December 04, 2013
Clinkle Hires Former Netflix Execs
Mobile payments platform Clinke has added two former Netflix executives as it looks to make the transition from stealthy startup to major payments player, TechCrunch reported on December 4. Clinkle...
October 31, 2013
First Degree Price Discrimination Using Big Data
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Benjamin Reed Shiller (Brandeis University) describes First Degree Price Discrimination Using Big Data ABSTRACT: Second and 3rd degree price discrimination (PD) receive far more attention...
October 22, 2013
Clinkle Hires Netflix’s Barry McCarthy For COO Slot
Barry McCarthy, a former CFO for Netflix, will now serve as COO for mobile payments start-up Clinkle, according to an annoucement on the company’s website. McCarthy is a 12-year veteran...
September 03, 2013
Behind The Buzzword: How Merchants Should Approach Omnicommerce
There are plenty of ways merchants can justify taking a wait-and-see omnicommerce strategy. They can cite the high cost of investment, the lack of demand from customers or concerns consumers...
August 25, 2013
How Mobile Changes What We Do Every Hour Of Every...
I’ll bet you didn’t know that each year for the last 10, the U.S. government has been collecting data on how Americans spend their time each day. That agency isn’t...
July 30, 2013
Adpost, IKEA Named Fastest eCommerce Websites
ECommerce businesses may want to rethink their web optimization approach after reading the findings published in Radware’s newest report. The application solution provider found that eCommerce page load times rose...
July 12, 2013
Rakuten Expands Services In Europe, Starting With UK
Rakuten, an eCommerce company based in Japan, revealed the beta testing of its Wuaki video streaming service has gone live in the UK, reported TechCrunch. The CEO of Rakuten said...
March 24, 2013
Disabled Americans Sue eRetail Sites For Accessibility
Advocates for disabled Americans are suing many online merchants in an attempt to make online stores as accessibly as their brick-and-mortar counterparts, reports The Wall Street Journal. The National Federation...
January 11, 2013
US: GameFly wins big battle against postal service’s Netflix favoritism
A three-judge panel in Washington DC has served a win for GameFly videogame rental service as the panel reportedly has ordered that the Postal Regulatory Commission end “all discrimination” against...
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