Frantic shoppers roaming from store-to-store to find the last gallon of milk in the city before the next major storm hits may become a thing of the past. Record-breaking snowfall are keeping many in the Northeast from venturing out, but omnichannel merchants are keeping consumers...
The slow down at the Port of Long Beach wears on. After failing to be the Grinch that stole Christmas, the labor dispute that will not end is now putting Spring 2015 merchandise collections at risk for retailers nationwide. Estimates suggest that the dispute could cost retailers...
Apple Pay for in-store purchases via NFC gets much of the attention, even though much of the action the new payment service sees is actually online. That has been the case for Staples anyway; the big box retailer says that since its launch in October...
With Red Robin’s new tabletop payment tablet option, there won’t be any more customers asking “can we have the check, please?” The burger franchise announced last week that it would be rolling out touchscreen Ziosk tablets at each of its restaurant’s tables, eliminating that wait time...
Apple has ordered between 5 and 6 million Apple Watches for the device’s debut in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Feb. 17). And it increasingly looks like Apple’s wearable will stand or fall on the strength of Apple Pay. Half of the...
Europe’s answer to Square, iZettle, is introducing its new Card Reader Lite, which is reportedly the world’s first free-of-charge Chip and PIN reader. Businesses in the U.K., Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands can now get the free hardware necessary to take payments...
Real-time is the reality of payments and underpins everything from how and when funds are sent and received to how cards are replaced if lost are stolen. In response, Entrust Datacard VP, Ray Wizbowski, says bank branches are now honing in on instant card issuance...
The merchant search to find better ways to connect with consumers via gifts, offers, discounts and more remains one of the key drivers of payments innovation today. But Henry Helgeson, CEO of Cayan says that with the “looming cloud” of EMV and security, there needs...
Target will pay almost $4 million to settle accusations that it charged California consumers higher prices than the retailer advertised because of faulty checkout scanners, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The $3.9 million fine follows a similar $2.25 million settlement with supermarket chain Safeway last...
