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APRIL 9, 2020

But it also has to be easy, fast and friction-free — now more than ever as a mass of consumers are moving their shopping, dining, working and leisure time online in response to the coronavirus outbreak. It’s a skill that has become mission-critical for a lot of brands in the last few weeks, he said.

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MAY 20, 2020

Most businesses have been hit hard by the global pandemic, but perhaps no segment has been more crippled or left with a future more uncertain than the Main Street local establishments that rely on daily sales for traffic. percent reporting they lean “much more” on online sales. That includes 34.8 Only a third of those polled (30.7

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Amazon is taking a new approach to its brands, extending beyond its AmazonBasics and other private-label lines: The retailer is rolling out brands that are exclusive to the site, but are not actually owned by the company. At the same time, Perrigo also owns a brand called GoodSense.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online and in stores. One recent study found that 51.7 They are beginning to value placing more emphasis on being able to pay however they like, for example.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

"But there are more people working from home and not available in the office, and customers started to see that having B2B eCommerce and online ordering is much more meaningful now, compared to the traditional way they were doing it.". That will be the main feature, to cut down the costs and timeline of go-to-market," he said.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It has now been six months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic on March 11, and consumers are more likely than ever to shop and pay online, not only for retail goods, but for groceries and food orders from restaurants. adults now purchasing food, groceries and retail items online.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But since it’s the data point that most use to define the online/physical retail sales split, let’s use it to project, based on historical trends what the world looks line in twenty years. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores. Investor activists think it should be eBay.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

I presented on this topic, along with my colleague Scott Albahary – Chief Strategist for Financial Services here at Perficient and Jim Marous – Co-Publisher of The Financial Brand , to approximately 500 financial services industry folks. You can view the webinar on-demand by going to The Financial Brand site at this location.

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JUNE 5, 2020

In addition to working toward its general mission of moving the sport and hobby forward, the RIA functions as a trade and advocacy group for independent running specialty stores, the huge majority of which are Main Street businesses. The RIA is dialed into Main Street.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Using those models, the trailing 12-month, non-adjusted, online retail sales numbers show an increase of 31.4 Marketplaces and brands now make it easy now to auto-refill everything from paper towels to pet food, skin crèmes to salty snacks, bottled water to baby wipes. CPG Goes Online — And To Auto-Refill.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

That move comes as Amazon has had trouble wooing some direct-to-consumer brands. Amazon wants “consumer goods companies to create brands exclusively for Amazon after finding that developing them on its own is too costly and time-consuming, according to people familiar with the strategy,” stated a report in The Wall Street Journal.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Which brands will blow it? For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. First, a review and update about the online sports gambling situation in the U.S. More about that in just a bit, though.

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MAY 12, 2020

Online grocery sales saw a 110 percent increase in activity in April, according to Adobe’s Digital Economy Index (DEI), numbers spurred by the coronavirus ‘s push toward people avoiding human contact. Online sales as a whole continue to dwarf physical retail, the DEI stated. That category isn’t an anomaly.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. More Consolidation Coming.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Innovations in 3D and augmented reality (AR) eCommerce are leveling the playing field and bringing conversion-centered visual technology to any online retailer. Our new platform is designed to help brands and creators realize that goal, and bring their products to life in minutes rather than weeks.”.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

What was once a small but meaningful constituency — online shoppers — suddenly seem to be holding all the cards. How consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and subscription-based businesses respond to this important trend will be make-or-break for many. The very air abounds in examples these days, few better than Shopify.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

PYMNTS researchers found that what we call “social shifters” moved online fast but are most likely to rush back to physical stores and outside activities. A recent PYMNTS study found that more than two-thirds of consumers see rescuing Main Street physical retail linked to the economic vitality of their local communities.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The company gets the word out about its brand through word of mouth and in-store sampling. The brand uses Shopify to power its online platform, and consumers can pay for their purchases by credit card. Beyond Jonesbar, other food brands are selling snack bars through digital channels.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Brands have flocked to social media in an attempt to meet their consumers where they are and display a different side of themselves. Social media can be a terrific place to build bonds with one’s customers and show off a clever, avant-garde sense of humor – if a brand is good at it. And this week, Burger King was that brand.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Levi reported that company online shopping revenue growth of 52 percent partly mitigated the drop. The brand teamed with TikTok influencers to make unique denim with Future Finish 3-D denim customization technology via the Haus Miami activation. reported on Wednesday (Oct.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

billion, and it furthers Goldman Sachs' push into Main Street lending. Goldman will likely pay a slight premium, intending to make up any losses by selling its own products to GM cardholders, such as online savings accounts, personal loans and investment products. The purchase will go through for approximately $2.5

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JANUARY 18, 2021

The 2013 holiday season then began to show signs of the shift to online and digital, and away from brick-and-mortar retail. But those same shoppers didn’t shift their spend to those stores online. A far less desirable option for consumers is to pick up items ordered online in the store. The gap between the department store’s 3.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Main Street businesses are optimistic about their longer-term survival — meaning that they believe their businesses will be around two years from now. That’s important, given the fact that Main Street SMBs are responsible for driving a significant portion of the economy, employing roughly 40 percent of the workforce. The Payments .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2020

It’s our cryptic way of conveying the hurtful news that Tab, one of America’s proto-diet colas and the “drink of beautiful people” since 1963 will shuffle off its carbonated coil as Coca-Cola goes on a diet, trimming its roster of beverage brands due to the COVID-19 shift. Tab is not alone in Coke’s beverage boneyard.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

They sometimes pretend to be real retail chains like Dollar Tree and Foot Locker, or big department stores like Dillard’s and Nordstrom, or online product bazaars like Zappos.com and Polyvore, or even luxury brands like Jimmy Choo, Christian Dior and Salvatore Ferragamo. It’s a game of Whac-a-Mole,” Mr. Mason of Branding Brand said.

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JULY 7, 2020

Fast fashion already claimed a victim this week as Lucky Brand filed for bankruptcy, and H&M announced it was shuttering 170 stores across the globe due to the pandemic-driven digital shift. “We We have increased our customer base online, and many of our customers — in-store customers — are now multichannel customers.”.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, Casely teamed up with Westerly, Rhode Island-based Ivory Ella , an online for-profit retail company that donates a percentage of profits to organizations, including Save the Elephants. Consumers now are socially conscious and holding brands accountable,” he said. “I

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JULY 7, 2020

Online merchants should focus their internal resources on their core business applications, sticky.io As Huang noted, brands and merchants always want to remain in full control of their consumer-facing experiences, so developing these web workflows in-house is not a bad investment. “But

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JULY 6, 2020

Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. Brands see this digital shift in their numbers, even as stores have reopened and physical sales have started to increase. The Path Forward.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

million rise in brand platform GMV from New Guards as a result of its August 2019 acquisition and a formidable demand for merchandise in their brand collection. He noted that the platform “is not only capturing this opportunity but is helping drive this paradigm shift both for luxury consumers and brands.”. 30, up from $322.4

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Consumers are more willing to shop in stores than they were in June, in fact, on one condition: Retailers must allow them to pay using the digital to order online for curbside pickup.”. People Want To Go To Stores, But …. Driving Digital-First Foot Traffic.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Retaining and attracting active consumers is important to Alibaba's business model, which in large part consists of selling marketing services to the merchants that sell their wares on the company's online platforms. The earnings announcement comes as Alibaba and its various retail brands prepare for Singles Day , which is Nov.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

American Express rolled out co-branded cards with Amazon for British SMBs. Their new British card program was created as part of a current relationship between the two firms that encompasses a co-branded program in the United States and an international card acceptance relationship. American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Amazon reported that online grocery and new Prime signups drove its Q2 earnings, while physical-store sales at Whole Foods were down 13 percent. Amazon reported on its Q2 earnings call that third-party sellers saw higher revenue growth than online stores on the Amazon platform. billion daily searches that happen on Google’s platform.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

While the barriers to reaching an international consumer base are low thanks to innovations in eCommerce, online retailers and merchants still struggle to provide their global consumers with the same payments experience their domestic ones have. Providing Payer Certainty. “Consumers want that kind of clarity and certainty.”

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MAY 23, 2019

Digital banking is not the main element that drives consumers toward using a credit union. What ends up being really, really important is offering a balanced approach, and making sure that those channels are integrated, so that if I start a process online or in person, I can change channels to finish it,” Chambers said.

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