Data Security
A collection of the top tips featured in Total Retailโs magazine and e-newsletters this year, from content marketing to inventory management to merchandising, and much more.
Is payment fraud getting you down? If so, it's easy to see why: 73 percent of companies were targets of payment fraud in 2015. Simply put, it's no longer a question of โifโ your business will get targeted, but when and how hard. You can protect your business, prevent chargebacks and avoid the loss ofโฆ
Whole Foods, which was recently acquired by Amazon.com, said Thursday that hackers were able to gain access to customersโ credit card information who have made purchases from some of its taprooms and restaurants. CNN reports the organic grocery company didn't disclose the locations of the restaurants and taprooms that were targeted, as well as how manyโฆ
Study after study of online shopping behavior has repeatedly confirmed what you already know intuitively: When consumers reach your e-commerce site for the first time, they expect to find some sort of independent verification that your company is reputable and trustworthy. New visitors might scan your site for testimonials, for example, to reassure themselves thatโฆ
This new benchmark report measures the impact digital malware has on e-commerce retailers. The data in the report is drawn from Namogooโs monitoring of 500 million website sessions across a range of industries over a six-month period (January 2017 โJune 2017). The report outlines the current infection rate of consumer machines, the rate of infected online sessions, causes for fluctuation, and guidance on how online businesses can protect the customer journey and win back lost revenue.
Consumers, financial organizations and retailers alike are still reeling from Equifaxโs announcement of a data breach that may have affected 143 million Americans, as well as other consumers in the UK and Canada. Itโs not the largest data breach โ last year Yahoo admitted to a breach affecting as many as 1.5 billion customers โโฆ
Just as with great power comes great responsibility, with major advances in technology come ever-changing, ever more inventive ways of upending it. Hacking and other cyberattacks are at least as much of a cybersecurity threat to retail as to other industries, in that they touch millions of consumers and the well-being of their identities andโฆ
Much has been made of the increasingly prominent role of e-commerce within retail โ and rightfully so. A number of big-name retailers have dedicated both time and money attempting to challenge Amazon.com's market dominance. When it comes to keeping their brick-and-mortar locations around despite a flurry of e-commerce growth, retailers need to get creative. Virtualโฆ
The Buckle Inc., an apparel retailer that operates more than 450 stores in 44 U.S. states, disclosed Friday that its retail locations were hit by malicious software designed to steal customer credit card data. The disclosure came hours after KrebsOnSecurity contacted the company regarding reports from sources in the financial sector about a possible breachโฆ
An unknown number of Kmart stores have been targeted by hackers, leading to stolen credit card numbers and unauthorized activity on customersโ credit cards, Sears Holdings Corp. said late Wednesday. Kmartโs store payment systems were infected with a virus-like computer code undetectable by current anti-virus systems. No personal information, such as names, addresses, social securityโฆ