Remove 2003 Remove Branding Remove Online
article thumbnail

Yotpo Joins UPS eCommerce Tech Program For SMBs

PYMNTS

The CTP program provides Yotpo and other eCommerce offerings at a discount, allowing SMBs to better compete with larger, well-funded eCommerce brands and companies. In May, Yotpo data revealed more than 65 percent of online shoppers are browsing or buying from their mobile devices.

Atlanta 160
article thumbnail

Why Toys Are Making A 2020 Comeback

PYMNTS

Much of that was attributed to the closure of Toy R Us, the nation’s largest toy brand which declared bankruptcy in 2017. million, the brand’s biggest quarterly sales since 2003; while board game and puzzle sales worldwide have surged by triple digits since lockdowns started going into effect worldwide in March.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition

PYMNTS

The specific issue that I’m referring to is merchant surcharging – a fancy term to describe the fee charged by merchants when consumers use network-branded card products to pay for their purchases. Surcharging has been permitted Down Under since 2003. And it will be a lot more than just 10 cents. The Ban on the Ban. is nothing new.

article thumbnail

Meet The Location Data Company That, Literally, Put The Blue Dot On The Map

PYMNTS

That’s become pretty much gospel for brands, retailers and marketers alike. And one of the most valuable forms of data right now is behavioral data because it tells a retailer or brand where a customer or potential customer goes, does and spends their time and money on. Big Data is big business.

Data 100
article thumbnail

Data Dive, Farewells Edition: Apple, Chase, SoFi, Uber

PYMNTS

In 2003, iTunes for Windows arrived in October 2003, allowing non-Mac users, the vast majority of the computing world, to buy music from Apple and sync it to an iPod for the first time. Social Finance, the online lender better known as SoFi, is losing three top executives this week. SoFi and Uber Reshuffle Their Upper Levels.

Apple 122
article thumbnail

The Coming Clash Of The Commerce Titans

PYMNTS

True or false: Thanks to mobile devices and apps, American consumers spend more time today shopping than they did in 2003. In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that American consumers spent roughly 48 minutes a day shopping offline and online. The virtuous circle of commerce online began.

Google 100
article thumbnail

Should Facebook Buy eBay?

PYMNTS

That’s where Reid Hoffman hatched the idea for LinkedIn in 2003 after inviting hundreds of his friends to create online profiles to get his idea for a professional online networking site off the ground. E-Bay acquired online ticket exchange, StubHub, in 2007. Speaking of online retailers, eBay went all out to court them.

Online 128