Mobile order-ahead technology isn’t just for delivery or takeout orders: Companies such as Eat Again are bringing the option into the dining rooms of casual restaurants. Eat Again Founder Thameem Abdulhameed explains how mobile apps can help restaurants prepare for diners, while reducing friction in the payments process.  Read More...

If you can’t beat ‘em, join 'em: J.Crew and Party City, among other brands, are teaming up with Amazon to offer a selection of items on the eCommerce retailer’s website. Take a look at how they are dipping their toes into Amazon’s waters — and how these relationships can come to benefit big brands beyond sales.  Read More...

Mobile payments are advancing — both on the consumer and merchant side — and changing the nature of how buying happens and who gets to mediate the payments process. And, according to some, as tokenization advances and touches an ever greater number of consumers worldwide, the range of the possible when it comes to payments and commerce is going to get much wider.  Read More...