Retail

Wedding-Guest Spending: Up 13 Percent
April 21, 2015

Wedding guests plan to spend 13 percent more to see their friends and family say “I do” in 2015, according to a newly released American Express Spending & Saving Tracker survey. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Atlanta Hawks Sell Their First Tickets Via Twitter
April 21, 2015

Twitter’s Buy button is finally beginning to find its most natural use: Selling live-event tickets on short notice. On Monday morning (April 20), the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks tweeted that the team would sell a limited number of tickets to Wednesday’s game straight from Twitter, Re/code...

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Activewear Brand Outdoor Voices Gets $1.1M
April 21, 2015

Omnichannel activewear retailer Outdoor Voices has brought in $1.1 million in a bid to expand so it can challenge Lululemon and other activewear brands, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

How To Make Discounting A Game Retailers Can Win
April 20, 2015

These days one can almost feel bad for the people who work hard to bring you television commercials each night. It is reportedly intensive, expensive, highly creative and very demanding work – which must make the ever declining number of eyeballs those commercials attract extremely...

International
Alibaba Cuts GM Deal To Finance Cars And Target Buyers
April 20, 2015

Alibaba will be selling and offering financing for General Motors cars through its eCommerce sites, and using its data-crunching capabilities to target Chinese buyers for GM, Reuters reported on Friday (April 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Retail Breaches Now Cause 59 Percent Of ID Exposures
April 20, 2015

The year 2014 saw far-reaching vulnerabilities, faster attacks when those security holes became public, files held for ransom and far more malware than ever before — and retailers were among the hardest hit, according to Symantec’s “2015 Internet Security Threat Report.” Get the Full Story...

Controversial
The Many Ways Apple Could Spend All That Cash
April 18, 2015

Most people at some point in their life dream about what they would do if they were suddenly super rich. We think of all the nice things we would buy, the good we might do and the various wonders we might work if we suddenly...

Boomerang Commerce Tests Retail Pricing Strategy
April 17, 2015

Want to test pricing options for your retail business? Boomerang Commerce has a platform for that. 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...

Jack Dorsey Says Square Just “Wants To Make Commerce Easier”
April 17, 2015

Mel Brooks famously observed that it is good to be the king, but while few of us will ever intentionally pass up a turn in the throne, there are downsides to the crown. When the going gets tough, the king is the person most at risk of...