Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing social network, announced Tuesday (June 12) that it is expanding shopping beyond Feed to Instagram Stories. In a press release, the company said that, since Instagram is not only a place of inspiration but a venue for action, it is adding shopping...
Since rebranding its various mobile and digital payments efforts under the moniker Google Pay earlier this year, Google has been aggressively introducing new functionality to give its users more reasons to use it. Yesterday, at Google’s I/O developer conference, another bit of new functionality was announced: The Google Pay mobile...
Walmart announced on Thursday (April 19) that it is testing Check Out With Me, a new service that will speed up checkout for Walmart Lawn & Garden Centers around the country. In a press release, the retailer said there are more than 350 stores with...
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is new to mobile order-ahead – but not to the market. The chain, now with 1,200 locations worldwide, was founded in its original form in 1963 in California. After 54 years in the market, they like to pride themselves...
The next big thing is not often easy to spot. Sometimes, the thing that everyone sees coming fails to actually show up. Need proof? Check out the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile wallet adoption numbers and compare them to the more exuberant predictions about Apple Pay in late 2014....
Smartphone growth last year was just 2.7 percent — and while market research firm Garner is projecting that sales of smartphones will jump close to 5% this year, that forecast may prove to be too optimistic given the lack of reasons to upgrade. That’s according...
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and Chief Executive of Square announced news on Wednesday (March 21) of the launch of a new Instant Deposit service in the U.K. geared toward small businesses SMBs. In a press release, Square said with Instant Deposit, sellers receive money in...
According to the U.S. Commerce Department, 2.97 million Chinese nationals visited the U.S. in 2016 (the last year for which data is available), spending a net total of $333 billion. That’s roughly $7,200 per person per U.S visit, according to the U.S. Travel Association. It’s also a number...
Alphabet’s Google has found a new way to make money off of its search engine, getting a cut of product sales from listings on Google Search and Google Express. According to a report in Reuters citing Daniel Alegre, Google’s president for retail and shopping, under the...
