Valentine’s Day: How Much Did People Spend?

Valentine’s Day: How Much Did People Spend?

How much money does Valentine’s Day cost? Total spending for the holiday is expected to top $18.2 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s an average of $136.57 per person. As you head out to buy candy, cards or flowers today,...
Holiday Consumer Trends 2017

Holiday Consumer Trends 2017

The 2017 Holiday Planning Playbook is retail’s guide for understanding the key lessons from the 2016 season and how the consumer’s ever-evolving path to purchase will impact the upcoming holiday season. To help retailers prepare for the 2017 holidays, NRF surveyed...
Mobile Tipping App

Mobile Tipping App

Maria Luna and Hector Rodriguez invented a payment and tipping app called Bravo and pitched it on the televised entrepreneurship competition, which is judged by a team of successful businesspeople. “Bravo is a seamless payment solution that allows you to find and pay...
Checks won’t cut it in the ‘instant pay’ age

Checks won’t cut it in the ‘instant pay’ age

Consumer dissatisfaction with paper checks is at an all-time high, expectations for instant money is becoming the default, and the capability for real-time push payments has arrived. A number of recent studies have documented the disfavor of paper checks. Consumers...