Retail

eBay Readies To Roll Out Amazon Prime Competitor
May 21, 2015

It seems everyone is getting in on the subscription service act. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Shopify’s $1.2B IPO
May 21, 2015

Shopify – a Canadian firm that helps retailers move their goods more efficiently online – announced yesterday (May 20) that it priced its initial public offering at $17 a share. That is above the top end of a price range that investor demand had already...

Facebook Buys, Then Shutters, Payments Startup Tugboat Yards
May 20, 2015

Tugboat Yards – a startup that helps content creators connect with their fans for financial support – has been acquired by Facebook, who will soon be shutting the whole thing down. Tugboat allows publishers (and other online content controllers) to tap into their fan base by...

How The Dollar Shave Club Reinvented Retail
May 18, 2015

On the whole – payments and eCommerce is a fairly serious place, which is reasonable given the very serious sums of money at stake. However, when it comes to connecting with consumers, sometimes a light touch is what is called for – especially if one’s...

Facebook Adds Features For Local Business
May 14, 2015

In their ever-escalating quest to cash in on ad revenue, Facebook has added some neat new features to help attract local business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Macy’s Upscale Upgrade
May 14, 2015

As Macy’s is seeing revenue from its department store business slide, it is planning to move its best and most productive stores to upscale. This decision comes as Macy’s is announcing their second quarter in a row of falling sales figures, exacerbated by wicked East...

No Buy Button In Pinterest’s Future
May 13, 2015

“We don’t have any plans to announce a buy button at this time.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

April’s Retail Sales And Foot Traffic Sink Again
May 12, 2015

For retailers that were hoping the sales and foot traffic that dipped in March would spring forward in April, they were likely disappointed as RetailNext’s April Retail Performance Pulse report indicated that those metrics took another plunge last month. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Facebook Challenges eBay For Secondhand Goods Supremacy
May 12, 2015

Tough times may be ahead for online marketplace eBay, as Facebook is currently testing out a new news feed option that shows a unified view of items on sale across user groups. It also adds a search function so that Facebookers can look for goods across...