PayPal is taking another small step in helping digital currency, particularly bitcoin, enter the mainstream by helping their merchants accept bitcoin payments. Source: www.pymnts.com The leader in online payments is pairing up with Bitcoin processors BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin to allow digital goods (ring tones, games, etc) merchants to take bitcoin with an integration through the PayPal Payments Hub. Starting today… Read More »
“There’s some different laws out here in Colorado.” Source: ftw.usatoday.com It’s Friday — Makes me think of Lily Von Schtuck from Blazing Saddles with her “its troo”
New Zealand clothing retailer AS Colour, has launched a virtual stylist digital assistant designed to help customers add colour to their wardrobes. Source: retail-innovation.com Interactive color and style analyzer. The Style Psychiatrist.
Online Customer Reviews In a recent Forbes article about customer reviews, “Six Simple Ways To Get Customers To Review Your Business Online”, author Nellie AKalp provides six tips for obtaining customer reviews for your business. AKalp outlines the benefits of customer reviews as well as why customer reviews matter. She quotes Zendesk survey findings that 90% of participants… Read More »
CORONA, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — AVT, Inc. ( OTC Markets: AVTC) ( www.autoretail.com), a leader in automated retailing systems and custom vending machines, announced today that they have launched a new website: AutoRetail.com AVT is… Source: www.linkedin.com New website for AVT who continues to push hard on automated retail vending solutions.
McDonald’s deal with Apple is the fruit of a concentrated effort by the Golden Arches to remake itself as an ecommerce company. Source: mashable.com Some, including Target and Walmart, are resisting NFC and critics point out that the technology is expensive for retailers and has never caught on, despite years of industry prodding. Merchant Customer Exchange that includes Sears,… Read More »
The supermarket industry is finally going online. E-commerce is beginning to carve up the grocery industry. Source: www.businessinsider.com Paid subscriber report but they offer free trial if you are willing to manage it.
College students at select universities across the US will be able to borrow Chromebooks for up to three days via the Chromebook Lending Library. The lending library will be in the form of a kiosk,… Source: www.slashgear.com Nice looking laptop lending for schools.
Sears was one of only three stores to earn a “genius” ranking for its digital IQ. Source: www.cnbc.com Sears is also part of 68 percent of stores that allows in-store returns for online purchases, and one of the few whose app is equipped with a barcode scanner for in-store use. Its Shop Your Way Try On app allows… Read More »
Robocoin to use Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric authentication as part of their global network of Bitcoin kiosks. Robocoin CEO to deliver Keynote at ATM Source: www.businesswire.com We are very excited that a cutting-edge company like Robocoin in the burgeoning bitcoin space would select Fujitsu’s PalmSecure biometrics technology for positive authentication of their account holders,” according to Randy Fox, vice… Read More »
