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pymnts | April 16, 2020

Wednesday’s Commerce Department retail sales figures showed in no uncertain terms that consumer spending for non-essential goods has taken a huge hit. While the overall drop was in the neighborhood of 8 percent, the plunge in non-essential goods like apparel (down 50.5 percent) and furniture (26.8 percent) represented a deep ditch for those businesses to climb out of. However, new data from PYMNTS shows that some non-essential items are moving online. Data from the PYMNTS COVID-19 Tracker ...

Business Wire | August 05, 2020

TouchBistro today announced that it has acquired Boston-based TableUp, a provider of loyalty and marketing solutions for the restaurant industry. TableUp is highly regarded for its proprietary guest engagement solution, which is used by more than 600 restaurants throughout the U.S. and will enable TouchBistro to fully integrate customer loyalty and guest marketing into its all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform....

thebusinessjournal | March 04, 2020

This is part of a series of stories called “How to survive in California as a business owner,” offering tips on how to be successful in the face of the Golden State’s challenging business climate. California can be a challenging market for retailers. With regulations and cost-of-living, operating in the Golden State can be expensive for buyers and sellers. But those who succeed have access to the largest marketplace in the nation, and one of its most diverse. California’s...

Rutters | February 18, 2020

Convenience store chain Rutters has announced that it suffered a security breach, wherein hackers managed to access the company’s network system and install malware that compromised customers’ data. The store chain made its announcement after a “third party” informed the company that there may have been unauthorized access to payment card data. Rutters launched an investigation and notified law enforcement of the breach. The malware at the heart of the breach impacted the...