PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

COVID has put pressure on brands to find solutions for their direct-to-consumer [D2C] strategy,” he said. With so many retail stores closing, they need to be able to provide a way to sell D2C wherever those consumers are online.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Picture, instead, fleets of utilitarian machines, squat, careful and not at all threatening, rolling through retailers’ aisles, hospital wings and other avenues of everyday human life. told Karen Webster that retailers and other firms are going to need to consider “cleanliness as a brand value.”. Brain Corp.

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Self-service technology allows retailers to meet customer expectations established by the pioneering tech efforts of brand's, like Starbucks. These installations take diverse forms, a CES panel demonstrated.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Automated retail is a burgeoning space, with sales growth via many unattended retail devices significantly increasing. And in coffee retail, Starbucks is amplifying its brand with the Global Coffee Alliance and a new Starbucks Reserve Roastery location. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands came in two flavors during 2020. The first were the Pepsis, Heinzes and Krafts that either didn’t like their retail distribution or saw a pandemic-driven opportunity to get new products in new configurations to the consumer. The seven-year-old D2C hybrid brand has received $4.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Outside of the pandemic — if there is such a thing as outside of the pandemic — two stories have been the most compelling in retailing so far this year. The second is the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands. It also accelerated the rise of DTC brands, but not for the same reasons. The Rise Of DTC-Only Brands.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Whether that comes in the form of video, live chats or being on a first-name basis with a personal retail adviser, it’s all about personalization and the relationship. . You really have a myriad of options, whether you're engaging with somebody on Instagram, [shopping with] a new brand or a B2C brand.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

What does it take for a fashion brand to stay on top of the trends? But not all brands excel at crawling the web for information relevant to their businesses. “A Historically, large retailers tend to move more slowly. Brands and retailers work on a global scale, after all. A lot of market data. Fashion Analytics.

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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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Perficient

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a world where retail has changed and consumers remain at home, how do brands reimagine the task of getting products to customers? podcast , we interview Jon Bostock, best-selling author, innovator, co-founder and CEO of Truman’s and learn how brands that innovate will win in a rapidly changing digital-first economy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Authentic Brands is said to be in talks with Debenhams and Arcadia Group administrators, with unnamed sources claiming that the retail company is mulling a bid for the Sir Philip Green retail empire and the retailer, Retail Gazette reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Bringing a brand directly to consumers over digital channels was an option to consider in the pre-pandemic world — but the question for brands today in our radically digitized world is not if, but when, according to sticky.io They have to optimize every touchpoint that the customer has with their brand.”.

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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

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

JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Birkenstock is said to be in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, while Cognira has released its AI Promotion Solution. Plus, Jennifer Lopez is depending on Flowcode for marketing of her new JLo Beauty brand. Cognira Rolls Out AI Promotion Suite For Retailers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The concept comes with interactive walls and follows similar moves by sporting or other fashion brands. Lancome, as it stands, is one of the largest brands of L’Oreal, the French cosmetics group. And groups such as LVMH are also investing in retail ventures. Beauty companies are also acquiring other brands.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

New-York based bank Goldman Sachs is planning to launch an online deposit service in the United Kingdom by mid-2018, a retail service that will be provided under the bank’s year-old ‘Marcus’ brand.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

To make the clothing industry more inclusive of children with disabilities, major fashion brands are debuting adaptive clothing lines. Tommy Hilfiger, Target and Zappos have all launched these types of lines in recent years, while Kohl’s is the latest retailer to do so, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2020

Sensory branding is having a moment. These are some admittedly “out there” examples of sensory branding, which is popular lately for several reasons. Supplementing the “sight” of marketing and branding with a taste or a sound creates an entirely new set of tools to attract consumers. And sensory branding isn’t limited to sound.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

While many luxury retailers have found themselves needing to slash prices to keep inventory moving, some luxury brands are switching manufacturing to assist in the coronavirus crisis. For retailers, eCommerce will be critical during the coronavirus crisis. Another 13 percent never patronized the retailer again.

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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. Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands drove into the pandemic and adapted to it to catch the digital shift. Adore Me, for example, was a thriving eCommerce brand before the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. It is expected that the business will keep operating as a stand-alone brand.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

More than a store or a brand, The Sharper Image was the traditional mecca of the husbands, fathers and boyfriends along for mall trips they didn’t really want to be on, offering consolation in the form of a session in the vibro-massaging leather recliner and the opportunity to touch a plasma globe.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

These are among the key findings that have emerged from PYMNTS’ latest research study, D2C And The New Brand Loyalty Opportunity , a collaboration with sticky.io. PYMNTS research reveals some dramatic shifts in how consumers are obtaining CPG brands both online and offline. percent bought new retail product brands.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

The news about Nike ’s fourth-quarter earnings announcement focused on what would be a large loss at any other time, but the real story is a full and dramatic reposition of a top global brand toward “ digital 3.0.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. percent to attain $76 billion last year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Some retailers are just excellent about telling stories about themselves and about the products that they're selling,” Taylor told PYMNTS. If brands want to get online, and you want to have something that looks bespoke, that’s typically going to mean paying a developer or paying an agency quite a bit of money.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

IKEA has announced it is cutting ties with Amazon, a move that other brands like Nike, Birkenstock and PopSockets have also done recently. IKEA said it was leaving Amazon because the retail giant decided to discontinue a smart lighting program that began in 2018. IKEA said it is “keen on exploring new areas” to reach its customers.

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ATM Marketplace

AUGUST 8, 2024

Top retail and brand leaders will share executive predictions when it comes to improving the customer experience at the upcoming ICX Summit happening Sept. 9-11 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Lucky Brand has started proceedings under Chapter 11 to help pave the way for a sale and decrease its debt load brought about by recent difficulties with the inclusion of the pandemic. The retailer said it has received new financing commitments that will offer enough liquidity to fund it until the sale’s closing, according to an announcement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. At the same time, the brand seeks to create personalization through every one of its touchpoints. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces — Tencent and JD.com. Walmart , for example, brought a small-format supermarket to the city of Shenzhen as the popularity of “small retail” grows in China. Ralph Lauren.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Walgreens is growing its financial services offering with the help of Mastercard and Synchrony, while Big Lots, Inc. Walgreens To Roll Out Co-Branded Cards With Mastercard, Synchrony. The cards will reportedly be the first of a bevy of financial offerings that the retailer has in the works.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Our eco-friendly, natural aesthetic and locally sourced approach to this design builds on our strong brand values and mission of cultivating a better world.”. JAB Holdings is joining together some of the best-known coffee brands around the globe to create a more formidable contender to challenge Nestlé as well as Starbucks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

For instance, Dine Brands , the parent company of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar and IHOP restaurants, is teaming with Postmates to offer delivery from thousands of locations, according to an announcement. Dine Brands is not the only restaurant company to team with Postmates. restaurants. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The top stories today in retail include merchants in the U.K. Nonessential retail can only remain open for delivery and curbside pickup. It has also been a proponent of experiential retailing, but the pandemic has hit the company hard. Digital River CEO: Branding Will Drive Holiday Success. While in the U.S.,

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