PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

UPS , too, is going down the drone path – one that Amazon pioneered for retail delivery uses – and is seeking a certification to operate commercial drone flights. We can expect more such retail trends to match up and combine forces for new innovation in the coming decade. The company applied to the U.S.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Cuentas, a Miami-based prepaid debit card company targeting Spanish-speaking populations, wants to turn convenience stores into financial hubs through Cuentas-branded debit cards and accounts. The cards, which will launch in early September, will be linked to an online bank account from Saturn Bank.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When Miami-based Retail e-Commerce Ventures (REV) recently announced that it purchased the remains of twice-bankrupt RadioShack , it wasn’t some one-off strategy to acquire distressed assets for pennies on the dollar. It’s a plan the company describes as “transforming well-known, distressed retail brands into eCommerce success stories.”

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Burger King's use of marketing efforts that capitalize on a keen sense of social media has won the Miami-based company kudos. Business Insider reported that fast food purveyors sometimes offer discounts in January because it's a time when some potential customers are minding their budgets.

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JULY 22, 2019

Retailers are feeling the heat from high rent costs. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal , while commercial retail rents are down, rent costs still remain higher than prerecession levels in many prime shopping areas, including Manhattan, Los Angeles and Dallas. The retailer fought the rent increase but lost.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Location has a bearing on the return to work, with tourism-dependent places like Miami seeing as much as a 92 percent return to the pre-pandemic occupancy, whereas cities like San Francisco and New York have hedged bets on reopening, with warehouses, offices and retail locations still at well below 50 percent occupancy, WSJ writes.

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JULY 5, 2017

The retail giant has shared news that it will be opening a robotics-based warehouse in South Florida in 2018. In addition to its Miami-Dade locations, this new warehouse project comprises one of the largest warehouses south of the city of Tampa. Amazon continues to make strides in its innovative eCommerce business.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

It has been a busy year in the world of mobile commerce, particularly with retail apps. Below, PYMNTS rounds up the top trends of the year and sheds light on how retailers are tapping into mobile apps to make the shopping experience more convenient and less time consuming for shoppers. Apps As Mobile Ordering Tools.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Mckenzie, 38, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Andre M. In Arkansas, a project manager employed by a major retailer has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges for filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in PPP loans. In Florida, nine defendants have been charged in the U.S The defendants include Damion O.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Ouai , a hair and body care brand founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, will roll out some of its merchandise in 1,200 Ulta Beauty locations in addition to the retailer’s website on Sunday (Jan. The retailer wrote in a tweet , “We’re starting off the decade with a big announcement: “@theouai by Jen Atkin is launching at Ulta Beauty!”

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

And groups such as LVMH are also investing in retail ventures. From acquisitions to new or revamped brick-and-mortar stores, beauty, as well as cosmetic brands, are taking steps to evolve their retail operations. Glossier is opening temporary shops in Nordstrom stores, including the retailer’s New York flagship.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The firm reported that its worldwide digital business accounted for roughly 24 percent of Q3 revenues, which was two times what it was a year before, as consumer spending kept migrating in the direction of digital shopping experiences because of the evolving retail landscape due to COVID-19.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Previously, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer announced autonomous vehicle ventures with Nuro in Houston , Ford in Miami , Gatik in Arkansas and with Waymo , owned by Google corporate parent Alphabet , in Phoenix. This isn't the first time Walmart has teamed up with a driverless automobile company.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

To break into the brick-and-mortar world, some digitally native retailers have opened shops inside department stores. However, as in a traditional retail store, staff called “in-store stylists” are on hand to give recommendations tailored to each customer. Staffing has also become a challenge for retail companies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The service will be initially available in four California cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as Las Vegas, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle and Chicago, with eight more en route. Deliv, which has buy-in from UPS, is currently available in 100 cities across the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the German supermarket company will use its partnership with Instacart to roll out the service to 75 major markets, including San Diego, New York City, Miami, Raleigh and Minneapolis. We’re growing at a time when other retailers are struggling.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. “By pairing our size and scale and these services we’re making Walmart the easiest place for to shop. Combine that with the value we can provide, our customers can’t lose.”.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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JULY 6, 2016

All that slowly came back as James went on to appear in four NBA Finals in Miami, winning two of them, before shocking the world by announcing in 2014 that he was returning to Cleveland to help that city win its first professional sports championship in over 50 years just last month.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The pandemic drastically altered consumers’ shopping habits and retailers’ strategies for getting customers the items they needed during the 2020 holiday season. Experts predicted that online commerce over the holidays would increase 35 percent from the previous year, while brick-and-mortar retail sales were expected to decline by 4.7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. SPOT serves cities including Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia, per a report last year. Retailers are tapping into buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) offerings for consumers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2016

As we reported, just prior to his MTV appearance, Kanye retail was suddenly everywhere — through a giant simultaneous launch of pop-up stores. He might just possibly be giving the world a preview of the future of retail and payments. No, we aren’t kidding. The Kanye Shop . But other U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

International Council of Shopping Centers CEO Thomas McGee told The Miami Herald that the ongoing message that shopping malls and center are coming to an end isn’t quite true. When you look at those stores as a percentage of retail square footage, it’s small,” McGee said during the interview with the paper. “But

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JANUARY 6, 2020

million square feet fully leased out to retail, food and entertainment tenants, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Jan. ADM has said that its attractions — like Nickelodeon Universe with two record-holding roller coasters, and DreamWorks Water Park — will help the mega-mall sidestep the retail closings that have haunted other shopping centers.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Other examples cited included Miami, Fla.-based -based Madison Schneider, 22, who opened a coffee shop called Lela’s Bakery and Coffeehouse just this month. Schneider said it “just felt like the right thing to do.”

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JUNE 10, 2016

Randy Newman probably doesn’t get a lot of play in boardrooms around the retail sector, but that doesn’t mean that companies haven’t taken the message behind his hit “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” to heart. Walmart Gears Up Grocery Delivery With Uber, Lyft And Deliv.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The changing nature of retail has been challenging for pharmacies. Sales of things like personal care products, cosmetics and various other household goods have been slipping, as consumers are increasingly stocking up online or at alternative retail venues like dollar stores for those types of items. in early 2019.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Miami-based FinTech ClassWallet has grown its classroom expense management offering to help with the requirements of custodial and maintenance workers in primary and secondary schools, according to a Monday (Jan. 25) announcement.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

For Argentinians, Chile is the new Miami. With Chile being closer to Argentina than Miami, beaches are not the only reason shoppers are venturing to their neighboring country. Argentine President Mauricio Macri has created somewhat of a retail sales boom after removing exchange controls since December.

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APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Kohl’s has expanded same-day delivery to Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Washington, D.C./Baltimore And quickly.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Kronos Senior Retail Banking Consultant Kevin Steele said, according to the report, “The teller line will disappear over the next few years and all transactions will become self-serve.” HSBC said at the time that Pepper is being deployed in a Miami retail branch marking the first time Pepper has been deployed in a retail bank in Florida.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

In addition to its Miami-Dade location, this new warehouse project comprises one of the largest warehouses south of the city of Tampa. Sitting on 97 acres, Amazon’s new robotics-based warehouse will be located next to the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

this year starting in Dallas and Miami. Instacart has filed a lawsuit against grocery delivery company Cornershop , which was recently acquired by Uber , alleging the company used images from Instacart’s product catalog when it opened in the U.S., Axios reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

PetSmart has just reached a new retail milestone: It has opened its 1,500th store in North America. PetSmart is already the largest specialty pet retailer in the region, and it continues to grow. Canada-Puerto Rico-wide expansion effort in 2016 to grow the pet supply store’s retail footprint.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Meanwhile, Blue Bottle, founded in the early 2000s, is currently expanding in California, New York, Washington, Miami and Tokyo, bringing its total retail presence to more than 50 locations by the end of the year. Nestlé is the largest seller of instant coffee in the U.S.

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