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JULY 9, 2019

Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. The latest Automated Retail Tracker explores these trends and new developments in the unattended retail space.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

And nowhere is that aphorism better illustrated over the last decade than with the statistic that more than 90 percent of all retail sales took place at brick and mortar stores. It gave retailers the illusion that digital was the retail cart driven by the physical store horse. The answer, she noted, is complex.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Retail is undergoing a reinvention with the rise of eCommerce, and merchants are trying new approaches to their brick-and-mortar stores. Overall, retailers such as Nordstrom are changing their models as an increasing amount of retail spend is now being completed away from physical retail stores. Retail spending saw a 1.6

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

million fine against Mastercard for its swipe fees, which regulators said drove up prices for retailers and consumers, and hampered competition. Meanwhile, the EC has extended the deadline to release its review of the effectiveness of the Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR), which came into effect in 2015.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

According to a study by the Center for Retail Research (CRR), More than 2,750 jobs were lost every week — about 61 every working day. The study also said that without further government intervention, job losses in retail could hit 171,000 next year. Retail is still the U.K.’s Joshua Bamfield, director of the CRR.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A surge cap in Chinese stocks, fueled by the stimulus package from the government to combat the virus-riddled economy, has brought about fears of a repeat of the 2015 market crash, according to Reuters on Wednesday (Feb. percent gain in China’s blue-chip CSI 300 index. He urged investors in a blog post on Feb.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

That’s why marketers will be leveraging mobile in their holiday shopping strategies this year, with new and creative strategies that focus more on omnichannel solutions and less on generic mobile coupons. EMarketer also found that nearly two-thirds of millennial internet users searched social networks for coupons in the third quarter of 2015.

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MAY 16, 2016

The retail sector in the region grew by 209 percent from $4.4 Others, including the Confederation of Indian Industry and reporting firm Deloitte, predict the online retail sector in India will reach $1 trillion by 2020. billion in 2010 to $13.6 billion in 2014, more than tripling in fewer than five years.

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MARCH 23, 2016

Is there a limit to how many marketing emails customers will put up with? 2015, polled 1,112 Internet users in the United States regarding their perspectives on emails they receive from retailers. retail websites that offer email subscriptions (analyzed in the period from April 2015 to June 2015), 87.3

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Essentially, this is the reality for businesses of a retail nature. Which brings us to retail banking in 2015. For example, geo-location capabilities have the potential to drastically alter—and done right, drastically enhance—many aspects of customer engagement, yet it’s still on the fringes of the retail banking industry.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Retail spending in the months of November and December came in at the strongest level in five years. According to Visa’s Retail Spending Monitor, which monitors spending on the part of U.S. consumers that use Visa payment products, retail sales increased 4.8 retail sales data that was released late last week.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

The volume of the global point-of-sale terminal market was more than $43 billion in 2015 and is set to grow to $100 billion by the end of 2023. The retail POS market is expected to grow to more than $30 billion by that time, according to new research from Global Market Insights.

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MAY 13, 2020

The reCommerce marketplace OfferUp first made headlines back in 2015, when its easy mobile-first footing made it an instant (and serious) competitor to entrenched players like Craigslist, eBay and relative newcomer Facebook Marketplace. People quickly figured it out, and the market for gently used items blew up overnight.

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MAY 24, 2017

Penney announced that Marci Grebstein is joining the company as executive vice president, chief marketing officer, next month. Grebstein takes the spot previously occupied by Mary Beth West, who left the marketing post in April, moving on to the Hershey Company. Penney for their homes and families.”

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JULY 21, 2017

No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. With the advent of connected devices in the palm of almost every consumer’s hand, the retail ecosystem has certainly seen a shift. Omnichannel offerings expected from consumers is only increasing.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

To capture that growth and cater to it, Gorthy launched the Petpal platform to fill a void in the market. With no PetSmart or Petco on the ground, Gorthy said the domestic market is highly fragmented and dominated by tiny mom-and-pop shops or grocery stores with very limited selections. and the 10-year-old PetsWorld platform.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Ouai , a hair and body care brand founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, will roll out some of its merchandise in 1,200 Ulta Beauty locations in addition to the retailer’s website on Sunday (Jan. The retailer wrote in a tweet , “We’re starting off the decade with a big announcement: “@theouai by Jen Atkin is launching at Ulta Beauty!”

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JUNE 13, 2018

Amazon is replacing some of its retail veterans with software that predicts what shoppers want and how much merchants should charge for it. The shift to automating retail team jobs started several years ago with an initiative called “hands off the wheel.”

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Fresh off the 2015 ABA Marketing and Retail conference in Denver, we have a very long Evernote page of ideas, inspirations, thoughts and tactics.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

The global mobile wallet market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to research firm Research and Markets. Research and Markets’ assessment of the mobile wallet market meshes with what Technavio , the research firm, found about the mobile wallet market.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. The app is a replacement for the previous eBay Motors app, which was discontinued in 2015, and it is available in the U.S. The app is a replacement for the previous eBay Motors app, which was discontinued in 2015, and it is available in the U.S.

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JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. With a move that could make an increasingly crowded market more competitive, Amazon is reportedly planning to roll out a food delivery service in India. Amazon’s Moves.

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MARCH 1, 2017

To succeed in retail (and retail marketing), merchants and advertisers need to keep up with what shoppers want, how they buy, and where. You need to be able to market with relevance,” Hale said. TouchCR fills these needs, Hale said, noting that TouchCR works best for mid-market, consumer-facing companies.

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MAY 22, 2017

A new study has found that retail global expansion has lost some steam, and while the United States remains the most active, Europe is now the preferred spot for expanding retailers, according to Chain Store Age. The results found that retailers’ expansion into new markets increased by 2 percent in 2016, down from 3.1

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JUNE 26, 2018

Holidays aren’t just for marking centuries-old traditions or historic milestones: Retailers are creating their own new-age eCommerce celebrations and bringing in big bucks in the process. Chinese retailer JD.com , for example, had a record-breaking shopping event this month. Yet interest in shopping holidays in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Everyone needs shoes — and that need helps drive innovation in an important sector of retail. The most expensive $50 option takes off around $10 per pair of Nike shoes purchased (as the average retail price is $60). Marketplaces, too, are taking a role in footwear retail. Powerful Engine. Marketplace Push.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Semiconductor giant Intel has committed to invest more than $100 million over the course of the next five years in the retail industry to connect the physical and virtual components of retail operations. In retail, though, the advantages are especially profound.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

According to the Eastern Europe B2C E-Commerce and Online Payment Market 2019 report, online retail sales in Eastern European countries continue a trend of double-digit growth rates this year, a release said. Alibaba opened its first office in Russia in 2015 and has focused on the country as a key growth market.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Single consumers are a force of nature as well when it comes to retail. Single people, often neglected by many retailers – at least based on complaints and stereotypes found online – seem to be getting fresh attention in this era of online and mobile shopping, and shopping clubs. Take Costco, for instance. Singles’ Day.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Mobile’s impressive upswing is a testament to its increasing importance to marketers,” said Randall Rothenberg, president and CEO of IAB. Twenty years later we still see double-digit growth rates, including 20% in 2015. All in, mobile accounted for 35 percent – at $20.68 percent to $ 10.9 billion in revenue.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

The retail banking industry has seen major changes occurring in the industry over the last few years with the adoption of mobile banking, the rise to prominence of the millennial demographic, narrowing margins, stagnant top line revenues, the future of the branch and continued regulatory changes. Digital Banking. Cyber vulnerabilities.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Bloomberg notes that such an offering would be unusual, as retail investors generally do not get an opportunity to participate in an IPO at the offering price. Having retail investors buy shares ahead of the opening could also limit the size of the rally of the stock on its first day of trading.

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APRIL 4, 2016

After years of slow growth brought on by the financial crisis, retail rents are recovering and are on the rise. The upward trend was notable in 2015, when asking and effective rents grew by 2 percent and 2.2 The upward trend was notable in 2015, when asking and effective rents grew by 2 percent and 2.2

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Koupon is a mobile offer platform and redemption network, powering offers for over 43,000 retailers and the world’s largest CPG brands. Its reach, patented offer delivery and security technology, Koupon helps brands and retailers drive sales by targeting consumers and delivering offers when consumers are ready to buy.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Mid-sized retailers are missing the mark when it comes to investing in their omnichannel initiatives, according to a new research report from Freestyle Solutions, a provider of order management software for retailers and brands. What’s more, less than half, 44 percent, had an in-store product locator.

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