Vendor profile: Podium aims to be the SMB tech stack across messaging, payments
Podium has a starter edition with free options and then payment plans that meld messaging, transactions and now hardware via a card reader.
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PayPal acquires Honey Science for $4 billion, adds offers, deals to payment network
PayPal said that Honey will transform the company as well as engagement for consumers and merchants.
Amazon's Wells Fargo partnership: What it could mean in the future
Amazon getting into the banking business may be a bit of a stretch. Amazon getting into loan servicing and other customer service-based fields isn't.
Amazon Prime Day and earlier holiday shopping will ding Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Like 2020 in general, holiday shopping is going to be a series of first-time events. Surveys from Accenture and Salesforce indicate holiday shopping will start in October amid smaller budgets and concerns about supply chain disruptions.
Welcome to Amazon Prime Day 2019: Here's the strategy behind the e-commerce madness
Prime Day isn't just a big sale for Amazon, but a way to drive the flywheel behind the company's businesses. Here's the deep dive on the strategy.
Amazon's Q3, Q4 outlook: How a free shipping threshold ups the profit ante
Amazon's move to increase its free shipping threshold had analysts dreaming of higher gross profits. Rest assured those profit will be reinvested somewhere else.
Netflix tops 40 million members, credits multiple viewing platforms
Netflix said it will double its original content investment, which will still account for less than 10 percent of the overall content spending.
eBay raises fees: Half empty or half full?
eBay will raise its fees effective Jan. 30, but it's unclear whether this move is good or bad for the company.
Walmart launches fulfillment centers dedicated to online orders
The centers are in Texas and Pennsylvania and designed to speed up delivery times for Walmart's e-commerce business, which will top $10 billion in sales this fiscal year.
E-commerce's looming question: Will consumers show up?
The fourth quarter for e-commerce will be very telling. Will online sales continue to grow even if the consumer is strapped?