eCommerce Delivery And Shopping In The Pandemic Era
eCommerce Delivery And Shopping In The Pandemic Era
December 21, 2020  |  Today In Data

Nordstrom is rolling out a same-day gift delivery service in New York City that will be available for orders placed by late afternoon. Meanwhile, Walmart and Amazon are jousting to the end...

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Target, Walmart Adjust Holiday Delivery Processes As Shipping Crisis Peaks
Target, Walmart Adjust Holiday Delivery Processes As Shipping Crisis Peaks
December 21, 2020  |  Retail

Ten million packages. Gridlocked. These are some of the numbers and terms being used to describe the state of holiday shipping as the last week...

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Thoma Bravo Plans To Acquire RealPage For $10.2 Billion
Thoma Bravo Plans To Acquire RealPage For $10.2 Billion
December 21, 2020  |  Acquiring

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is set to acquire RealPage, which provides software and data analytics to the real estate industry. The all-cash deal values...

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Walmart Introduces Carrier Pickup Service For Customer Returns
Walmart Introduces Carrier Pickup Service For Customer Returns
December 21, 2020  |  Retail

Walmart shoppers can return merchandise bought through the web that is shipped and sold by Walmart.com without having to leave their residences. Shoppers can now...

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Mobile Order-Ahead Tech Keeps Restaurants One Bite Ahead Of Fraudsters
Mobile Order-Ahead Tech Keeps Restaurants One Bite Ahead Of Fraudsters
December 21, 2020  |  Mobile Order Ahead

The National Restaurant Association estimates that something like 100,000 eateries have closed either for now or forever, as health fears have struck at the heart...

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Blackhawk Network Teams With Kroger On Gift Card Curbside Pickup, At-Home Activation
Blackhawk Network Teams With Kroger On Gift Card Curbside Pickup, At-Home Activation
December 21, 2020  |  Retail

Kroger customers can now expediently and simply order gift cards for curbside pickup in addition to their supermarket items at 1,900 of the chain’s locations...

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‘Pandenomics’ Reinventing SMBs For What Comes Next
‘Pandenomics’ Reinventing SMBs For What Comes Next
December 21, 2020  |  SMBs

As PYMNTS researchers recently wrote, “news of the availability and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has Main Street SMBs feeling optimistic about their chances of survival,...

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Serent Capital Starts New Fund; Bullish On B2B Payments Category
Serent Capital Starts New Fund; Bullish On B2B Payments Category
December 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Like many venture capital companies in the payments space, Serent Capital has had a busy year. It has closed several new deals with high-growth early-stage...

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CardUp Introduces Commercial Card Solution In Asia
CardUp Introduces Commercial Card Solution In Asia
December 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not...

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