PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. It produced several payment trends, which can be found in the How We Shop report. Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands drove into the pandemic and adapted to it to catch the digital shift.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Digital sports entertainment and gaming industry platform DraftKings — known for its top-rated daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting apps — today announced an agreement with InComm Payments , a global leading payments technology company, to launch an industry-first retail gift card. . DraftKings reported on Friday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Engaging customers in socially responsible causes can help retailers build trust and develop lasting relationships that translate into many return visits. Some retailers are engaging consumers by allowing them to use their BNPL accounts to donate directly to nonprofits they choose. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Brands looking to sell directly to end users need a vision for what their omnicommerce experience should be, and a plan for how they’re going to deliver something to complement their existing business instead of merely complicating it. Going DTC Without Creating Conflict . Bhatia noted that when sticky.io Bhatia noted that when sticky.io

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

As the United States experiences a coin shortage due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to “keep the change.”. Not only will those customers give the grocers some personal information in doing so, but they’ll presumably revisit the retailer in the future to spend their unused change.

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JUNE 15, 2020

Men’s Wearhouse owner Tailored Brands might be the next significant retail company in the United States to make a bankruptcy filing as the COVID-19 crisis unfolds. Tailored Brands has approximately 1,400 U.S. and Canadian retail locations and roughly half of those are Men’s Wearhouse stores.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And CVS in August became the first major retailer to introduce PayPal QR code technology, which it plans to roll out in its 8,200 U.S. Such brand loyalty and user growth aren’t going unnoticed by merchants, with more and more expanding their QR offerings. consumers who were using touchless payments by July. stand-alone stores.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Iain McNicoll , VP of Americas/SMB for payments platform Payoneer , recently told PYMNTS that eCommerce’s market share has risen to 27 percent from just 16 percent when the pandemic began. McNicoll said the quick gains aren’t surprising, as physical retail stores essentially closed down worldwide for months.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers’ increasingly digital preferences. These retailers are accustomed to engaging with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores and building long-lasting relationships that lead to brand loyalty. billion this year — almost double last year’s total.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

“We are essentially taking glass doors that were probably underutilized and not asking the retailer for any additional physical space.”. From a business standpoint, we believe that things like sales lift are obviously a really important metric,” Dravenstott said, “and you don't hear that much in brick and mortar retail.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

From where things stand in Q4 2020 it’s not hard to imagine physical retail going extinct. Noting the ways COVID has permanently changed retailing, CNBC recently reported , “As more and more stores go dark at the mall, some major retail executives are looking to grow outside of it — a tactic they hadn’t touted so publicly before.

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Payments Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

The merchants explained how the SVB situation had affected their sales, online commerce, payments and finances.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Canadian global point-of-sale (POS) and eCommerce firm Lightspeed is teaming up with Silicon Valley payments platform Stripe to advance in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the U.S. Restaurants and retailers will be able to process in-store payments and personalize readers with their own branding. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Keeping consumers invested and engaged is an eternal challenge for retailers. The pandemic is accelerating this digital shift, sending merchants scrambling to meet consumers’ rapidly fluctuating shopping and payment behaviors. These trends are in turn ratcheting up the number of customers who are moving to new brands.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

For physical retail, the pandemic was simply the force that accelerated a decline that had started in 2014 — one that inertia had masked for all of the years up until now. This data came on the heels of a holiday shopping season that was strong, but weaker than retail analysts had expected. A Long Time Ago … In January 2020.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

This growth is creating opportunities for numerous retailers, including BlackCool & Co. , a lifestyle brand that offers apparel, accessories and fragrances as well as spirits and hand-rolled cigars. But with BNPL you can go to any retailer, choose your product and pay over time with no credit check.” .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform Afterpay is teaming up with retailer Gap to offer flexible spending options as the holiday shopping season gears up. Participating Gap brands include Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta. . “By It also teamed up with major retailers across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

These moves seem logical for consumers who have been barred from visiting brick-and- mortar retailers or who are wary of contact with cashiers or payment terminals due to the potential for viral transmission, but they are also likely to have a dramatic impact on the future of digital and in-store commerce. The rise of omnichannel .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The dramatic consumer shift to Digital 3.0 — predicted months ago by the PYMNTS COVID-19 tracker work — is accounting for almost half of the retail growth in the US. It found that eCommerce growth as of May 1 was up 68 percent, surpassing 40 percent of total retail sales. Overall Chinese retail sales of consumer goods dropped 2.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

But the challenge for retailers now is deciding what to do next, Amazon Pay Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Wenzel told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. Wenzel told Webster that what retailers need to think about is those things that actually aren’t going to change in an environment where it feels like everything is changing.

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Payments Dive

MAY 5, 2017

With the inherent convenience of ordering favorite specialty items online, come new demands from consumers, namely: the expectation of finding their favorite brands in the app store. The more consumers turn to their smartphones for buying convenience, the more competition arises for brands looking to cash in on the gold rush.

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PYMNTS

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. Retailers must, therefore, assess what type of shopping experiences consumers are searching for, as well as how to provide swift payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

Tap to Phone enables sellers with Android phones to accept contactless payments without the need for additional devices or peripherals. Acceptance, that is, on the receiving end of the payment methods that buyers – both people and businesses – want to use when transacting. Optimizing the Digital Transformation of Retail .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

In Mexico, the pandemic is moving the needle toward digital payments — specifically mobile payments — to become more widely embraced by businesses and consumers alike. Call it a way to solve the “chicken and egg” problem that is so firmly entrenched in payments. The costs of entry are relatively low,” maintained Diaz. “If

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

retailers during the holiday shopping season, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The shortages come from an unexpected surge of customer demand, which took retailers by surprise after they had cut orders for new merchandise in the spring as countrywide lockdowns were starting and the job market was bottoming out. in the spring.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Retailers must accommodate financial flexibility, which is leading many to explore alternative solutions — such as Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions. In the inaugural Buy Now, Pay Later Tracker , PYMNTS explores the potential impact that BNPL could have on the retail world, especially during the 2019 holiday season.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

TJX reported earnings that showed a fast uptick for store opening traffic after having closed all of its retail locations globally in March, without an eCommerce shopping capability. And cosmetics is gaining online momentum as the pandemic drives cross-currents in the retail category. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hot new thing in “Big Retail” is offering in-house advertising on your website to your vendors – because why get paid only once on a purchase if you can get paid twice? In short, retailers get paid to place the ad, and then get paid again when the merchandise is sold. “We Enormous Potential.

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Payments Dive

OCTOBER 15, 2019

As digital channel growth shows no sign of slowing down, it represents a significant revenue opportunity for brands, retailers and other consumer-facing businesses. But what does an effective strategy look like and how can businesses successfully create and execute against it?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The digital shift may transform retail storefronts in Europe. To that end, in Europe, Czech firm Nulisec has debuted an online B2B marketplace focused on European retailers — geared toward improving sales and procurement processes. At the moment, retailers are hostages of their local suppliers,” he said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest payments and commerce news. We have deep dives on retail’s digital D2C shift, blank-check companies, and DoorDash’s IPO plans. Truist CIO: Overcoming The Roadblocks To Faster Payments. When one part of a payments ecosystem goes offline, transactions can’t be completed.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

Retail reopening events continued to draw light foot traffic on Monday, as Florida joined Texas in allowing non-essential stores to reopen. percent of consumers shop for retail goods online more often than they did on March 6, the first day of our study, and that continues to climb — up 10.5 percent from 35.5

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MAY 7, 2020

Klarna , Sweden’s FinTech startup, has partnered with beauty retailer Sephora , according to a press release. It allows shoppers to pay in four equal payments with no interest. Sephora offers 25,000 products from 400 curated brands in more than 490 stores across the Americas, as well as over 660 locations inside JCPenney.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

If you want to know whether stimulus checks are working to rebuild the economy, just ask the world’s largest retailer. Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison said the do-it-yourself retailer saw indications that checks boosted sales of home improvement items. Walmart U.S. I think it helped,” Furner told The First Trade, Yahoo!

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. The tech lets shoppers use their palms as an ID and payment method. Amazon Expands Palm Biometrics In Seattle .

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MAY 15, 2020

Struggling retailer JCPenney , which is reported close to seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, disclosed that it’s paid roughly $17 million in interest on a senior secured term loan credit facility to avoid a default, but that it’s still considering “certain strategic alternatives.”

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Bank Innovation

JULY 10, 2019

Airfox, a three-year old Brazilian financial startup that has raised more than $16 million, wants to enhance consumers' confidence in digital-only banking through its challenger brand banQi. To do so, it is working with retailer Via Varejo, an industry heavyweight that reported $30 billion in revenue last year.

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