Jenn Webb
Jenn Webb is a veteran of the newspaper industry turned freelance scribe, editor and researcher. She is a nerd with a passion for publishing, technology and cultural disruption.
Commerce Weekly: Targeting Amazon
Strategic brick-and-mortar retail campaigns to battle Amazon, Square ends NYC taxi pilot, and Isis prepares for launch.
Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week.
Strategic maneuvers aimed at Amazon
Retail competition against Amazon is starting to heat up coming into the holiday shopping season. On the heels of Wal-Mart’s recent moves to square off against…
Commerce Weekly: Will NYC taxis get Square?
Square cab fares, Wal-Mart looks to beat Amazon to the same-day punch, and a major player update in the mobile payments war.
Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week.
Square may be courting cabs
Square not only is gearing up to launch in Starbucks stores in November — it may also be looking to enter the New York City taxi cab market….
Commerce Weekly: More brands throw in with Merchant Customer Exchange
MCX expands sans platform, Lemon opens its API, and QR codes stage a comeback.
Here are the commerce stories that caught my eye this week.
MCX’s mobile payment vision draws in more big names
The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) got a boost this week as several more big brands joined the mobile payments network. Nivedita Bhattacharjee reports at Reuters…
Commerce Weekly: An early look at who’s who in Passbook
Retailers in Passbook, chaos in the payment space, and the importance of the mobile shopping experience.
Here are the commerce stories that caught my attention this week.
Passbook’s early merchants
Apple’s iOS 6 launched last week, bringing the Passbook feature to iPhones, and merchants from all walks of industry have started jumping on board. Target was among the first to push its app update, and…
Commerce Weekly: Big data in retail
Big data and mobile are changing retail. NFC? Not so much.
Here are a few stories from the commerce space that caught my attention this week:
Mom and pops sidelined by big data?
Gary Hawkins at the Harvard Business Review took a look this week at marketing and research in the commerce space and argued that the costs associated with big data advantages may be wiping out the little guy….
Commerce Weekly: Apple excludes NFC, leaves payment pioneering to others
No NFC for iPhone 5 but it still might solve a problem. Plus a look at the mobile payment quagmire.
Here are a few stories that caught my attention in the commerce space this week.
So that’s that: No NFC for the iPhone 5
Leading up to yesterday’s Apple event, there was much rumor mongering over whether or not the iPhone 5 would include NFC technology. The…
Commerce Weekly: Mainstream mobile payment a decade out?
Don't toss out your leather wallet just yet, Wal-Mart is innovating, and Project Oscar is a go.
Here are a few stories that caught my attention this week in the commerce space.
Gimmick to mainstream — the difference a decade can make
With Square teaming up with Starbucks, PayPal partnering with major chains like Home Depot and McDonald’s, and all the hype…
Commerce Weekly: Google Wallet vs Apple Passbook
Google gears up to compete with Apple, a look at the effect of technology on currency, and a wallet competition roundup.
Here are a few stories from the commerce space that caught my attention this week.
Google prepares its Wallet to compete with iOS 6
Robin Dua, Google’s head of product management for Google Wallet, participated in a video interview (embedded below) this week to talk about Wallet features and plans. Technology reporter Cromwell Schubarth notes in a…
Commerce Weekly: Bringing mobile payment to the mainstream
PayPal snags two big partners, NFC is in the "Trough of Disillusionment," and a look at mobile commerce trends.
Here are a few stories that caught my eye this week in the commerce space.
The race is on
Earlier this month, mobile payment company Square teamed up with Starbucks to bring mobile payment to the coffee mogul’s 7,000 locations and millions of customers. This week, PayPal…
Commerce Weekly: U.S. merchants take on mobile payment
U.S. retailers launch a mobile payments network, tech is driving the future of shopping, and East vs West Coast shopping stereotypes.
Merchants enter mobile payment arena
With mobile payments on the brink of booming, everyone is angling to get in the game, from payment companies like PayPal and Square to mobile carrier ventures like Isis and Vodaphone to Internet giants like Google. This week, a group of U.S….
