| Starbucks' Schultz Will Resign; Black Friday Consumers: Cause for Concern? And, Why Visa Bought CardinalCommerce.  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | The Inside Scoop Black Friday Consumers — And Why There Might Be Reason For Concern | | | | Most of what everyone expected from the big holiday weekend shopping session was what actually came to pass — customers got big discounts and favored shopping from home over braving the crowds at the mall. But, InfoScout's Jared Schriber told us in a recent debrief — not quite everything looks the way one might expect — and the emerging trend is a bit alarming. Consumers didn't really buy those big ticket items they usually snap up early — and if they don't do so in the next week or so? Might be a leaner shopping season that anyone is predicting. | | |
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| | | | | | |  | | | | | | New Report: Qualcomm On What China Can Teach The World About mPOS | | | | When it comes to mobile payments adoption, Chinese consumers are taking the lead. And that, says Sy Choudhury, senior director of product management for Qualcomm, can teach the world a lot about how to use mPOS technology to get a mobile leg-up. You can find that, plus the latest news and a directory of 251 providers from the mPOS ecosystem, inside the latest issue of the mPOS Tracker. Read More... | | |
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| | | |  | | | | | | Quotient Tech Changes Name | | | | Many companies go through name changes. Google was originally called BackRub. Nissan was formerly Datsun. And Accenture was previously known as Andersen Consulting. Besides some obvious reasons for needing to change a company’s name, sometimes it’s just because the business outgrows its original name. That is the case for Quotient Technology, which formerly was known as Coupons.com. Today, Quotient offers much more than just coupons, which is why they're our pick for this week's Data Enablers for retail. Read More... | | |
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| | | | |  | | | | | | Local Insights, Airbnb In San Francisco | | | | All this drama between Airbnb and San Francisco. As the Golden Gate City finally (after a few different tries) voted to limit the amount hosts could rent out their spaces on the home-share platform, the future of Airbnb is uncertain on its home turf. Diving into data provided by AirDNA, we take a look at the months leading up to this newest development to see if the previous legal battles, semi-settlements and past promises to better police the site had any effect on the numbers. Read More... | | |
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