Retail

Loyalty & Rewards
Retailers Want Better Data Via Payments Provider Partnerships
December 18, 2014

Retailers want better data for targeting customers, and partnering with payments providers may be a way of getting it, according to a new report from Colloquy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Merchant Innovation
eBay Still Trying To Make Same-Day Delivery Work
December 17, 2014

eBay on Tuesday (Dec. 16) announced that 80 small businesses in Brooklyn have joined the eBay Local program. 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...

Loyalty & Rewards
SEQR Turns Media Into A New Sales Channel
December 17, 2014

Just as online shopping is overtaking the need for physical stores, could an entirely new sales channel become the “next big thing”? SEQR, a mobile wallet provided by global mobile payments company Seamless, has introduced Shop Spot, according to a recent company release. Shop Spot...

Loyalty & Rewards
United’s Frequent-Flyer Mobile-Pay Play
December 17, 2014

United Airlines is testing a new mobile rewards program that awards as many as 24 travel miles for each dollar spent with a mobile app, Mobile Commerce Daily reported on Tuesday (Dec. 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Europe
Apple Shuts Down Russian E-Sales Due to Ruble
December 17, 2014

Apple took the unusual move Tuesday (Nov. 16) of shutting down all of its online sales in Russia due to what Apple said were “extreme” ruble fluctuations, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Apple Pay
ShopKeep Gives Free Reader For Accepting Apple Pay And EMV
December 16, 2014

Square competitor ShopKeep has a deal for new customers: Sign up now for our iPad-based in-store point-of-sale system and we’ll give you free equipment to handle Apple Pay, contactless, traditional magstripe and (eventually) EMV chip payment cards, Re/code reported on Monday (Dec. 15). Get the...

News
Thousands Of PIN Pads Shut Down, But It’s Not A Breach
December 16, 2014

An East Coast supermarket chain opened for business on Dec. 8, only to find all of its payment terminals unresponsive — and it wasn’t alone. Last week, several thousand Hypercom payment card terminals at retailers across the country suddenly stopped working because of the expiration...

Mobile
Another Mobile Pay Field Trial: 53 Percent Success
December 16, 2014

Mobile payments aren’t quite ready for prime time — at least not in Boston. That’s the conclusion of a Boston Globe writer who tested mobile-payment offerings from several local companies — with limited success. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

News
UK Amazon Glitch Prices Thousands Of Items At One Penny
December 15, 2014

A software glitch on Friday night (Dec. 12) in the U.K. caused “thousands of items” sold by third-party vendors on Amazon to be prices at one penny—and holidays shopped grabbed the bargains. This caused huge problems for many smaller merchants who are paying the ultimate...