Yelp

Yelp is a business directory service and crowd-sourced review forum, and a public company of the same name that is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company develops, hosts and markets the Yelp.com website and the Yelp mobile app, which publish crowd-sourced reviews about businesses.

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Yelp’s Shares Zoom As Alexa Looms
Yelp’s Shares Zoom As Alexa Looms
August 10, 2018  |  Earnings

Though normally the firm behind the review, today (Aug. 10) was Yelp‘s turn to solicit investor reviews as it reported its Q2 earnings. The reviews...

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Yelp Wins Court Ruling About Negative Online Reviews
Yelp Wins Court Ruling About Negative Online Reviews
July 03, 2018  |  Legal

A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are...

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The Case For Contextual Commerce
The Case For Contextual Commerce
June 04, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Before there was on demand, there was time shifting. In 1985, cable companies introduced consumers to the idea that they could use their VCRs to...

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Is GDPR EU’s Frankenstein Monster?
Is GDPR EU’s Frankenstein Monster?
May 31, 2018  |  Regulation

Two hundred years ago, the world was introduced to Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s book “Frankenstein” was published in January 1818 and told the story...

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Five At Five: Facebook Adds To Its Marketplace
Five At Five: Facebook Adds To Its Marketplace
May 23, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at payments and commerce news you might have missed. Today’s stories focus on Facebook’s enhanced Marketplace and...

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Yelp Renews Antitrust Complaint Against Google
Yelp Renews Antitrust Complaint Against Google
May 23, 2018  |  Google

Yelp announced that it has renewed a European antitrust complaint against Google. The online reviews company filed a similar complaint in 2014, stating that Google’s local...

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Grocers Can Tap Into Price Comparison Apps
Grocers Can Tap Into Price Comparison Apps
April 17, 2018  |  Retail

The initial inner workings of a price comparison tool called Basket began when Neil Kataria was a kid. He loved to optimize his mom and dad’s...

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How Merchants Can Tap Into Cash Back Promotions
How Merchants Can Tap Into Cash Back Promotions
April 10, 2018  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Merchants can capitalize on word-of-mouth marketing through cash back platforms such as DOSH that encourage social media sharing. These platforms reach consumers by reinforcing a...

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PayPal Launches Braintree Extend
PayPal Launches Braintree Extend
March 27, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

The definition of the word “extend” means to stretch out or lengthen one’s reach. It turned out to be the perfect word to describe Braintree’s...

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