December 09, 2015
USPS.com Leads All Physical Post Offices In Sales
Despite its nationwide spread and ubiquity with consumers, few mention the U.S. Postal Service when it comes to leading carrier services in retail. However, the USPS isn’t letting an old-fashioned...
December 09, 2015
Retail Hiring At Its Weakest Levels Since 2011
Retail hiring was on the decline again in November, down 5 percent, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas’ latest report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
December 09, 2015
The Rest Of The Payments 2015 By The Letter: S...
A was for Apple Pay, B was for bitcoin and C was for cross-border. OK, maybe you saw those ones coming, but whatever could the Z stand for in MPD...
December 09, 2015
EU Cybersecurity Law To Keep Companies In Check
EU lawmakers and member states are making a move to hold Internet firms accountable for reporting serious security breaches or else face sanctions, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 7). Get the Full...
December 08, 2015
EU: EC officially probing McDonald’s over ‘sweetheart’ tax deal with...
Luxembourg’s legislature said it would “completely collaborate” with the examination, and that it “considers that no exceptional expense treatment nor particular point of preference have been conceded to McDonald’s”. All...
December 08, 2015
Wayfair’s Big Moment
Though eCommerce often draws the sort of breathless praise of reporters, analysts and commentators that leads to terms like “wave of the future” or “the death of traditional retail” being...
December 08, 2015
Who Won The Black Friday Pricing War?
Though shoppers may not be as zealous for doorbuster Black Friday deals as they used to be, online retailers have picked up the slack in a major way this holiday shopping...
December 08, 2015
Payments 2015 By The Letter: L Through R
Narrowing an entire year of payments activity into a 26-item list may sound like quite the feat. And with one for every letter of the alpahabet? Nearly impossible. But MPD...
December 07, 2015
The App Arms Race For The Smarter Car
While the Ford Model T has been venerated over the years as the robust start to an American automotive tradition, the truth is that early cars provided just as much...