“There is an elegant memorial in Washington to Jefferson, but none to Hamilton. However, if you seek Hamilton’s monument, look around. You are living in it.” -George Will If asked what Alexander Hamilton looks like, Most people would likely profess to have no idea, even though...
Small-business point-of-sale products can come from unexpected places — but from a Human Resources conglomerate based in Japan? That’s the improbably source for a rapidly growing POS product, according to Tech in Asia. The $2 billion conglomerate is Recruit, a privately held Tokyo-based company whose...
Apple Pay is heading north, with a Canadian launch planned for early 2015, according to sources cited by 9to5 Mac. The same sources note that Apple and Canadian launch partners are now working through the planned promotion and advertising of the platform geared for March...
Taco Bell is trying to drive mobile ordering by offering customers a free Doritos Locos Taco with each mobile purchase made in January, Mobile Commerce Daily reported. The fast-food chain will give away the free tacos through Jan. 31 or until it has given away...
Starting today, scores of merchants, technologists, financiers, analysts, journalists and all-around retail enthusiasts descend on Manhattan for “Retail’s Big Show” – NRF’s annual event. By the looks of the agenda, it seems most participants are helping retailers prepare for an increasingly demanding and connected consumer....
When it comes to EMV, some say that the U.S. is late to the party. Others say that EMV doesn’t really solve much of the big security problem in payments, especially when it comes to the online and mobile sectors. In a recent interview,...
U.K. supermarket giant Tesco said Thursday (Jan. 8) that it will dump nearly 100 stores, lay off thousands of employees, and possibly sell Dunnhumby, the customer-data subsidiary responsible for the chain’s highly successful loyalty program, The Guardian reported. The dramatic overhaul comes after disappointing holiday...
Fast-casual food chain Panera Bread has now rolled out its “Panera 2.0” upgrade to about 100 of its 1,845 cafes, adding online and mobile ordering and no-wait to-go orders, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. The chain launched the new restaurant format in Boston and Charlotte,...
Gift card spending has grown from $40 billion in 2003 to over $100 billion in 2014, says the Mercator Advisory Group. According to the National Retail Federation’s Monthly Consumer Survey, they have topped the list of most requested gifts for the last 8 years. In...
