Retail

Hotel Management Company Becomes Repeat Breach Victim
April 13, 2015

A hotel management group has confirmed payment-card breaches in 10 of its hotels, just months before the affected point-of-sale (POS) systems were scheduled to be converted to tokenization — which might have blocked the breaches. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Carrier Billing Projected To Pull In $14B By 2019
April 10, 2015

Digital content paid for through carrier billing will generate more than $14 billion in revenue over the next five years, according to a new Juniper Research report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Mobile
Retail’s Mobile Beacon Tech Gets Ad Network Partner
April 10, 2015

Ad-tech company Freckle IoT is partnering with retail-beacon leader Blue Bite to create a 60,000-beacon network for mobile marketing — the biggest proximity network in North America, according to VentureBeat. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Merchant Innovation
Millennials May Be Waste Of Retailers’ Time
April 10, 2015

Is all this catering to millennials a waste of retailers’ time? That’s what a new report from Forrester Research suggests. The problem? Millennials and other consumers under the age of 45 don’t have much money and don’t respond to conventional marketing, while older consumers have...

New Jersey Wants To Tax Bitcoin Transactions
April 09, 2015

In New Jersey, if you accept bitcoin as a retailer, you must collect sales tax — twice. That’s the word from the New Jersey Division of Taxation, which has issued a technical advisory memorandum spelling out the tax implications of cryptocurrency in the Garden State....

PayPal/eBay First To Bend To Russia’s New Data Rules
April 08, 2015

Despite complaints that the new rules are costly and difficult to follow, PayPal and its parent company eBay have announced that they will be the first U.S.-based companies to submit to new Russian rules that require Web companies to store Russian users’ data in Russia. Get the...

News
SMBs Say Websites Best Marketing Tool
April 08, 2015

Small businesses say that company websites are still their most effective marketing tool, but social media is gaining ground, according to a new study by Thrive Analytics. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Local Grocer Provides Personalized Omni-Commerce
April 08, 2015

Personalized omnichannel shopping is no longer just for big retailers. The 97-store Lowes Foods supermarket chain is about to begin testing a customer engagement platform that will give click-and-collect shoppers a personalized homepage on the grocer’s website, complete with personalized recommendations. Get the Full Story...

Xiaomi Gets Into India’s Retail Channels
April 08, 2015

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its sales channels in India beyond Flipkart to include Snapdeal and Amazon India, along with Indian brick-and-mortar retailers for the first time, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...