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APRIL 15, 2020

After hitting a skid from the beginning to the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, online fashion sales have caught fire. Reports of apparel sales falling off as much as 30 percent on a year-to-year comparison appeared toward the end of March, with several reports citing March 20 as the lowest day of traffic and sales for the industry.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Power and LMC Automotive forecasts that new vehicle retail sales for November 2020 will drop slightly from the same month the prior year, according to a Wednesday (Nov. Retail sales for new automobiles are forecast to be 1.04 Retail sales for new automobiles are forecast to be 1.04 A joint outlook from J.D. 25) press release.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

With the negative impact from trade, the economy of the eurozone expanded at a modest rate in Q3, as retail sales dropped in October at the sharpest rate of the year. Retail sales in the bloc in October dropped 0.6 Non-food sales fell in the October retail sales figure, especially mail order and online sales.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Retailers made all sorts of quick pivots to their eCommerce sites as the pandemic unfolded, but in-store legacy technology proved to be an obstacle for many of them. The company said that while retailers often come up with innovations , “bringing these ideas to in-store trials, iterating them quickly and rolling them out at scale takes years.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Mastercard figures indicated that retail sales in the U.S., And online shopping comprised 22 percent of retail sales in April and May, which was two times that of the year before. Management at Kohl’s, Nordstrom and Macy’s said to investors that sales at reopened retail locations are slowly on the uptick.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. Unspent budget from big box retailers will be let loose as early as Oct. There are many critical aspects to SMB retail media strategy but two stand out this year: when to advertise and where to advertise.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Retailers need to work harder to get more consumers to download mobile commerce apps, one of the main areas of focus for retail going into the 2020s. percent of respondents who shop mostly online and 44.5 percent of respondents who shop mostly online and 44.5 More specifically, 77.6 Even more on point, “42.6

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Offering a “safe haven” of sorts after multiple retailers unsettled investors, Target Corp. Online sales jumped 31 percent in the quarter, yet eCommerce didn’t weigh on profitability as it has done in past periods, Bloomberg reported. . increased its full-year outlook on profitability as well as strong sales.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

It’s easy to play Monday morning quarterback for the growth of online grocery. When consumers need essential items but get scared by a high-touch environment, it’s only natural for online numbers to spike. The prevailing data and wisdom at this point is that, yes, online grocery has spiked due to COVID-19. 1 through March 15.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Klarna , a payment solutions provider, has acquired PriceRunner , a shopping price comparison platform, for $124.4M. PriceRunner: Sweden-based PriceRunner is a platform that allows online shoppers to compare prices and read reviews on millions of products from a single location. products from 22,500 retailers across 25 countries.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

retail economy is unprecedented. Terror attacks on 9/11 happened well before the internet was a factor, and are therefore not relevant as a comparison. What are some of the retailing changes that could last beyond the end of the coronavirus crisis? Suddenly, this issue is front and center for every retailer and every customer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Online shopping is no longer reserved for the tech-savvy, with a new Pew Research Center surve y finding eight in 10 American adults shop online. According to Pew, 79 percent made online purchases of any type, while 51 percent used a mobile phone to make a purchase and 15 percent bought something via a link from a social media website.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

For retailers, nothing really ever comes easy — and things aren’t getting any easier, at least when it involves gaining and retaining customers. Indeed, as the recently completed National Retail Federation (NRF) retail show in New York City demonstrated, commerce keeps moving to what Webster called in the webinar a “customer-centric approach.”

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JANUARY 15, 2019

The team at my Mystore-E believes they can solve that problem, with an AI tool called Tore-E that is specifically designed for retail environments. Our goal is to create a personalized shopping experience that benefits retail stores, while also catering to the customers’ wants, needs and style preferences.”.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

That’s because cameras are playing a much bigger role in retail, a trend that will keep gaining steam in the new decade. The Associated Press reports that cameras are, at least somewhat quietly, making inroads into a number of retail outlets in a bid to, well, get to know you. are now looking to follow suit.”. Security Cameras.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

New data collected in a survey by online and mobile publishing and advertising company Opera Mediaworks back in September reveals interesting trends among mobile users as they shop in-store. Still, retailers expect to rake in the cash this year. The BDO survey also found retailers projected an average 4.7

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

A common, enduring fantasy for many consumers — a group that likely includes many PYMNTS readers and writers — is walking into a high-end retail store, chain or boutique that sells luxury brands , and spending vast sums on the best clothes, shoes, handbags, watches and other items. Different Proposition. That’s a very hard job.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Conventional wisdom about online shopping says that the average consumer would rather test a product out in store before pulling the trigger and ordering it online. It hasn’t been a very good year for conventional wisdom, though, and a recent Internet Retailer survey just poked a big hole in the aforementioned theory.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This Cyber Monday could be the biggest online shopping day in history, according to Wednesday (Nov. Rather, it indicates a strengthening economy and an overall increase in spending both online and in physical store locations. By comparison, just 48 percent of survey respondents said they planned to shop online on Cyber Monday.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

Shifting consumer habits have left traditional retail with less and less to stand on, and it turns out that consumer products companies have similarly had the rug pulled out from under them. PepsiCo’s saving grace might be its snack selection, which sells better online than beverages, analysts said. PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Co.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. But online food delivery operations have more important things to worry about than drones and self-driving vehicles.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Retailers are aiming to play catch-up with shoppers by moving resources from brick-and-mortar and stacking them against digital technology and abilities. And “ webrooming ,” the practice of consumers using websites to comparison shop for physical retail, is coming for an encore. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

As the rise of eCommerce marches onward, physical retailers increasingly rely on store transformation initiatives to reinvent brick-and-mortar stores to maintain majority market share and boost consumer interest. One such retail reinvention shifts the role of store associates from a sales position to one of service.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In retail these days, it’s all about the ecosystem, and it’s also sometimes about rewards and discounts. Honey was founded in 2012 as a way for people to easily find savings while shopping online. The platform works with more than 30,000 retailers in all shopping categories. The latest sign of that comes from PayPal.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

Amazon is rolling out its annual Prime Day event, and other merchants are taking note: Retailers from eBay to Target are rolling out their own promotions as they compete with Amazon for customers. As a result of Prime Day’s popularity, retailers are stepping up to the plate to offer shoppers deals on their own sites.

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JUNE 15, 2020

Webrooming, before the pandemic, was a full-on retailing trend. But as the pandemic-driven digital shift gains traction, retailers have to be wondering if consumers will use websites to comparison shop for brick-and-mortar retail (webrooming) or whether they’ll go back to shopping retail to order online (showrooming).

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

In a few weeks, the world’s largest retailer will phase out its standalone grocery app. Walmart said customers told the retailer they want simplicity. Walmart Grocery experienced a 460 percent growth in average daily downloads in comparison to its January 2020 performance, App Annie reported. Say goodbye to one Walmart app.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

By comparison, the first 3-D Secure (3DS) technology provides consumers with a user experience marked by lengthy times for processing and verification. The company reports that retailers selling through eCommerce are experiencing record sales numbers, but fraud rates are also on the uptick. Merchants pay $3.13 Merchants pay $3.13

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Retailers in the physical world are at a real disadvantage when it comes to knowing the customers in their stores, and what they do once they get there. The list goes on, but suffice it to say, the jokes about digital retailers knowing more about customers than they know about themselves didn’t appear in the culture out of nowhere.

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JUNE 7, 2018

The goal for all retailers is, of course, to deliver an excellent experience, both online and in stores, and to find ways for those disparate experiences to mesh seamlessly with one another. The Swedish furniture retailer seems to be making the opposite transition. IKEA is slowing the growth pace it has sustained in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the same time, the app differs from other online retailers in that it doesn’t have unlimited space to list products. Some retailers may put a product on their site even if just 2 percent of shoppers would be remotely interested in a product and one person buys it, Sacks said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Grocery stores are also seeing a shift, as more consumers now shop for groceries and food online. As more consumers embrace the appeal of online offerings, a growing share of grocery and restaurant sales will be made via connected channels. About the Playbook .

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

In a 405-page document by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a number of proposals came to light that would encourage more competition and reform in retail banking. Among the proposals: new online comparison tools and also better knowledge about switching costs and monthly maximum charges tied to overdrafts.

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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. billion for its stores in comparison to $1.63 billion in the year prior. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Showing the continued struggles of retail stores in the pandemic era, Nordstrom reported a 22 percent net sales decline for the nine-week holiday period that ended Jan. In 2019, by comparison, they only represented 34 percent. The Nordstrom Rack store and online inventory had previously been integrated in October.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Online sales in such countries as Spain, an EU member, are expected to grow by 20 percent , according to eMarketer. The need for an update in these regulations is particularly “due to the growth of online sales and of new market players, such as online platforms,” said the commission. billion ($2.6

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

billion fine, saying the company committed a “clear infraction” by putting its own price-comparison services above others in its search listings, according to a report by Reuters. Merchant platforms and CSSs (comparison shopping services) simply cater to different needs of different types of online retailers.

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