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Apple Pay Trending Up as Target, Other Retailers Add Payment Option

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Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. But […].

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Samsung Pay: Getting Past Contextual Commerce Friction

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With the rapid proliferation of shoppable social media channels – as well as the explosion of wearables, smart speakers and other connected devices, along with advances in voice-activated AI – for a growing cohort of consumers, contextual is just how they do commerce. The Three Pillars.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Holiday Shopping, The Olympics And The Samsung Galaxy Note 7

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Here are some of the other big winners and losers of the retail game at the moment. Last week, the National Retail Federation predicted that holiday sales would climb 3.6 Retail jobs were also a big winner this week, as the number of retail jobs grew by 10,000 from August to September, according to the National Retail Federation.

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In Praise Of The Selfie And The Commerce It Drives

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Granted, he had to sit motionless for up to 15 minutes, according to estimates, but he got the job done and secured his place in history (or, least, earned a page on Wikipedia). Retailers are also relying more on selfies — or at least experimenting with the form. We are now in the golden age of the selfie. As well, AiFi , a U.S.-based

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Why Americans Are Slower To Adopt Mobile Payments

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Rose told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster recently: “We think, of course, Apple has taken — and Google and Samsung have followed suit — the right approach, and we look at the challenges that have adopted this phase. Some say it has to do with the EMV (chip card) implementation; others say it has to do with consumers’ insecurity about security issues.

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The Big Questions For Mobile In 2017

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The only things we can confidently say about this year, predictions-wise, is that we will spend less time watching political debates on TV and more time getting drawn into them on social media. But while we can’t tell you what will happen next, we can (and will) tell you who and what to watch when it comes to mobile payments in 2017.

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Happy 10th Anniversary iPhone

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And that growing spend, apart from being visible by the numbers, is also visible in falling foot traffic to physical retailers, as consumers are increasingly preferring to shop (and browse and price compare) with their phones, as opposed to physically appearing at the mall. That’s an estimated $1.3

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