November 25, 2014
The Latest Amazon Accessory: A Human Installer
Amazon is running a trial in three cities—New York, Los Angeles and Seattle—to offer installation and other services—including plumbing, electrical work, fitness instructors and even music teachers—along with germane products...
November 25, 2014
EBay May Soon Take Bitcoin
EBay and PayPal are no longer an item, but new reports say Bitcoin may keep the companies together. EBay.com president Devin Wenig has not ruled out incorporating Bitcoin into the...
November 24, 2014
Weird Stuff In Payments
“The path to any success is lined with disasters.” Adam Davidson wrote a pretty thought-provoking article on failure that was published in The New York Times a couple of weeks...
November 22, 2014
Let’s Get Ready To Retail
In just about a week, Americans – fortified by turkey and stuffing, maxxed out on football and ready to flee the visiting relatives, will participate in one of the most...
November 20, 2014
Alibaba Preps Logistics Move
With its eyes on improving logistics for its ever-expanding global plans, The Alibaba Group is exploring a partnership with Hangzhou-based logistics firm Best Logistics Technology Company, with a specific goal...
November 20, 2014
Target Sees First Profit Boost Since Data Breach
Target continues to pay for its massive data breach that occurred during last year’s fourth quarter, but it appears the retailer has nearly recovered from most of the issues stemming...
November 20, 2014
Discover Beefs Up Cash Back Redemption Options
Discover was a pioneer of cashback rewards when it began offering them to customers in 1986. Fast-forward 28 years and Discover still wants to make it easier for cardmembers to...
November 20, 2014
Russian Shoppers To Double Ecommerce Spending
Russian shoppers are expected to spend up to $5.1 billion this year on foreign commerce websites, twice as much as they spent in 2013, The Paypers reported on Wednesday (Nov....
November 20, 2014
Alibaba’s Amazon Killer?
As if Amazon and eBay needed more reasons to worry about Alibaba—which might also be getting frighteningly tight with Apple—founder Jack Ma said Thursday (Nov. 20) that Alibaba is creating...
