PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today, the “membership has its privileges” mantra is at the core of the latest face-off between the two retail behemoths vying for an increasing portion of consumer spend: Walmart and Amazon. The Prime, Plus Membership Face-off: In-store Versus Online. A PYMNTS study of a census-balanced sample of 2,165 consumers conducted Oct.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Consumer spending hit a record $880 billion in Q4 2019, thanks to online sales making up 15 percent of total expenditure — higher than ever recorded — and smooth eCommerce checkouts. PYMNTS has been studying the online checkout feature offerings of leading retailers in its Checkout Conversion Index series since 2015.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Why should merchants be the only ones who get to leverage the speed, convenience and low-friction environment of the online marketplace? But these rapidly growing service marketplaces are easily overshadowed by their retail counterparts such as Amazon, Alibaba, eBay and even Walmart. As it turns out, they aren’t.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In an effort to reduce delivery times, Walmart announced that it will start fulfilling some of its online orders directly from individual stores. The new program gives customers fast service by enabling the retail giant to leverage all of its existing resources, while also using less packaging and fewer boxes.

Retail 141

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

The company, which had early investors such as Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, has over 700 people in its employ and was started in 2005. The company’s Lightspeed platform, as it stood, already served small to medium-sized retailers. National Bank Financial, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

United States 152

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Swedish FinTech Klarna is aiming to raise $500 million as it looks to fuel the expansion of its growing digital payments and online shopping business in the U.S. Founded in 2005, Klarna has previously stated that the U.S. market, a new report states. The Stockholm-based company is currently in talks with investors.

Fintech 141

Fintech Online Retail Capital 141

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

Brookstone , a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. malls, Brookstone is now the latest major brick-and-mortar retailer to announce that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Paris-headquartered retail chain of personal care and beauty stores has more than 400 shops across North America that feature nearly 3,000 brands, along with its own private label. Founded in 2005, Klarna is valued at $5.5 The firm boasts 85 million customers and more than 200,000 retail partners worldwide.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Klarna, Europe’s most valuable FinTech, was founded in 2005 and has financial backers that include the rapper Snoop Dogg, who is also part of the company’s marketing. For too long consumers have had to endure non-intuitive, boring and overly complex services when shopping both online and offline.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

I know Klarna is used by some online shops I shopped from, but I’m 100% sure I've never used it.”. Klarna's checkout technology is a product some retailers use to process payments on their website. Klarna's checkout technology is a product some retailers use to process payments on their website.

Retail 159

Retail Marketing Data Technology 159

PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

The holiday season was a bit less merry, from a comparable sales perspective, than Macy’s had been forecasting, as the department store retailer cut its holiday sales forecast. percent during November and December, helped by higher customer visits and strong online sales during the holiday season. Target Corp.

Minneapolis 139

Minneapolis Retail Report Online 139

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The pandemic has rendered what started in 2005 as a reason for people to shop at work after a long holiday weekend meaningless. Yes, the numbers were there – but Cyber Monday is just a speed bump in the digital-first economy’s headlong rush to dominate retail in 2020. online shopping day ever, according to Adobe Analytics data.

Online 152

Online Retail Examples Report 152

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It’s hardly competing with Amazon yet, but Target has shown more digital momentum than any major retailer during the pandemic. As online sales surge during the pandemic, the retailer plans to test a new concept at four stores that will “operate as both physical shopping destinations and online fulfillment centers,” the company stated. “In

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

According to Reuters , the move comes as the luxury retailer tries to tap into the country’s booming online shopping market. Bloomberg reported that while Chinese consumers have lined up outside Louis Vuitton stores around the world to buy the brand’s products, online luxury sales in China have been slower to develop.

Branding 108

Branding Online Retail Marketing 108

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise. Then there’s Amazon.

Innovation 109

Innovation Online Google Millennials 109

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

In Amazon’s case, that takes the form of holding 50 percent of all eCommerce spend and more than 6 percent – and growing – of all retail consumer spend. Plastic cards and the card rails are reliable and certain, at the physical store as well as online. Then, buying and selling online was a sea of uncertainty.

Online 162

Online Retail Study Cards 162

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Lore joined Walmart after selling his startup Jet.com to the retail giant for $3 billion in 2016. Lore was responsible for engineering the transformation of Walmart’s online business, including overseeing the redesign of the company’s website and app, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told CNBC in an email. Our Walmart U.S.

Leadership 138

Leadership Retail Survey Course 138

PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Razer, which was founded in 2005, has 18 offices around the globe and headquarters in both Singapore and San Francisco. The integrated service is expected to roll out in select countries in Southeast Asia before expanding across the world. It is a leading brand for gamers in Europe, China and the United States.

Company 100

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2017

and a last-minute challenger bid , Amazon has closed an acquisition deal to buy 100 percent Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com. Founded in 2005, Souq.com became one of the highest-valued internet companies in the Middle East after a $275 million round of funding in March of last year. It’s official. After months of will they?

Security 100

Security Retail Online Regional 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

That compares to 68 percent of consumers who report belonging to Amazon Prime — a program that launched in February 2005 and now counts 150 million members globally. Walmart has been thinking about opportunities outside its traditional retail business as it looks to double down on high-growth opportunities.

Course 150

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

At the same time, former retail rivals and now-partners Grubhub and Yelp are agreeing to a five-year alliance that includes the integration of Grubhub ordering into Yelp’s listings. Foodler launched in Boston in 2005. Grubhub pays a “partnership fee” for orders placed through Yelp. A Threat to the Empire.

Baltimore 138

Baltimore Boston Chicago Mobile 138

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Toys R Us , the nation’s largest toy retailer, is rolling out an augmented reality (AR) mobile app for smart devices, according to news from Chain Store Age. billion buyout by equity investors KKR, Bain Capital and Vornado Realty Trust in 2005. The application was tested in 23 locations earlier this month.

US 104

US Retail Mobile Capital 104

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Beleaguered toy retailer Toys R Us is in the midst of prepping plans to liquidate its U.S. As online sales grew, Toys R Us was forced to grapple with the fact that investment dollars — funding that could have been slated for online onslaughts of its own — were scarce.

US 107

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

21) that its acquisition of a virtual provider of similar plans will accelerate its omnichannel growth strategy and make its alternative financing method available to more retail partners and more credit-constrained customers. billion this year, thanks to over 15,000 retail partner locations through its eCommerce platforms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

He did it again when VHS then DVD were the bleeding edge of home entertainment, and movie studio executives suddenly had to offer terms to Bezos typically reserved for their biggest retail whales. Subscription service Amazon Prime launched in early 2005 with a $79 annual price tag.

Seattle 173

Seattle Apple Online America 173

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In 2016, the company was was acquired by personal care products giant Unilever, and there were questions at the time about how a direct-to-consumer innovator like DSC would fit into the very much mass-market and retailer-focused Unilever constellation of brands. But as she told Ad Age , Blueprint was a rather difficult challenge.

Los Angeles 164

Los Angeles San Francisco Minneapolis Retail 164

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As shopping shifts more and more to online, shopping centers and malls have been disappearing from the landscape, along with big classic department stores, like Sears, Macy’s and Lord & Taylor. billion in 2005. Looking back a just decade gives glaring insight into the steep angled decline. According to U.S.

Course 100

Course Retail Analysis Online 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

The world was a very different place in February 2005 when Amazon first introduced its loyalty program: Prime. That’s because, of course, in 2005, Amazon was a much different company than the mega-player and segment breaker we know and love today. In 2009, it bought the online show giant bought Zappos for around $800 million.

Online 101

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Brookstone, the specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, filed for bankruptcy protection, reported the Wall Street Journal. It was taken into the private sector in 2005, then filed for bankruptcy in 2014. Both have operations online under new owners, reported the Wall Street Journal.

Retail 100

Retail Branding Operations Report 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2018

When Amazon launched its Prime service in 2005, its visionary chief executive had big plans to shake up eCommerce retail. Amazon Prime takes the effort out of ordering: no minimum purchase and no consolidating orders,” Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, said in a letter posted on the company’s website in 2005. in the U.S.,

Retail 101

Retail Video Report Cards 101

PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

Where there’s a holiday, there’s an opportunity for retailers of every stripe to cash in with well-timed promotions. Sears announced its temporary Mother’s Day promotion, which will run from May 3 to 7, and will give last-minute shoppers the chance to win a $5,000 gift card to the department store.

Online 100

Online Innovation Retail Capital 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The publication said the two individuals, Vladimir Drinkman and Dmitriy Smilianets, were involved in a computer hacking scheme that impacted 17 retailers in the U.S., The two were part of a larger group that stole online credentials, personal information and credit and debit card numbers between 2005 and 2012.

New Jersey 101

New Jersey Fraud Survey Cards 101

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The retail death spiral drags on, and this week we have a new victim: Toys “R” Us. The debt load came care of a 2005 $7.5 As of now, the approximately 1,600 Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us brick-and-mortar retail locations around the world will continue to operate as usual. And it is a lot of debt: $5 billion at last count.

US 103

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report. Founded: 2012.

Innovation 77

Innovation Retail Branding Technology 77

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As Priceline Group focuses in on its hotel and home rental business, the online travel company announced it had changed its name on Wednesday (Feb. in 2005, Kayak in 2013 and OpenTable in 2014, the last of which it bought for $2.6 Besides Priceline, other big-name retailers have also recently changed their names.

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Groups Arkansas US Online 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

Retail 78

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