Why Bigger Is Not Better For Amazon Packaging, Plus Starbucks Goes Big On AR In China And Stitch Fix Earnings Report Stops Stock Rally Cold.
 
 
 
 
 
CONNECT WITH US
 
 
December 20, 2017
 
 
 
 
  ShopTalk®
 
 
 
Bringing Subscription Commerce To Real World Retail
 
The subscription service, particularly as linked to the “box-of-the-month” concept, has proven popular among eTailers looking to find an audience and build a long-term relationship with it. But can the model make an impact on physical retail? Pop Box made a bet on yes and, as of this week, is finishing up its trial run in Chicago. So, can subscription services become part of the retail reset experience?
 
Read More...
 
  The Matchmaker Is In
 
 
 
CanPay: Solving Pot’s Payments Problem
 

The move to cashless has all but eluded the one industry that would love nothing more than to go digital: legal cannabis. In this week’s The Matchmaker Is In, payments vet and CanPay CEO Dustin Eide told Karen Webster that the complexity of doing so dwarfs just about any payments challenge he’s ever seen. Eide takes Webster inside the development of the ACH-debit product that has cashless as its MO, but transparency (to normalize the regulated sale of cannabis) as its guiding principle.  Read More...

 
  Realtime Paychecks
 
 
 
Solving America’s Paycheck-To-Paycheck Problem
 

Walmart’s decision to pay its workers for the time they have worked — in real time — is about easing the stress of the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle plaguing many Americans today. Jon Schlossberg, CEO of technology firm Even — the company and platform behind this capability for Walmart — tells Karen Webster how workers are using their real-time pay, and why it’s not just the hourly employees who find the AI-powered financial helping hand to also be a financial management lifeline.  Read More...

 
  Retail’s Data Reset
 
 
 
Finding Retail’s Big Data ROI
 

Data, data everywhere, but how to leverage it to get insight into the best ways retailers can reach consumers? According to Nicole Jass, vice president of data products at Vantiv, data is only part of the battle when gleaning who wants to buy what, when and how. Here’s a hint, though: Payment methodologies matter.  Read More...

 
  What's Hot Today in Retail
 
 
- Amazon Looks To Right-Size Its Packaging
 
- Starbucks Premiers First AR Experience
 
- Stitch Fix Investors Fear The 'Blue Apron Flu'
 
- EU’s Highest Court Rules Uber A Taxi Service
 
- Most Online Shoppers Shopped Mainly Amazon This Holiday Season
 
- Overstock CEO: Alt Trading Platform To Replace IPOs With ICOs
 
- Homeland Security Says Facebook, Microsoft Averted North Korean Cyberattacks
 
- Nearly 123 Million American Households’ Data Exposed In Massive Leak
 
 
  Best of PYMNTS.com  
 
- Bitcoin Processing Fees Skyrocket
 
- ABA Urges CFPB To Scrap Debt Collection Survey (And It Did)
 
- NEW DATA: Behind Germany’s Obsession With Cash
Senate Votes To Strike Down CFPB Arbitration Rule
 
PYMNTS.com   |   Data and Research   |   Company Spotlight  |  Join Newsletter
 
 
  © Copyright 2017 What’s Next Media and Data Analytics, LLC
 
 
 
                                                               

This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com by PYMNTS.com
 

Instant removal with unsubscribe
 

PYMNTS.com | 111 Devonshire Street | Boston, MA | 02108