have an online component … Having the ability to communicate with consumers in real time during their shopping journey is something that merchants have never been able to...

Commentary
eBay Makes Major Play in Social Commerce Sector with New “Project”
September 10, 2011

eBay has acquired the platform and personnel from the Gifts Project, an Israeli social commerce venture that lets groups of friends come together to purchase a particular present. “The Gifts Project has been powering eBay’s version of the concept called Group Gifts for almost a...

Commentary
Will Zong Make eBay the Future of Retail Commerce?
July 07, 2011

eBay’s announcement yesterday of its acquisition of Zong is just another interesting example of this e-commerce giant’s grand ambition to change the face of retail as merchants and consumers know it and experience it today. Here’s what I mean. Retail Nirvana as envisioned by eBay...