PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

percent made voice-assisted purchases while shopping for groceries or retail goods in the last 24 hours. Main Street SMBs: The 18-Month Outlook. Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses’ (SMBs’) confidence of survival has progressed as the pandemic has continued. percent fewer Main Street SMBs are hopeful of survival.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. In an interview with Karen Webster, Chris Carder , co-director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Schulich School of Business, outlines the story of how innovation can become teamwork.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

To gauge the economic health and vitality of local economies, one need look no further than the financial stability of the small and medium-sized businesses that line the main streets and side streets of communities across the nation. One of the digital tools in which Main Street SMBs show great interest is real-time merchant fund settlement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

The first half of 2020 was a tough time to run a small business on Main Street as stay-at-home orders closed down restaurants and retailers for much or all of the past five months. That requirement of rapid change left many Main Street merchants deeply shaken and worried about their futures.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Customer experience platform Narvar is partnering with real estate investment trust Simon to facilitate easier retail returns, according to a press release. Despite our deep roots in eCommerce, we've always believed in the persistent power of physical retail," Amit Sharma , founder and CEO of Narvar, said in the release.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Worse yet, some analysts fear the triggering of break-lease clauses for retailers in malls if anchor stores leave. All of this will only make malls an even tougher sell to consumers, and to retailers that want consumers to buy their stuff.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have no choice but to innovate to keep and grow their clientele. percent of these businesses view innovation as critical to their survival. More broadly, 44.8 and accommodation firms’ score of 34.1.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 13, 2018

I don’t often blog about investment banking as it bores my readers who are cool and trendy retail bankers and geeks, mainly, but keep coming back to this article about JPMorgan’s Best Execution AI engine, LOXM.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. A combination of forces — Netflix’s own content and technology innovations and advances in hardware and software — helped them consistently attract more eyeballs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. Loyalty, too, is a source of innovation. It is all but certain that in the new decade, QSRs will continue to drive retail innovation. Contactless Payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Shoppers had new opportunities to buy groceries without having to walk through the aisles of their local supermarkets or wait in line at checkout counters this year, as grocers rolled out digital innovations in shopping and payments. It allows them to fully immerse themselves into the retail space with convenience and efficiency.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sometimes innovation in the commerce and payments space is a matter of a new technology or a new process. That might not sound like such a big deal, but it really is – at least when it comes to Amazon and retail fulfillment in the U.S. Amazon, of course, is the leader and main inspiration for such same-day delivery efforts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

But the same technology that enables those transactions also can bring the benefits of consumer intimacy to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that are often struggling to win more market share in a retail world dominated by the likes of Amazon, Walmart and other large retailers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. The prevailing sentiment, as the crisis heads into its third month, is that more innovative government programs will be necessary to provide any meaningful relief. Policy put into place must target Main Street.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

This ease explains why retailers and other businesses have been growing more interested in this area. Consumers are turning to their smartphones for everything from retail purchases to booking air travel and hotels to requesting refunds and other disbursements from online merchants. B2B Payment Innovation Struggles.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

But as is often the case during times of economic turbulence, the costs are being borne the most by Main Street SMBs that have been forced to furlough workers and close their doors (at least temporarily). Restaurants lead the pack among struggling Main Street merchants. business closures.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Out of the haze of uncertainty emerged a new mobile network, and from the new mobile network came new retail applications and experiences, all taking advantage of the faster speed of the technology, and the potential to reduce friction. 5G Retail Deal. 5G Retail Deal. VR Retail Growth. A new report also says the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. stores with the innovation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Probably every shopper knows the thrill of the retail treasure hunt — that odd, unexpected, but perfect product discovered on a shelf; that highly desired item almost hidden in some corner, but found via serendipity or determined effort. apparel retailers — with data and lessons about its fledging effort a ways off. Long Lines.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

He said retailers and service providers need to address such anxieties as they sketch out their digital and omnicommerce strategies and think about what new tech to put in place. As long as retailers focus on creating such safe spaces, he said, “the future is bright.”. And that is where a lot of stress is created.”. Gauthier said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Fast-forward to the present, and Afterpay now counts more than 11 million active customers at 63,000 retailers – and most recently reported doing $2.1 One is regulatory trends, where regulators are looking to increase competition in this field and drive innovation. The other is technological innovation. According to J.P.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

The world of unattended retail has come a very long way in a very short time. Less than a decade ago, the unattended retail space was more or less defined by vending machines. It was the source of last-resort sustenance – participating in unattended retail usually meant picking up a Coke or a bag of Cheetos on the run.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Microsoft was significantly behind that, with 5,903 patents, but that’s still good enough for the global major leagues when it comes to AI research and innovation. After that we will see areas such as retail, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and automotive, and logistics, including warehousing/transportation/delivery.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. . John Donahoe, CEO, Nike.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the connected age, consumers have more ways to interact with retailers than ever before. Once consumers reach the app’s main screen, they can find photos of the product that is up for sale that day, along with options for colors and sizes, and make a purchase, if they so choose. One of the retailers to tap into this technology?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. B2B Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. According to PYMNTS data, more than 60 percent of Main Street firms have at least three channels operating to drive sales: online, at physical stores and mobile. Will it be enough to save every SMB pummeled by the pandemic this year?

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MARCH 27, 2020

This can leave merchants and retailers operating online platforms in various states caught in the middle, said Nicholas Ahrens, vice president of innovation for retailer trade group the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), in a recent interview with PYMNTS. To find out more about how U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

When it comes to implementing innovation, trying and succeeding are two different things. percent of them said they want to innovate to gain a competitive edge, while 75 percent seek to boost their sales revenue. percent intend to use innovation as a way to improve customer loyalty. As much as 77.4 Another 62.2 Another 62.2

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

However, AR is now rewriting the rules of the retail game. A growing number of retailers are leveraging the technology to entice customers with a “try before you buy” shopping experience, having already been adopted by several big names in retail, including the likes of Walmart and Target.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

Goldman Sachs also noted that eCommerce penetration rose to more than 40 percent in May from 16 percent of retail spending domestically in the first quarter of 2019. Goldman Sachs also noted that eCommerce penetration rose to more than 40 percent in May from 16 percent of retail spending domestically in the first quarter of 2019.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never turning around and marching in the wrong direction. . Even worse, it’s having an impact on how quickly their innovations can get to market.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 3, 2022

Auriga was recently honoured with the prestigious Peter Kulik Innovation Award from the ATMIA, the leading non-profit trade association representing the entire global ATM industry. Q: How do you feel about your Peter Kulik Innovation Award win? Q: Finally, do you have any thoughts on upcoming ATM innovations and trends?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

There isn’t a lot of room to really innovate the Thanksgiving turkey. So is this innovation worth investigation? Perhaps the best innovation to bring to the Thanksgiving turkey is also the oldest: find someone else to cook it. Or is there? The Instant Pot Solution. It depends on one’s appetite for bird-related risk.

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