While eCommerce powerhouses like Amazon, Alibaba and Jet.com have tipped the playing field against traditional retail, there are still local stores with unique products that consumers want to touch and feel. Mark Cummins, CEO of Dublin-based Pointy, talks with PYMNTS about how he is helping customers find the products they need. Read More...

The office lunch isn’t only an employee perk: It can also be an opportunity for restaurants to deliver group orders. Platforms such as Peach allow restaurants to reach out to workplaces — and collect orders from each worker by text message. Peach CEO Nishant Singh explains how the company’s platform works — and why the company chose to have customers order through texts instead of an app.  Read More...

The good news of 2018 is that consumers are making more money, feeling better about their economic future than they did a year ago and encountering a widening range of commerce opportunities at home and abroad. That’s the good news. Less so is the amount of economic insecurity under the hood — or the omnipresence of data thieves and privacy pirates.  Read More...