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Chatbot Tracker: Are Payments The Missing Link To Chatbot Success?
Chatbot Tracker: Are Payments The Missing Link To Chatbot Success?
April 18, 2017  |  Chatbots And Commerce

As the saying goes, money makes the world go around. The same can be said for the potential future success of chatbots. In nearly every...

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First Data CEO Bets On Data, First, For Merchants To Score Payments
First Data CEO Bets On Data, First, For Merchants To Score Payments
April 11, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Can merchants find their way into the end zone, scoring points with customers? In an Innovation Project 2017 fireside chat with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster loaded...

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Amazon Gets Street Enthusiasm on Credit Card Plans
Amazon Gets Street Enthusiasm on Credit Card Plans
March 24, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Amazon on category killer — it’s old hat in eCommerce and in the war against bricks-and-mortar. The retail landscape is littered with corporeal bodies slain by...

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Top-Shelf (And Thirdshelf) Loyalty For Retailers
Top-Shelf (And Thirdshelf) Loyalty For Retailers
January 25, 2017  |  Retail

Beset on all sides with competitive pressures, smaller brick-and-mortar retailers can do much to cement relationships with their customers — if only they knew where...

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The Limited Files For Bankruptcy
The Limited Files For Bankruptcy
January 18, 2017  |  Retail

The Limited, a women’s apparel chain based in the United States, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, having shuttered all 250 stores nationwide. The Tuesday...

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Facebook Making It Easier For Local Merchants To Advertise Offline Offerings
Facebook Making It Easier For Local Merchants To Advertise Offline Offerings
September 21, 2016  |  Social Commerce

Aiming to get a bigger piece of the offline advertising pie, Facebook announced on Tuesday (Sept. 20) the launch of dynamic ads for retail. According...

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Census Calls For Retraction – Webster Calls For Independent Audit
Census Calls For Retraction – Webster Calls For Independent Audit
February 09, 2016  |  eCommerce

“I’m from the government and I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong.” That was sort of the email that I got two and a...

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