By Jeff Domansky, Managing Editor Visa and Mastercard reached a landmark antitrust settlement with US merchants, ending a protracted legal battle. The agreement aims to cap credit card ...
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By Jeff Domansky With Black Friday imminent, we’ve got a rundown of predictions for the 2023 holiday shopping season kickoff from US retail analysts and research groups. Overall, ...
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By Jeff Domansky With Black Friday sales over and the holiday shopping season well underway, let’s take a look at how merchants and the payments industry fared. First, ...
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By Jeff Domansky, May 21, 2021 Frustrated with 15 months of pandemic restrictions, work-from-home mandates, and longing to shop in-store once again, consumers appear ready to reopen their ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Jan 18, 2021 The National Retail Federation (NRF) said holiday retail sales in the US were 8.3% higher during the Nov-Dec 2020 shopping season than ...
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By Jeff Domansky, Nov 25, 2020 Retailers and other online sellers have their fingers crossed for a mega Black Friday sales launch leading into the all-important holiday shopping ...
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US Department of Commerce statistics showed a worst-ever record 9% decrease in April 2020 US retail sales as COVID-19 stay-at-home orders hit the retail sector hard. One small ...
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Global fraud prevention company Forter is tracking weekly online spending and the results during the COVID-19 crisis have proved fascinating. Based on Forter data tracking in the past ...
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US consumers are expected to spend more than $27.4 billion this year on Valentine’s Day, an increase of 32% from last year. That’s enough to make many retailers’ ...
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It’s already over, except for the actual holiday sales according to the pundits and analysts and there’s not a turkey among them. Here’s a quick snapshot of who’s ...
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