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AUGUST 31, 2020

There’s a storm brewing in the Indian retail scene, with Amazon at its center. Over the weekend, Reliance Industries – the company owned by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani – purchased Future Group ’s 2,000 retail stores and the Big Bazaar grocery chain. Whole Foods has 497 stores. billion consumers. “At

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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. More consumers are going online to shop and pay as the pandemic progresses. The numbers speak for themselves. It was the catalyst for most every business dynamic in the category.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to modify ideas around how we shop and pay, consumers and B2B buyers are also making choices about where to shop: online or in-store? Now there are signals that a physical retail rebound is forming up. But expectations have changed dramatically, and shrewd physical store operators need to respond accordingly.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This in a week that has seen news reports that the world’s largest retailer has terminated its contract — and a 3-year-old automated shelf-stocking experiment — with San Francisco’s Bossa Nova Robotics , having found that existing “human” employees were able to do the same work just as well. Not Just Walmart.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted several facets of digital commerce, and many businesses will have to make certain adjustments as holiday spend continues to move online. Move Retail Stores Online. Most consumers are staying at home, meaning fewer are heading into stores and more are shopping online.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Plenty of famous retail chains have collapsed both before and during a pandemic that has slammed brick-and-mortar stores, but some iconic names like Pier 1 , Barneys New York and others are coming back – at least in some fashion. Other well-known brands have died in the physical world, but reopened under new owners as online-only storefronts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Corporate buyers are quickly shifting their purchasing habits online, and seeking more efficient experiences from product sourcing through to checkout. A great example would be buy online, pick up in-store," noted Bachalli. We're in the golden age of B2B eCommerce," he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Rakuten , a Japanese tech company specializing in digital eCommerce solutions for retailers, is introducing a new subsidiary to bolster physical stores. Tentatively called Rakuten DX, the new unit will launch schemes for digital transformation at retailers’ physical shops, Rakuten said in a statement on Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

online grocery retailer Ocado is involved in a patent lawsuit over robotically-operated warehouse technology with robotics company AutoStore , Reuters reported. Automation is increasing in the retail world, with Kroger joining forces with Ocado last year in a deal to make 20 automated warehouse facilities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. Video game manufacturers operated a different model of sorts: Create great games to get consumers to buy the hardware, then keep cranking out great games that would keep consumers on board and upgrading those devices.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. 60.6%: Share of consumers who have increased their use of online D2C channels to purchase food and beverage products during the pandemic. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization. Stores As Social Centers.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Keeping your money in a bank is common sense at this point, but online banking is – unfortunately – not something many people have grown accustomed to, yet. There are many benefits to explore in this area, and it’s not a bad idea to check out what some online banking services can do for you […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

But in other ways, it was business as usual, as the two biggest retailers in the world – Walmart and Amazon – posted stellar earnings numbers and competed in more muted ways for the U.S. percent of total consumer spending in Q2 (spanning all categories, including retail) and 9 percent of total retail spending. billion to $110.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Digital sports entertainment and gaming industry platform DraftKings — known for its top-rated daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting apps — today announced an agreement with InComm Payments , a global leading payments technology company, to launch an industry-first retail gift card. . DraftKings reported on Friday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

This spring, Seattle-based Amazon went on a hiring spree, unable to keep up with the boom in online sales. Also, its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery arm was unable to handle all the stay-at-home consumers attempting to go on online COVID-19 shopping sprees.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are doubling down on digital as they look to staff their stores for the busy holiday shopping season. Those staffers will focus on freight processing and the fulfillment of orders placed online and via the mobile app. Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for Walmart U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Google Cloud is rolling out Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, a new suite of services that will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help eCommerce firms deliver personalized consumer experiences during a shopping journey’s initial phase. "As Vision API Product Search.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

This is the first time that Goodyear has offered an online discount offering via its commercial eCommerce platform at GoodyearTruckTires.com , per an announcement. ” Goodyear’s online shopping platform is an addition to its consumer platform, which “leads the industry in website traffic,” according to the company.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The 2020 holiday shopping season is picking up, and consumers are heading online or to reopened brick-and-mortar stores to shop and pay for gifts. They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a noted effect on how several industries can operate and interact with their customers during this time including retail stores, movie theaters and casinos. There is one sticking point online casinos need to fix, however, and that is the speed at which consumers receive their winnings.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The hot new thing in “Big Retail” is offering in-house advertising on your website to your vendors – because why get paid only once on a purchase if you can get paid twice? In short, retailers get paid to place the ad, and then get paid again when the merchandise is sold. The Digital Embrace.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Among those numbers: Operating cash flow increased 42 percent to $51.2 Operating income increased to $5.8 Operating income increased to $5.8 Online grocery sales tripled. As a reminder, Q4 is typically our largest volume quarter for the retail business. billion compared with $36.0 billion for Q2 2019.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Conversational Commerce Finds Its Voice in Digital Retail.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In today’s top retail news, StockX has landed $275 million in a Series E funding round, while Rite Aid Corporation reported as part of its fiscal 2021 third quarter results that revenues rose by 12 percent. Fashion Retailer rue21 Strikes Deal To Retire Debt. Clothing retailer rue21 (r21 Holdings, Inc.) million members.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Chief Operating Officer Ro Bhatia. They always wanted to have that direct relationship, but what do you do when you have your brick-and-mortar retailers that have been successfully selling your products for so long?”. Collaborating With Retailers Instead Of Competing. They have to be creative. “In

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It became the first brick-and-mortar retailer to earn the majority of its revenue from eCommerce as 54 percent of its third-quarter take came from digital channels. “We Dubious because the company operates and pays leases on 350 stores and on the flip side of the coin, it only generated 46 percent of its revenue from them.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

When Indochino launched in 2007, the company wasn’t out to create a new template for the entire retail sector, just a better product with better prices and a better buying experience. We don’t require dozens of people at our store to have an operating four-wall showroom,” CEO Drew Green told Karen Webster in a recent conversation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Amid the great digital shift , retailers and financial institutions (FIs) must walk the fine line between challenging transactions and letting the consumer journey proceed frictionless. And then, after the transaction is made, there’s the task of understanding the byzantine codes and data that are tied to online statements.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Red Dot Capital Partners has landed $200 million to invest in tech firms, Walmart announced it would sell its retail operations in Argentina to Grupo de Narváez. The online shopping spike generated from the pandemic has led Amazon to open three more logistics centers in Brazil.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). Not only have retail sales shifted online, but more consumers are buying more of what they want directly from the brand. Report: Helping Retailers Solve The Payments Piece Of The eCommerce Puzzle (Anatomy Of A Consumer Payment Playbook).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Consumers are unlikely to return to stores and business districts in the near future, nor can businesses simply rely on longstanding relationships with suppliers and retailers to keep production lines moving and shelves stocked. Interior Define is one such company that exemplifies these trends, as highlighted in our case study.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

Dozens of retailers, from Dick’s Sporting Goods to Walmart , have added contactless shopping services, and it’s caught on. The number of orders placed online and picked up at stores surged 208 percent between April 1 and April 20 compared to a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, CNBC reported. Last week, Texas Gov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

It could be argued that for the retail industry to pull off a 3 percent uptick for holiday sales this year was an astonishing feat. Three percent is a healthy number, as Sadove said, but it is more of a testament to the retail industry’s marketing than it is an indication of consumer spending health. percent unemployment rate.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Forrester states that to provide an enhanced and optimized commerce experience in conjunction with fixed promotional options and marketplace platform requirements, B2B sellers need to supercharge all components of their marketplace ecosystem and online presence. Would you put up the same signs?

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Operating expenses increased sharply and sales of higher-margin items like apparel declined. percent year on year — although much of that came from a 141 percent spike at existing online sales channels rather than in-store ones. Comparable sales also saw a big bounce, up 10.8 Same-store sales at physical locations only grew 0.9

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