Consumers To Spend $427 This Shopping Weekend and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 11/21/17

Bluewater Grill Restaurants, with seven locations in Southern California and Phoenix, has deployed the Rail pay-at-table platform from TableSafe Inc.
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, will continue to attract consumers to stores. A study from Deloitte found that 70% of U.S. consumers plan to shop in a store that day and 47% plan to shop online. On average, consumers expect to spend $427 between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, the Monday following Thanksgiving.
In related news, a survey from RetailMeNot Inc. said that 87% of consumers plan to visit a physical store in December and 63% are likely to make a purchase at a special in-store event.
The retail industry comes in fifth out of 17 industries on cybersecurity, though it gets a grade of D for network security and patching cadence, according to rankings released by SecurityScorecard.
Keeper Security Inc. said the latest version of its Keeper Unlimited password-management tool includes a capability for users to scan and upload credit and debit card data for autofill on online purchases.
Citcon Inc., a cross-border payments and marketing platform specializing in catering to Chinese consumers, said many tenants in the Stony Brook Village Center mall on Long Island have begun to accept Alipay and WeChat Pay mobile payments popular with Chinese consumers.

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