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October 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
  Retail On The Record
 
 
 
How GameStop Hit Reset On Ship-From-Store (And Why It Worked)
 

It's easy to talk a good game about omnichannel; it is much, much harder to actually do it right. But in the last year, GameStop — with a big assist from Radial — managed to triple up its online inventory and give its most loyal cusomers what they really, really wanted. How'd it do it?

 

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  Weird Commerce
 
 
 
Weird Commerce: Jellyfish Pets
 

Forget about getting a pet dog, cat or hamster: a pet jellyfish may be the best option. In this week's weird commerce, PYMNTS hears from a company that has been helping families own jellyfish for more than five years now.  Read More...

 
  Payments Topic TBD
 
 
 
For Digital Identities, Verify And Verify Again
 
Trust, but verify?  How about verify, then trust? As data breaches proliferate, financial institutions must make sure that consumers are who they say they are, online and offline. And according to Socure’s CEO Sunil Madhu in Friday’s episode of PYMNTS Topic TBD, new layers of verification must be adopted to provide peace of mind and monitor digital identities.  Read More...
 
  Hacker Tracker
 
 
 
Why Hackers Just Can’t Get Enough Of IoT
 

What do you get when you mix connected devices, security vulnerabilities and sophisticated hackers? It’s a cybersecurity nightmare waiting to happen. In this week’s Hacker Tracker, we take a look at why the Internet of Things offers a wealth of new connected entry points for cybercrime and what it will take to lock down IoT security.  Read More...

 
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