PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. to less than $0.29. Sears Holdings Corp.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio. The retailer, which has 1,143 stores globally, closes an average of around 15 stores annually.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

The offering was led by Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Jefferies Financial Group and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Bloomberg reported, with the company trending on the Nasdaq under the symbol BIGC. The most common users, according to Bloomberg, include fashion, health and beauty, food and beverage and manufacturing and automotive retailers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grocery retailers are making it easier for consumers to shop with their mobile devices through digital innovations. Chief Digital Officer Jag Bath said per a post , “The new My H-E-B mobile app is a perfect example of how we are investing in new technologies to enhance our digital services and establish H-E-B as a digital retail leader.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Vichot pointed out that the market is ready for quick, healthy food. At the same time, according to the latest PYMNTS Automated Retail Tracker , the estimated number of vending machines in the U.S. The Automated Retail Market . is about 4.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a certain push toward perfectionism in athletic wear — some of that Nike “Just do it” ethos tends to permeate the market segment in a way that can feel a bit like pressure to all but the most seasoned athletes. Today the Austin store does sales comparable with Outdoor Voices shops in both New York and San Francisco.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. Those consist of Amazon Books, Amazon 4-Star (online goods in brick-and-mortar stores), Whole Foods Market and Amazon Go. The latter operates without human cashiers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Biel, the former COO and CFO for Shopgate, recently made the decision to move the company’s headquarters from the traditional hotbed of Palo Alto to the up-and-coming tech crucible that is Austin, Texas, and Biel is confident that both recent announcements will set Shopgate up for a productive 2016 and beyond.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. And retailers are offering innovative subscriptions for all sorts of products. per month. The company accepts credit and debit cards for payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

As the newest traditional merchant to try the expanding resale market on for size, Nordstrom is intending to sell secondhand clothes at its New York flagship and through eCommerce. The “See You Tomorrow” shop merchandise will come from the returned and damaged product inventory of the retailer.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. The conference was well attended, with broad representation from all institution sizes and markets. Presentations focused on targeted marketing for “moneyhawks” , new P2P models (e.g. One spoke of the need to market correctly.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

As the newest traditional merchant to try the expanding resale market on for size, Nordstrom is intending to sell secondhand clothes at its New York flagship and through eCommerce. The “See You Tomorrow” shop merchandise will come from the returned and damaged product inventory of the retailer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The feature was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, and was made available across the country on Oct. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. The promotion rolled out in Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Sacramento and Washington D.C.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The result was Domio, a site that allows travelers to use apartments in cities such as Austin, New Orleans, Nashville and San Diego. At the same time, in terms of markets, “millennials are more mobile,” according to Roberts. More specifically, he said that millennials are more outwardly mobile. Apart-Hotels.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

BigCommerce Holdings, which was started in 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas, registered $120 million in revenue for the 12-month period that concluded on March 31. The bookrunners on the arrangement are Barclays, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley. It plans to go public on the NASDAQ with the ticker of BIGC.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s. The service is also available in Lubbock and Austin, and differs from lockers which offer only three-day holds. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. Starbucks Coffee.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are joining forces with online reCommerce companies to bring pre-owned merchandise into their stores, adding to their sustainability efforts. They were to be available in some Chicago, Nashville, Austin and New York stores beginning on Oct. Beyond Madewell, other retailers have collaborated with thredUP.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. and other markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

eCommerce platforms and marketplaces are leveling the retail playing field by connecting buyers who have specific needs with groups of sellers that can meet them,” said Bill Ready, chief operating officer at PayPal. Hyperwallet has offices in Austin, London, San Francisco, Sydney and Vancouver.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Pine Labs , which started as an offline retail payment provider in 1998, has since evolved to become a payment acceptance, stored value and in-store customer credit company that enables consumers to opt into installment payments plans online or at the point of sale in a physical store. The Frictionless Flow . The Changing Global Stage .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

The concept serves as an experiential marketing avenue for product manufacturers and retailers. The Automated Retail Market. The vending and unattended retail space is taking off. air travelers are interested in self-checkout retail at airports. The report also found that 35 percent of surveyed U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Alibaba is deepening its partnership with Austin-based ShipStation as the eCommerce and tech giant faces pressure to expand globally beyond its core market in China and Southeast Asia. On Tuesday (Oct. 13), eCommerce shipping firm ShipStation announced that it will now be able to provide a “seamless fulfillment process” to U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Toyota and its suppliers are taking a longer view when it comes to cars that have artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving technology in comparison to rivals that market vehicles that can drive themselves on the freeway. He continued, “Level 4 is really what we’re striving for to first appear in mobility as a service.” .

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Austin-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform described Open Checkout in the release as an “open source extension of the platform’s native checkout” that will enable merchants, app developers and other partners to fully customize the checkout experience for their customers. BigCommerce on Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

With the newly launched partnership, retailers in the symbol group will have the ability to sign up for the delivery platform via the Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) after a pilot in stores throughout London and “the south east,” The Grocer reported. The function was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Dallas.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

“We’re happy to bring our customers in San Francisco and Atlanta the convenience of free two-hour delivery through Prime Now and access to thousands of natural and organic groceries and locally sourced favorites,” John Mackey, Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO, said in a statement. throughout 2018.

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PYMNTS

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.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Stores wanting to sign on with Uber Eats doubled in March as grocery markets and convenience stores searched for new ways to serve customers duirng the lockdown. She said Uber Eats enabled the market to bring necessities to people in a way that is safe as well as convenient.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Things were a bit more active on the Amazon front, with a big infrastructure investment pushing its market cap back over the $1 trillion line, a new B2B financing partnership with Goldman Sachs potentially in the offing and its expanding stores and services menu. Market Cap Watch: Back to the Trillionaire Club With Logistic Investments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Walmart acquired the online indie and vintage-inspired women’s apparel retailer in March 2017 for somewhere between $50 million and $75 million. In addition, Vice President of Marketing Sabina Weber, also from American Apparel, came onboard. and Austin. “At We are in the process of exploring potential opportunities.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

A job posting has revealed that Amazon’s next move for Whole Foods is a service that will enable customers to not only order items from the organic grocery, but also from select retailers. The position would require working with the retail leaders and project managers “who are building this new business from scratch,” the posting said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2016

Now, however, the pop-up shop is quickly enshrining itself as the preferred way for emerging brands to bring their wares quickly and efficiently to market. It’s more lucrative to stay out of the game and approach it in an artisan style,” Catherine Nicole, a jewelry designer and pop-up shop adherent, told NYT.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Now the benefits list is expanding, as customers in 12 additional states (and at all Whole Foods Market 365 stores) will now be able to use their Prime membership to access more deals. Shoppers in Prime-ready stores today, for example, can pick up a $6 rotisserie chicken or a 6 oz. container of raspberries for $2.50.

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