PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. At the same time, it was reported that Walmart plans to employ $11 billion in capital expenditures this year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Walmart spokeswoman Molly Blakeman told CNBC the retailer is working with partner Gatik , a self-driving vehicle startup, to test out a self-driving vehicle that will travel the two-mile route in Bentonville, Arkansas between two stores. “We Earlier this month, Walmart’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Plus, Pilot Company collaborates on fleet factoring, Revolution Payments launches Level III commercial card processing and Porter Capital launches new PPP funding tools. Burton, the founder of a record label in Arkansas, got $78. Porter Capital Offers New Funding Tools To PPP Recipients. bank profits are expected to sink.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The largest retailer in the world has collaborated with Nextdoor, the social networking service, to launch “Neighbors Helping Neighbors,” per an announcement on Thursday (April 23). Walmart and Nextdoor have joined forces to make it easier for neighbors to help each other during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

On Thursday morning, news broke that the nation’s largest retailer is suing its longtime credit card issuer, alleging breach of contract. District Court of the Western District of Arkansas on Thursday (Nov. District Court of the Western District of Arkansas on Thursday (Nov. Capital One and Discover Tap the Underwriting Brakes.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Those efforts come as voice-assistant and voice-activated technologies — different, of course, from voice-print biometrics — are having a moment in the retail spotlight. Voice-Print Efforts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

The company almost doubled its revenue and profit numbers while spending more than $9 billion on capital improvement projects. Other capital expenditures went to fulfillment, transportation and investments in Amazon Web Services (AWS). As a reminder, Q2 is typically our largest volume quarter for the retail business.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Simplifying supply chains is important, but businesses can struggle to take the digital leap — often because they lack the capital or the necessary knowledge. I do not think there is anything on the retailer side that is going to prompt a change [for payments] because that would be the tail wagging the dog,” Olsen explained.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

Walmart wants to add $250 billion worth of Made in the USA products to its stores by 2023, an ambitious plan the retail giant says will add 1 million new American-based manufacturing and support jobs as well. Walmart held its fourth annual U.S. It turned out they flew off our shelves,” Sirkin said of the towels that were made in the USA.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. That Amazon is making a major push into apparel retail is, at this point, well known to everyone. And that was just the serious stuff.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

cities could compete, Walmart’s construction of a new HQ in Bentonville Arkansas has been a comparatively quiet affair. McMillon notes the retailer is progressing to serve as a “digital enterprise,” CNBC reported. Given the giant mega-force in capitalism Walmart is — and how very little patience presidential candidate Sen.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Last post was dedicated to the #4 Bank, Bank of the Ozarks of Little Rock, Arkansas (see post here ). ESB does traditional mortgage lending, with some commercial real estate too, funded by retail deposits with a heavy dose of CDs. I will review my top five in descending order.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2017

They say robots could replace as many as 38 percent of retail workers in the next 10 years, starting with cashiers. The company is about to dump millions into tech upgrades, but the real investment it’s making is in human capital. Not so for Walmart employees. We will be people-led and tech-empowered.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

only Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and the Dakotas did not apply. As New Mexico’s capital city, Albuquerque naturally put in a bid, but the state’s more southern offering may prove more interesting, as it straddles the U.S.-Mexico In the U.S. Proposals were received from cities in Mexico and Canada as well.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

So, ready to get on the road with PYMNTS, CAN Capital and the store front businesses that are driving the U.S. Arkansas: The South’s Unexpected Bastion Of Growth. Furthermore, most mentioned money as a primary concern, though how that concern was spelled out varied from location to location. You might be surprised by what we found.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Retail is under pressure to crack the AI code. After all, corporations in every industry are scrambling to adapt and integrate artificial intelligence into their products — and retail is no exception. 15-Min Flash briefing: Can AI Save Physical retail? Using CB Insights data, we dug into the changing retail landscape.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Allison bragged that Home BancShares has created more millionaires than any company in Arkansas [Note: we may need to fact check that with Walmart shareholders]. As Kirk Wycoff, Managing Partner from Patriot Financial Partners pointed out: 50% of a mid-size commercial bank’s deposits are retail. Capitalizing on Good Times.

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