05 March 2014 Hashtag activator Chirpify has introduced #Actiontags for TV, enabling consumers to post to Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the “activated hashtags” they see on TV to instantly purchase products or respond to campaigns. For example, consumers who tweet #testdrive in response to...
06 March 2014 Ripple Labs, the creators of the Ripple open-source, distributed payment protocol, is hoping to increase its market traction by opening up to developers with a portal designed specifically for them. Initially the portal will house the new Rest API, with plans to...
Looming store closures by Macy’s, J.C. Penney and Sear Roebuck and Co. represent a grim example of the general tenuousness of consumer spending. Tick up a few notches in socioeconomic standing, however, things appear a bit brighter. Roughly 10 million shoppers enter the luxury market...
PayAnywhere and MasterCard have announced a new partnership that will see MasterCard distribute a branded, co-branded or white-label solution of PayAnywhere’s mPOS solutions to help small business owners (SMBs) reduce friction at the checkout, a December 19 press release revealed. As part of the deal,...
St. Louis-based cafe chain Panera Bread turned more than a few heads when it revealed in 2010 that it would launch an unconventional non-profit restaurant chain called Panera Cares. These locations would do something unprecedented in the corporate world: allow consumers to set the price...
