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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare.

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JULY 31, 2019

Chief Executive Officer Dirk Van de Put said in a conference call with analysts on Tuesday (July 30), that the company is committed to “increasing and optimizing investment” behind its global and local brands as well as channels “to create a solid foundation for future growth.” Nutter Butter, which he said is an “iconic U.S.

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MARCH 20, 2019

The collection has 12 different items, which range from vitamin C serums to retinol moisturizer, the eCommerce retailer said in an announcement. Amazon.com Head of Beauty for Private Brands Kara Trousdale said in the announcement, “Our goal is to help customers spend less time and money searching for the right skincare solutions.”

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Japan foresees a shortfall of 380,000 workers by 2025 in just the healthcare sector alone. The news comes as news surfaced last year that Uniqlo is undertaking a $917 million upgrade that will ultimately make it the most automated retailer in the world, with a logistics support staff that will be approximately 90 percent robotic.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The mobile payments that will be enabled at all Welcia locations are China’s Alipay and WeChat Pay , as well as Japanese payment brands LINE Pay and NTT DOCOMO’s d Payment. The moves comes as the Japanese government has set a goal to increase cashless payments to 40 percent by 2025. “We

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MARCH 17, 2020

retail economy is unprecedented. What are some of the retailing changes that could last beyond the end of the coronavirus crisis? Contactless payments, however, will fit nicely into what will be a need to have low-touch or no-touch retailing experiences. The partial shutdown of the U.S. So what sticks? They want convenience.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Online grocery sales are a booming business, with the eCommerce segment expected to make up 20 percent of all grocery sales by 2025. Through platforms such as Instagram, for example, grocery brands can promote their products and show what the end results of a successful trip to the supermarket could look like.

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JULY 30, 2020

Pre-pandemic, the company projected that online grocery delivery would hit around $20 billion around 2025. The retailers it chooses to work with (currently numbered at around 100) are vetted by the company before being added to the roster. The key is flexibility between Shipt and the retailer. What else are they ordering?

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AUGUST 22, 2018

We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers. In citing some stats, the company said that the global market for luxury goods stood at $307 billion last year and should reach as much as $446 billion by 2025, per Bain. Within that, how much is online?

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MAY 20, 2019

Kiosks are increasingly becoming part of the retail landscape. As reported in the latest Unattended Retail Tracker , done in partnership between PYMNTS and WorldNet Payments, unattended retail is gaining traction worldwide, on the heels of growth in consumer demand and as employers look to increase their operating profits.

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JULY 23, 2020

The Thread Shop, which is a music merchandising company from Sony Music Entertainment, provides a number of retail and licensing options via eCommerce, merch tables on music tours, brand tie-ups, tailored designs and events as well as pop-ups. 5G technology is set to compose 15 percent of global mobile connections by 2025 per GSMA.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Packaged goods often reach consumers’ hands after traveling across oceans and being shipped between manufacturers, distributors and retailers. As brands seek greater transparency and control, some IoT players are suggesting packaging do more than display product descriptions, logos and barcodes.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Retailers raked in more than $850 billion during the 2018 holiday season, marking the fastest holiday retail sales growth seen in the past six years. Luxury retailers have been slower to move online than some other retailers, but the impact of online sales in this industry can already be seen.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Anybody who tries to use the eCommerce marketplace model to get into the multi-brand retail space surreptitiously will have to be questioned, will have to be investigated,” he said. Goyal said the ongoing CCI probe questions why an online marketplace should lose money. .

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JULY 29, 2019

The founding concept behind the brand, CEO and Founder Chaitanya Nallan said of the skincare brand he founded in 2017, is that the skincare industry today has two main problems. Despite growing levels of frustration among their consumers, skincare brands continue to churn out generic formulations catering to the mass market.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Retailers are starting to tap into the camera,” said Ted Mann, CEO of visual search technology provider Slyce. They expect the retailers to be able to support it.”. StyleSnap’s recommendations draw on a number of factors, including brand, price range and customer reviews. And it really has been wildly successful for that.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

CBD has in short order become something of a retail fad. Short for cannabidiol, CBD is a chemical derived from cannabis plants that is increasingly favored for a whole host of medical and wellness related applications across the retail spectrum. CBD alone is forecast to be worth $16 billion by the year 2025. Probably not.

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JULY 7, 2020

and European automobile “sales” by 2025. “The early trials have proven this as an effective way of encouraging new customers to try the brands, with 80 percent of new members not having previously owned a Jaguar or Land Rover vehicle,” the release stated.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Amplify ETFs CEO Christian Magoon, who runs the Amplify Online Retail ETF (IBUY), expects to see current Walmart customers sign up, rather than current Prime users making the switch or adding another membership program. We have three ideas: First, it’s a branding play. So, maybe Walmart+ hasn’t hatched its service as an Amazon-killer.

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MAY 13, 2020

As of January of this year , Africa’s smartphone and internet penetration rates were forecast to be well north of 50 percent by 2025 and growing, pushed by the tailwinds fostering digitization globally. What she said she does believe will be visible is a shift familiar to many Western consumers already: experiential retail.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Pine Labs, which started as a retail payment provider about 10 years ago, has grown into a payment acceptance, stored value and in-store customer credit company. This offers enormous potential for merchants, brand owners and financial institutions to drive innovations that maximize flexibility and choice for consumers,” the release stated.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Brick-and-mortar pharmacy retailers are taking new approaches to delivery in the omnichannel age: CVS Pharmacy , for instance, is doubling down its on-demand offerings with a faster and expanded option. Even so, nearly a third — or 32 percent — of consumers were unaware of a mobile app by that kind of retailer.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

That said, the most noteworthy uses of 5G, at least early on, might be far from the direct realm of retail and payments, and involve industrial uses such as better communication among factory robots, or more efficient logistics at container ports. A major 5G trial involving container ships is underway in Hamburg, in fact. “By

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

The nation’s legal cannabis market is expected to target around 32 million adults by 2025 and drive about C$10.4 billion in retail market sales, Roth Capital Partners analyst Scott Fortune wrote in a client note. This month, Canada will become the first major economy to legalize recreational marijuana.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Farfetch allows customers to buy luxury clothes and accessories from more than 700 brands and boutiques worldwide. According to Reuters , CEO and founder Jose Neves made the announcement on Wednesday that the London-based company is testing out the services, and will eventually offer up the technology to other brands and boutiques.

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JUNE 6, 2019

For some time now, retailers have been using it and radio frequency identification (RIFD) behind the scenes for stock and quality control, as well as to provide product information to customers with smartphones. percent between 2018 and 2025. JPMorgan Chase will roll out new Visa-branded contactless EMV cards this year.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

5) that it plans to ramp up focus on its private brands, which it expects will comprise a quarter of its sales by 2025, per a report. “Private brands are already among our highest margins, but we continue to find ways to improve,” CMO Patti Ongman said in a statement to the NYSE. ” Anchor Tenant Concepts.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

We know our customers deserve a break now more than ever, and are excited to give them another reason to visit their favorite breakfast destination by offering delicious flavors they crave, any time of the day,” said Linda VanGosen , vice president of brand and menu strategy, McDonald’s USA.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

It’s why Amazon is taking back Whole Foods delivery from Instacart , the multiple billion-dollar brand built for bringing groceries to consumers’ front doors. Data: $100 billion: The estimated worth of digital supermarket sales by 2025. billion: Instacart’s valuation as of its last funding round. in the first six months of 2018 alone.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

“Visa has strategically positioned itself at the center of football and these events will further exemplify the unique experiences only Visa can provide to fans across the globe,” said Chris Curtin, chief brand and innovation marketing officer at Visa, in the press release.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The market for wearables is expected to reach nearly $70 billion by 2025, according to research firm IDTechEX , with healthcare-related products seeing the most growth. million for all Swiss watch brands combined. Samsung will continue to invest in these advanced technologies.”. Apple shipped 30.7 billion.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

PYMNTS’ most recent Consumer Subscription Retail Services Report found that digital media subscriptions rose by 10 million between February and July, totaling 25 million. It’s the kryptonite of subscription merchants and brands, so keeping subscription offerings fresh and frictionless will help determine their long-term economic super-powers.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

s revenues fell slightly below estimates for the third quarter , while New York City is a popular destination for brands looking to open their first pop-up shops. percent: The share of brands that pick New York as the location for their first pop-up shops. And Tiffany & Co. ’s which were slightly below analysts’ estimates.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

billion by 2025, registering a CAGR of 5.9 The brand has 65,000 Instagram followers. The big brands are noticing, and have been acquiring accordingly. L’Oréal grabbed fast-growing prestige beauty brand IT Cosmetics in 2016, and has begun experimenting with tech-based beauty wearables. percent over the next six years.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Farfetch founder and CEO José Neves further clarified the partnership, noting it was in line with his brand’s core mission to revolutionize not just eCommerce, but also the physical store experience with what it calls augmented retail. Luxury eCommerce is a growing concern.

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JULY 3, 2019

Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended retail.” Retailers are paying more attention to vending machines, a trend that is all but certain to continue into the 2020s. Vending Machine Trends. Better Food.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

The new strategy “leverages our unique difference from other food companies,” Van de Put said, which is coupled with a strong presence around the world along with iconic brands and a leaner supply model. The combination … is generating stronger growth than focus on global brands alone,” Van de Put said.

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