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AUGUST 11, 2020

11), reported by CNBC , that retail behemoth Walmart has struck a partnership with Instacart to offer same-day deliver across a few, select markets in the United States, focused on four initial pilots in Oklahoma and California. Amazon, for its part, said online grocery sales tripled in its latest quarter. News came Tuesday (Aug.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

New-York based bank Goldman Sachs is planning to launch an online deposit service in the United Kingdom by mid-2018, a retail service that will be provided under the bank’s year-old ‘Marcus’ brand.

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JULY 5, 2020

Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. Leaders at Overstock said the new GSA initiative would help them with their retail operation.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

But in other ways, it was business as usual, as the two biggest retailers in the world – Walmart and Amazon – posted stellar earnings numbers and competed in more muted ways for the U.S. percent of total consumer spending in Q2 (spanning all categories, including retail) and 9 percent of total retail spending. billion to $110.5

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are doubling down on digital as they look to staff their stores for the busy holiday shopping season. Those staffers will focus on freight processing and the fulfillment of orders placed online and via the mobile app. They will also fulfill orders placed through the web. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

21, the last Saturday shopping day before Christmas 2019, has been confirmed as the single biggest retail sales day in U.S. According to retail research firm Customer Growth Partners, consumers on Super Saturday spent a total of $34.4 More customers are shopping online, as well, as retailers offer improved web platforms. (58

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JANUARY 15, 2021

The holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of the year for the retail industry. Brick-and-mortar merchants and online retailers alike often rely on end-of-year sales to generate up to 40 percent of their annual revenues and start the new year on a positive note. A notable $730 billion in U.S. Keeping Companies Safe.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Retail apocalypse? Whatever you want to call the decline of brick-and-mortar retail – and it’s getting worse, according to a few recent reports – it’s not good. merchants this year already have said they will shutter nearly 6,000 physical retail locations – that’s more than the nearly 5,900 closings for the entire year of 2018.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the report, cybercrime touched nearly every sector throughout 2018, including those that may seem less obvious, like education or manufacturing — and for one obvious reason: the money. Facebook’s 2018 regarding the stewardship of user data and privacy was one it would like to soon forget. Department Store Hacks.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

the world’s largest healthcare company by revenue, has purchased DivvyDose, the Illinois-based online pharmacy startup, for about $300 million, sources told CNBC. CNBC reported giant retailers and health plans are acquiring online pharmacy startups as a way to make it easier for patients to access medicines.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. billion for retail and marketing in the year 2022, with revenues from VR initiatives expected to increase by 3,000 percent over the next four years. and Europe by 2022. Amazon VR Push.

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MARCH 27, 2020

While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. Around The Data Protection And Security World. The virus is sweeping through the U.S. Security .

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

online wholesale retailer sometimes called “Costco for millennials,” is seeking a buyer, Reuters reported. Its last valuation was $600 million in 2018, Reuters reported, citing data from PitchBook. Boxed , the U.S. Boxed, based in New York, offers sales of fresh groceries, office supplies and more.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Before consumers started to trade brick-and-mortar shopping experiences for eCommerce websites, retailers could bring customers through their doors with window displays. According to the PYMNTS Virtual Reality In Retail Report , there are expected to be 100 million AR/VR headset users by 2022.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

This year, retailers from Kroger to Whole Foods Market brought new offerings ranging from cashierless checkout to personal shopping services to their stores. In a blog post , the company noted that “nearly half of all items” purchased through online grocery involve fresh products such as meat and produce. Personal Shopping Services.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Digital trust-and-safety company Sift said that 2020 has been a “banner year” for online shopping sales, but that scammers have modified their approaches to take advantage of the boom, according to an announcement. Digital fraud is a longstanding issue for retailers and banks. The pandemic has only made these issues worse.

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JUNE 7, 2019

While digital fund disbursements clearly can affect insurance claims, government tax returns and gig economy workers’ paychecks, it’s reimbursements that play a major role for the retail industry. The rise in online shopping means more shoppers needing refunds on returned merchandise. Many Happy Returns. It’s no small matter.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In a world where, as the Census says, 90 percent of retail sales still happen in the physical store, cards rule. As longtime readers of my columns know well, the 90 percent of retail sales promulgated by the Census is just an average across all categories of retail spend. percent of all retail sales, including auto, in 2039.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Hot on the heels of its close cousin, augmented reality (AR), more retailers are using immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences to entice customers through the doors of physical storefronts. While many retailers are using the technology to create tailored experiences for their brands, it may well become a new way for customers to shop, too.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). Not only have retail sales shifted online, but more consumers are buying more of what they want directly from the brand. Report: Helping Retailers Solve The Payments Piece Of The eCommerce Puzzle (Anatomy Of A Consumer Payment Playbook).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Consumers are firing brick-and-mortar retailers from the jobs they held years and decades before. To get their shopping jobs done, consumers are now hiring retailers that make it convenient to do business – anywhere, anytime, through any channel and on their terms. When Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store Goes Horribly Wrong.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Don’t look now, but virtual reality and augmented reality are starting to make bigger gains in the retail world. The spread of VR and AR technology is not confined to physical retailers, either — eCommerce giants are getting into the game as well. billion via retail and marketing in 2022. Larger Trends.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

And so, as 2018 begins, so does the Start Path class of 2018, which is accepting applications until Jan. The process for startups is as straightforward as completing a very simple form online and, if the company wishes, submitting a reference. “We The Start Path Admissions Process.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Online lender OnDeck grew originations and expects even more growth this year, according to its earnings call today. The New York-based OnDeck expects “originations to grow at double-digit rates” over the next year, company CEO Noah Breslow said during the call this morning.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Online retail and mobile commerce had their shining moments over the 2018 holiday shopping season — the latest evidence of that comes from Adobe Analytics , which said that U.S. consumers spent a record $126 billion online during that period, above the company’s earlier projection. retailers increased by 7.5

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Walgreens On Stopping Promotion Abuse Fraud Through Online Deals.

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JUNE 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. percent in 2018. For Target, the the purchase of Triad would enable the retail chain to expand those ad-selling efforts.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

According to the 2018 Holiday Retail Index by Verizon , average daily eCommerce traffic to the top 25 U.S. retailers increased by 7.5 online retail traffic on Sunday, Dec. online retail traffic on Sunday, Dec. percent between 2017 and 2018. percent between 2017 and 2018.

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APRIL 9, 2020

It seems like a year ago, but it was actually only March 8 when discount retailer Burlington announced that it was abandoning its admittedly watered-down eCommerce offering. On one hand, the best way to get people in stores and avoid the fate of other brick-and-mortar retailers was to make online sales the only option.

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MAY 6, 2020

In the year ago first quarter, the growth rate had been about 27 percent as measured against 2018’s first-quarter volumes. CEO Jack Dorsey noted on the earnings call that new and existing sellers continued to transition from in-store commerce to online channels, aided by curbside pickup and delivery.

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MAY 8, 2020

Samsung Pay has increasingly grown in popularity, processing more than one billion transactions , almost double compared to 2018. It was also the first platform to introduce a cashback service for online shopping and recently added support for Swipe’s cryptocurrency Visa cards. has seen slow adoption compared to other regions.

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MAY 8, 2020

consumers more frugal, but other individuals are still turning to retail therapy to cope with stresses. Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . Shopping on mobile devices has increased 7.7

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

There was no direct, immediate indication that the technology — and this new advance — would have retail or payment implications anytime soon. billion digital records were compromised in the first half of 2018 alone — a staggering figure that could not have been possible if digital IDs were not drawing so much attention.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The divide between digital and brick-and-mortar commerce hit a tipping point this holiday season, with more consumers than ever going online to kick off their holiday shopping sprees. Three in four shoppers bought items online and three in 10 shoppers bought items exclusively online. Our research shows that 74.1 It is also 27.1

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The ascent of eCommerce and the digital tools that support it have made it easier — in both theory and practice — for retailers to not only see how consumers browse and what they buy (to analyze the entire path to purchase), but to get to know them in the same ways as those old-time general store operators who served small towns.

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