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CES 2015 will feature virtual-currency showcase
January 2, 2015
The World of Bitcoin will expose CES attendees to virtual-currency technology.
read nowSCORE research says most smaller e-commerce sites have no call to action
December 30, 2014
SCORE, which has provided mentoring services to small businesses since 1964, has gathered statistics concerning how much online activity consumers engage in…
read nowStudy says luxury brands fundamentally misunderstand their audience
December 29, 2014
Luxury brands mistakenly believe their customers are typically female and on average 45-years old with a net worth over $1 million, the study found. However…
read nowSeventy percent of shoppers buying gift cards this year
December 23, 2014
Although other holiday retail signals are mixed, gift card spending is on the rise.
read nowWalt Disney World adds Apple Pay, Google Wallet acceptance
December 22, 2014
Disney will leverage the contactless infrastructure it already has in place for the MagicBand.
read nowHome Depot chairman to receive NRF Gold Medal Award
December 22, 2014
Additionally, France's Galeries Lafayette will be named International Retailer of the Year with Executive Chairman Philippe Houzé accepting the award on behalf…
read nowSurvey explores how the "pester power" of children drives retail sales
December 19, 2014
Advertising can work to build demand for devices, but despite the large advertising budgets involved, success isn’t guaranteed.
read nowRetailers estimate holiday return fraud will cost them $3.6 billion
December 19, 2014
More than three-quarters of those polled cite organized retail crime as impacting return fraud rates.
read nowWingCash makes its digital wallet brand available to merchants
December 19, 2014
Brand Cash is a closed-loop, digital currency that a business creates with WingCash, and that a consumer can use either for online purchases or at a…
read nowShopKeep POS now supports Apple Pay, chip cards
December 18, 2014
For a limited time, new merchants receive a free reader at signup.
read nowGlobal mobile NFC payments to exceed $130 billion by 2020
December 18, 2014
This equates to 254 million mobile users making five payments per month at an average of slightly less than $9 per transaction.
read nowSecond consecutive week sees $5B weekdays of online desktop spending
December 17, 2014
The online desktop spending season-to-date remains up 15 percent, still ahead of forecast.
read nowProvision Interactive to deploy promotional kiosks at Rite Aid stores
December 17, 2014
Provision Interactive Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Provision Holding Inc., announced plans for the rollout of Provision's 3D Savings Center digital…
read nowStudy says more people buying beauty and personal care products online
December 16, 2014
The research found that Beauty and Personal Care, an industry traditionally rooted in the ability to touch, smell, sample and experiment with products in…
read nowSurvey says online shoppers lack trust in credit cards
December 16, 2014
Connexity's Bizrate Insights finds U.S. shoppers most trust their personal bank, PayPal and Amazon.
read nowJapanese department store buys into digital signage
December 16, 2014
Japanese department store chain PARCO last month opened its new store in Fukuoka, Japan, deploying digital signage throughout the store as part of its ICT…
read nowNCR Silver POS adds LevelUp
December 16, 2014
NCR Silver merchants can activate the LevelUp application as a payment option in their POS system.
read nowFirst Data and Verifone partner to fight consumer payment data theft
December 16, 2014
First Data will offer Verifone's Secure Commerce Architecture (SCA) to provide safer, streamlined transactions and expedite EMV integration in the United…
read nowBlade Financial introduces debit-card program for bitcoin businesses
December 16, 2014
"The reality is, consumers just don’t have enough ways to spend their cryptocurrency."
read nowLA kiosk recycles foreign currency into gift cards, charitable donations
December 15, 2014
Los Angeles-based Leftovercash Inc. rolled out its first automated foreign currency conversion kiosk at the Northridge Fashion Center Mall in the San Fernando…
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