PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

These improvements in the labor market reflected the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed in March and April due to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to contain it,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in releasing the numbers. Retail jobs also rose by 740,000 in June after a 372,000 May gain.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

A spokesperson for Kroger said, according to the outlet, “Like many retailers, we are starting to offer our customers a highly curated selection of topical products like lotions, balms, oils and creams that are infused with hemp-derived CBD.” released in February, the market could reach $16 billion by the year 2025.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This year, retailers from Kroger to Whole Foods Market brought new offerings ranging from cashierless checkout to personal shopping services to their stores. In August, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced the rollout of a curbside pickup service for groceries in Virginia Beach and Sacramento. Personal Shopping Services.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The CFPB announced that it has entered into a settlement with the owners of payday loan retail outlets that operated under the name “Cash Tyme” in seven states to resolve alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act/ Regulation P, and the Truth in Lending Act/ Regulation Z.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2017

One of the casualties of the ongoing retail death spiral seems almost certain to be the retail workforce. Brick-and-mortar retail jobs may be declining, but that doesn’t mean jobs are disappearing. In fact, he notes, he believes eCommerce will have an opposite effect and create more retail jobs at better wages.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

After testing out pop-up shops last year, digital furniture retailer Wayfair plans to open the doors to an outlet store in Kentucky. As it stands, Appriss Retail data indicates that merchandise returns have led to $351 billion in lost sales.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Amid a move into brick-and-mortar retail, home furnishings company Wayfair intends to open a physical store at Massachusetts’s Natick Mall. Wayfair Chief Product and Marketing Officer Ed Macri said at the time, “We are bringing the Wayfair brand directly to shoppers in a completely new format this holiday season.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

The quick-service restaurant (QSR) is extending the test in July to nine Lexington, Kentucky locations, CNBC reported. And, while the outlet noted that share could shift in the event the retailer rolls out the dinner menu across the country, Wegiel noted that the main driver for taking on a new strategy was not dinner delivery orders.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Playing with one’s food is all part of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) value proposition. There was the Watt A Box that let customers charge their phone while eating dinner, the Gamers Box that came with a mount for the phone as well as controllers attached to the sides — and now, the KFO, short for Kentucky Flying Object.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In yet another bizarre marketing ploy, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has introduced its most expensive branded experience yet (well, except for that time it launched its spicy Zinger sandwich into space , but we’re pretty sure that was green-screened). Weird as KFC’s marketing ploys may be, they are just that: marketing ploys.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. Fashion retailer Charlotte Russe , which has over 500 stores in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. 5G Potential. A glimpse of the 5G future recently came from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

However, the “back-to-normal” rally that the markets saw on Monday represents much more of a pure-play on earnings and recovery. The leading QSR brands were mostly higher on the day, but rose more consistently with the broader market’s rally. Such a divergent market reaction jibes with PYMNTS’ consumer research.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Although fraud losses from banks, retailers and online platforms have continued into 2020, so has security innovation. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Kentucky is warning residents against such an online scheme, for example, where fraudsters are using the logo of eCommerce company Amazon to attempt to steal funds.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Panera EVP Chief Growth and Strategy Officer Dan Wegiel said, according to the announcement, “Panera has been a leader in the delivery market as one of the first fast casual concepts to offer its own delivery service. And, whether they place orders through Panera’s apps or partners, Panera’s own drivers will make deliveries in most markets.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

A quick look at consensus shows that investors are largely in a buying mood at the moment, and the company’s current market sits at over $392 billion. 2 after market close. Analysts expect the online retail giant to report a 25 percent increase in fourth-quarter sales to $44.7 billion, said a Thomson Reuters survey.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

No one brings a list, or plans a shopping run to the corner market. Specifically, the Louisville, Kentucky-based Thorntons chain spent much of the late 90s and early 2000s upgrading the convenience experience at its now 192 locations. The shopping that does happen there, happens because it’s … well, convenient. Hard to say.

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Louisville Kentucky Retail Branding 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

It’s difficult to say what retail and payments use cases will emerge from these early 5G deployments in South Korea – but they are coming, and not just from that country. A big part of the 5G pitch involves its retail capabilities. The work toward 5G services that could directly impact payments and commerce has started.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stitch Fix, the once-female-only styling service and apparel retailer, has changed its answer from the former to “both.” The aim, Smith said, was to see how the frequency of male shoppers’ purchases could be tweaked to provide better service to new markets. “We We also want to serve the guy in Kentucky.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

It’s a convenience store, the meal kit services, the specialty markets and the delivery aggregators who make it easy for consumers to order out to eat in their homes. Walgreens customers have responded very favorably to the Kroger Express pilot in northern Kentucky. Kroger And Walgreens’ Expanding Partnership .

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For many consumers, the local pharmacy is long gone, replaced by big box retailers with significantly more cash and brand recognition. Today, the top four retail pharmacies by number of stores — Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid — operate more than 25,000 stores. 1 healthcare provider in the retail industry. Key takeaways.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Despite low average incomes, Latin America offers a huge overall market size and growth potential. The average income level of the people here doesn't allow them to go to the Kentucky Fried Chickens and the McDonald's on a daily basis. Even so, Vega said that when it comes to ordering food, the masses are underserved.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

Current CEO Blaine Hurst was the prime mover behind Panera’s first large-scale delivery test in Louisville, Kentucky, four years ago. The retail locations, according to Hurst, are doing “fine” but in-store dining isn’t where the company’s growth is coming from. In fact, he thinks they might look a whole lot more like table stakes.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

The news follows big next-day delivery announcements from both Walmart and Amazon — in a week where both retailers had a lot of news about repositioning themselves in the market and reporting some pretty major changes. Big Debate Of The Week: Did Amazon’s Estimated Online Market Share Just Drop? retail sales.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The Company provides a wide range of banking and bank-related services to customers throughout Central and Northern Kentucky. Citizens Northern”), Newport, Kentucky. (“Citizens Northern”), Newport, Kentucky. In February 2017, the Company merged United Bank, First Citizens, Citizens Northern, and FCB Services, Inc. (“FCB

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In Kentucky right now, Belk is building out a location in what was a Macy’s. She started working at the company as a teenager as a “floater” — a retail clerk who bounces between departments. There can only be one in the modern, southern style game, and Belk more or less owns that market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

He said that revenue for Kroger Precision Marketing, for instance, is up over 150 percent year to date. Kroger’s earnings call came two days after the grocer and Walgreens announced that they were expanding a previously announced test to roll out Home Chef retail meal kits and Kroger Express in Walgreens.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

We’re looking forward to being able to bring the benefits of the online market to low-income Americans participating in SNAP.”. An opinion, incidentally, that some retailers, particularly Walmart, concur with. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement announcing the effort. Though Walmart is a participant in the U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

The money market mutual fund became a formidable competitor to the bank account. In Pennsylvania, Rocket has number 1 market share. Firstly, commercial banks are significantly funded with retail deposits. Both businesses, by industry types, and retail, by retail demographic types. billion in total assets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

But, until very recently, many of those ideas were cast by the wayside because making and marketing T-shirts is a bit more work than the average amateur slogan-smith is able to do. It only goes live when a certain number of shirts have been pre-ordered. But the business is not without challenges.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

These are just some of the ways that companies are allowing consumers to place their orders for pick-up before they arrive at a brick-and-mortar restaurant location or for delivery by a driver via a digital platform: The mobile order-ahead market is expected to have a value of $38 billion by 2020.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. So, providing retailers with a new storefront in an ecosystem of 1.5 billion people a month who visit it. Tech is back.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The prescription drug market is worth about $424 billion, many legacy companies in the industry act as gatekeepers and it’s difficult for newcomers to break in without access to the information they control. Surescripts’s claims are unfounded, false and appear to be part of their overall market strategy,” a ReMyHealth spokesperson said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

It seems the replacement Galaxy Note 7 phones — the ones pushed to market to replace the 2.5 For those keeping score at home — that text was sent to Michael Klering of Nicholasville, Kentucky who ended up in the hospital for smoke inhalation after his phone caught fire while he was sleeping. As of Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2016

Samsung announced the launch of its mobile payments service that is now available through a deal with China UnionPay — the same method Apple used to bring its mobile payments option into market. But Samsung may have an edge that Apple doesn’t. That’s because Samsung Pay works nearly anywhere contactless payments are available.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m. One way or another, we will all find out soon.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Online furniture retailers are stepping further into the world of physical retail with permanent brick-and-mortar stores. Retail furniture is no stranger to the brick-and-mortar world. After experimenting with the pop-up shops, it was reported in February that the company would be opening an outlet store in Kentucky.

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