Canadians Skeptical of Social Media for Shopping by Erik Sass

Canadian consumers use social media for researching products, but still prefer to do their shopping in brick-and-mortar retail venues, according to a PricewaterhouseCooper's "2013 Global Multi-Channel Retail Survey" for Canada. ...Read the whole story

  • F-Commerce Platform Payvment Shutting Down by Mark Walsh

    Payvment, which powers 200,000 Facebook storefronts, said Monday it was shutting down its e-commerce platform and referring its merchant customers to a competing service. Payvment and companion site Lish.com will close down on Feb. 28. ...Read the whole story

  • restaurants Pizza Hut Expands Bowl 'Hut' Campaign With Freebie by Karlene Lukovitz

    These new promotions follow on the campaign's now-closed social/UGC competition, in which consumers submitted 15-second videos that included someone saying "hut" through the pizza chain's Facebook page, for a chance to have their clips included in a pre-Bowl TV spot. ...Read the whole story