December 11, 2012
Don’t Call It A Comeback: Green Dot’s Quiet Climb
“Bluebird’s existence means certain demise for Green Dot.” That was the popular narrative in October, after American Express and Walmart teamed up to launch a prepaid program of impressive scale....
December 06, 2012
Twitter Praises Chiprify, Jokes About Zynga, Criticizes CitiGroup
Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday. @adrouart: I wonder if shld assume same rateofchange as past...
December 03, 2012
All’s Fair In Love, War And Price Matching
“The unluckiest buyer paid more than triple the price that the luckiest buyer paid.” That statement, courtesy of a New York Times piece on real-time price matching practices by some...
November 25, 2012
Citi Price Reward: Too Good To Be True?
The new Citi Price Rewards program claims to eliminate many of the pain points that come with price-matching guarantees. Does it live up to the promise? In the estimation of...
November 21, 2012
Black Friday Deals Starting Early
Black Friday is one of, if not the most, important day of the year for retailers in the U.S. So what are merchants doing to gear up for holiday sales?...
November 20, 2012
Labor Rights Groups Protest Cyber Monday
Two labor rights groups – Jobs with Justice and American Rights at Work, are protesting Cyber Monday, claiming it creates “sweatshop conditions” for workers at eRetail sites. The two groups...
November 14, 2012
Walmart Launches Food Subscription Service Goodies.co
Walmart has rolled out its subscription-based Goodies.co service, which ships samples of food to homes on a monthly basis, notes Tech Crunch. The program initially launched among Walmart employees in...
November 12, 2012
U.S.: Merchants oppose potential largest-ever antitrust settlement
As the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted preliminary approval to Visa and Mastercard of the potential largest-ever antitrust settlement in the nation’s history, NASC...
November 11, 2012
Walmart Exec: 40 Percent Of Holiday Traffic Will Come From...
Walmart expects 40 percent of its holiday traffic to come from mobile devices, according to Ravi Jariwala, director of public relations at Walmart. “We know that half of our Walmart...