Retail

Houston – Mattress Firm Inc. is giving its customers credit.

A TargetExpress, which comprises only about 16,000 square feet, will open in the St. Paul metro area this month.

Washington, D.C. -- The National Retail Federation on Wednesday asked the Labor Department to give businesses more time to respond to the administration’s proposal to expand overtime saying the plan’s “drastic changes” will require “extensive analysis” and require companies to speculate on “hypothetical proposals.”

The "buy" buttons that Google first announced earlier this year are officially coming to search pages very soon.

Google officials made the announcement at an event in New York City on Wednesday and also online. 

The buttons will allow shoppers to purchase items directly from ads in Google search results using the payment information linked to their Google account.

New York - Online beauty and grooming subscription retailer Birchbox is the latest brand to dip into virtual reality.

Checkpoint Systems Inc. has created a new tool for retailers looking to decrease shrink and increase conversion rates.

Guess, operator of more than 800 stores worldwide, has appointed a fast fashion veteran as executive chairman. 

Munich, Germany – There is more news in the fast-growing digital wallet sector.

MasterCard and payment gateway solution provider Pay.On are partnering to make the MasterPass digital wallet application available to more than 110 payment service providers (PSPs) via Pay.On’s white label global payment gateway. MasterPass is now available to more than 56,000 Web shops worldwide that route payments through Pay.On’s partners.