Sentences with phrase «by the merchants of»

But, elevation in wine adulteration and misleading claims by merchants of its provenance and pedigree led to its downfall.

We will add the remark, however, that it is contemplated by the merchants of our Western states, to communicate their orders for goods, etc., by means of the telegraph, instead of abiding the slow and tedious progress of rail - road cars.

Science historian Naomi Oreskes took what amounts to climate skeptic vanilla pudding and labeled it as deadly poison peddled by Merchants of Doubt without any investigation.

A scientist's statement regarding scientific uncertainty can inadvertently become a political statement that is misused by the merchants of doubt for political gain.

Professor Nordhaus contributes to this when he succumbs to the introduction of the false analogy with tobacco, and his call for political leaders to «be extremely vigilant to prevent pollution [sic] of the scientific process by the merchants of doubt» is not atypical of the current situation.

Not exact matches

It's complicated, but under the new rules, if a customer walks into a store with a chip card and the store hasn't updated its point - of - sale equipment to accept chip cards, the merchant is liable for any fraud that occurs from using the card the old way, by swiping the magnetic stripe.

Others allow payments through apps, but payments are usually limited to the merchants who have signed up to participate, or by type of credit card that can be stored in the wallet.

It is building blockchain tools that, if adopted by shippers and merchants, will be part of a new digital trade corridor for commodities.

This post was submitted by Sarah Levy of Merchant Express.

This is a long, complicated and well - trod story told, among others, by Naomi Oreskes in Merchants of Doubt, and by Michael Mann in The Madhouse Effect.

While Square started out by offering merchants cash advances through its Square Capital subsidiary starting in 2014, the company announced in March it planned to discontinue those, and was entering the online lending world, offering its customers loans which they pay back as a percentage of sales.

The industry's hope is that once businesses upgrade from their old magnetic point - of - sale terminals to smart, EMV - compatible ones, the ability for merchants to easily add a pay - by - phone option will turn mobile payments into the new normal.

The No. 1 U.S. online retailer is also looking to add a same - day delivery option on all items sold by third - party merchants on its site, a move that some logistics experts said may help offset the high costs of speedy, last - mile delivery.

Sales of gift cards — that is, any card issued by a merchant redeemable for goods and services — jumped to $ 97 billion in 2007 from $ 57 billion in 2005.

But card fraud has been prevalent — 14 % of in - store monthly transactions contain a fraud attempt, a figure that ticks up to around 40 % online, and 15.4 million US consumers were hit by identity fraud last year — and remains expensive for merchants.

Who's in: The mass (Forever 21, Target) and the deeply niche (Culinary Teas, Glitzy Pet Jewelry) How it pays off: Merchants compensate the East Lansing, Mich., company by paying a percentage of sales, or paying to have traffic driven their way or their logo placed next to a big company like Target.

It comes on the heels of a crackdown by the Competition Bureau over restrictive practices imposed on merchants by credit card companies.

In the credit card world, tokenization means taking credit card account numbers out of merchants» hands, replacing them with strings of characters — essentially, digital tokens — that would, theoretically, be useless if stolen by criminals.

On its website, Square said the changes were the result of high - growth merchants feeling constrained by the limits:

She is now seeking to inform the masses about point - of - sale (POS) systems by writing for Merchant Maverick, a site that reviews merchant sMerchant Maverick, a site that reviews merchant smerchant services.

Analyzing data provided by 50,000 of its own clients for the past year, Bigcommerce determined that auto, jewelry, toys and games and pet care are fast - growing areas where one - of - a-kind merchants are outperforming their big - box or chain store peers.

At a time when most traditional Canadian clothing merchants are suffering, Frank + Oak has prospered by selling its line of affordable basics to creative - class millennials across North America.

The company earns money by charging merchants to list on the site, and then takes a cut of each sale.

Since its February 2007 introduction, EVSSL has been adopted by 18,000 sites, including big names such as eBay and Overstock.com, but predominately small merchants, says Tim Callan, vice president of product marketing at VeriSign, part of the consortium that created the process.

The Chinese behemoth has been thinking about physical retail for years, part of an effort to attract customers to its e-commerce platforms by helping to digitize old - fashioned merchants.

The startup is Austin - based Main Street Hub, or MSH — its social -, Web -, and email - marketing service claims to help «merchants get more customers and keep them coming back by spreading word of mouth, extending their customer service, managing their online reputation, and leveraging Main Street Hub's merchant network.»

CoinOut eliminates the hassle of getting a pocket full of loose change from merchants by allowing you to put it in a digital wallet.

Some merchants have taken the mystery out of checkout by offering free shipping across their product lines.

For starters, white - labelled e-commerce solution providers like LemonStand and BlackSquare let a wide range of merchants set up online storefronts at a fraction of the time and cost required by traditional IT channels.

Although you might not guess it by the number of malls and outlet centers cropping up, we're mostly a nation of small, independent merchants.

Consumers and design professionals alike can upload photos of their completed projects, where they can then tag specific furniture and accessories offered by merchants Houzz partners with — letting other users easily buy any product they see and love.

The discovery comes at a particularly sensitive time for merchants, not only because this is the busiest time of the year for most, when by some estimates U.S. retailers will notch $ 630 billion in sales, but also because most merchants are now in the process of switching over to terminals that accept chip cards, also known as EMV cards.

Within the Bitcoin community, there are recent reports of a «massive banning campaign» by PayPal against merchants selling anything related to the cryptocurrency.

By taking the time to learn about local / regional online shopping habits and payment systems, merchants have a much better chance of meeting shoppers» expectations and ensuring profitability.

The effect will be both increased use of digital wallets by consumers and a more ubiquitous presence of embedded checkout experiences among merchants of all sizes.

The company was ultimately felled by its inability to respond as quickly and deftly to the rise of online retailers like Amazon.com (AMZN) and aggressive incursions by mass merchants like Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT).

«Our efforts are paying off by shifting our focus to thinking more like a group of speciality retailers and less like general merchant,» said Wetmore.

By utilizing a token that follows the same format as the card's PAN, there aren't significant interoperability issues between the different members of the payments ecosystem involved in transactions at various merchants.

To browse, you have to go back and forth through a detailed system of menus, categories, and merchants while constantly being tempted by thousands of competing products at thousands of price points.

Rewards Categories: Merchants who accept Visa / MasterCard credit cards are assigned a merchant code, which is determined by the merchant or its processor in accordance with Visa / MasterCard procedures based on the kinds of products and services they primarily sell.

We're recognized by Google to have the highest level of experience and proficiency in developing, launching, and managing AdWords campaigns for local merchants and small businesses.

«Business owners need to be aware of the very high price of merchant cash advances,» says Mitch Jacobs, founder and CEO of On Deck Capital, which provides unsecured small business loans to companies denied by traditional banks.

This Festival combines family - friendly activities, entertainment and usually, an ice cream sundae — all sponsored, hosted and supported by the Downtown Merchants, area companies, civic organizations and volunteers of the Seacoast.

Gyft recently broke open the number of places you can spend Bitcoin by offering a host of merchant gift cards for Bitcoin.

«It's been awesome to help this team build Google Express from just a concept to a national service with paying members and dozens of merchant partners,» Fallows said in a statement provided by Google.

By the end of 2014, the Bitcoin payment processor BitPay was helping more than 100,000 merchants accept bitcoins — up from 10,000 in September 2013.

The data feed is a file of info made available by your supplier, as it is accessible for merchants to use as they import items into their stores.

The self - serve advertisements will be open to the company's entire base of merchants by the end of the year.

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond revealed that «few merchants are found to reduce prices or debit restrictions as debit costs decrease.»

According to the statistics provided by BitKassa — the Bitcoin payment processor used by nearly all participating merchants — over 1,500 EUR worth of Bitcoin transactions were recorded on April 18th, 2015.