PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

A Philadelphia-based mall owner is taking a proactive approach to the digital shift and back-to-school shopping. PREIT (Philadelphia Real Estate Investment Trust) is curating its first eCommerce offering in what it says is a unique avenue to engage consumers from a multi-retail perspective.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A summer headline from The Philadelphia Tribune declared: “Black Friday as we know it is finally dead.” As Scott Rankin, principal and national consumer and retail strategy leader with KPMG US, told the Tribune , "with everything that's going on, there may be no Black Friday at all. There are so many risks to that,” he said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

COVID-19 has caused urban flight, hollowing out cities by catalyzing the surge in working from home, shopping online and not traveling far from one’s residence. The COVID-led commercial real estate crunch is also having a major impact on retail properties. commercial real estate sector. More Than Just Hotels Are in Trouble.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. The realm of eSports is not the only place in the greater online world where taxes are a new and sometimes confusing issue in 2020.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

That was on display this week in payments and commerce, as cashless jumped forward in Atlanta with a big partnership, only to get the cold shoulder in Philadelphia where it is now banned by law. The city of Philadelphia certainly worried it is …. The Philadelphia measure does have some exceptions. So too, is Costco.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Customers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. All stores will be open on Christmas Eve for online order pickup, the company said. will have a wider merchandise selection for same-day and next-day pickup. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Fraud protection specialist Kount and Philadelphia-based payments platform FreedomPay are teaming up to offer “an integrated, complete solution to enable international expansion with fraud-free payments and frictionless customer” experiences.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

This growth is creating opportunities for numerous retailers, including BlackCool & Co. , But with BNPL you can go to any retailer, choose your product and pay over time with no credit check.” . The company plans to open other locations in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City and Philadelphia. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

More than 3 million retailers harness its technology. Employment retraining and new skill sets are needed to foster economic expansion, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said per a published report. SumUp has been active in Ireland as of 2012 and has introduced digital payments to thousands of companies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Small to medium-sized retailers, the denizens of Main Street , are facing an existential crisis in the face of the pandemic. SMBs – and any other retailer, for that matter – recognizes the urgent call to embrace the digital shift. SMBs – and any other retailer, for that matter – recognizes the urgent call to embrace the digital shift.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

With traditional brick-and-mortar retail facing big problems , some chains are addressing them with small solutions. Is this a viable answer to the beating that Sears’ bottom line (and that of many other one-time stalwarts of brick-and-mortar retail) have been taking in recent years? Specifically, with small(er) stores.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That Amazon is a widely lionized yet simultaneously imitated force in retail is not surprising. Ever since Amazon introduced a one-click checkout, a loyalty program that people willingly paid for, two-day shipping that has compressed to same-day delivery, attempts at reinventing retail by everyone in it have been never ending.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the legislation requiring all brick-and-mortar retailers to accept cash was unanimously approved by the N.J. The bill, which is set to go before the full state Senate, excludes retailers inside airports from the cash requirement, as well as sales made online and by telephone or mail.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

It’s just sort of like nonstandard versions of food that traditional retailers either are not able to buy or refuse to buy.”. Those “misfts” have helped this Philadelphia-based, 2-year-old startup turn “rescued” produce into a fast-growing online grocery platform. So we see things that are too small or too large.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2020

The London-based, international sandwich shop chain is just one of many retailers and service delivery providers that once considered the impacts of the pandemic to be temporary. On Friday, Pret A Manger reported an 87 percent drop in U.S. sales and revealed plans to close nearly 20 stores, WSJ reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The holiday shopping season is kicking into high gear with retailers working aggressively to entice customers with deals and discounts. Fraudsters, sadly, are also taking notice and are looking to take advantage of heightened retail activity to steal data and goods. The city of Philadelphia, Pa.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

grocery stores with locations in Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The eCommerce retailer is also reportedly eyeing grocery spaces in New Jersey, Connecticut and the New York metro region. That was compared to 16 percent growth notched in its online stores per Amazon’s earnings statement, as cited by the report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The holidays aren't always so cheery as the risk of fraud plagues consumers and retailers alike. With the pandemic accelerating a surge in eCommerce volumes, online fraud threats are at their peak, and everything from chargeback fraud to online product scams are dampening the holiday spirit.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

The department store retailer reported revenues of $6.8 And, according to a statement from Kohl’s, the retailer ended its fiscal year with 1,159 brick-and-mortar locations in 49 states. With that aim in mind, the company plans to experiment with an “outfit bar concept” in 50 brick-and-mortar locations in Philadelphia and Chicago.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

As the online shopping trend quickly clicks forward, more malls have struggled as consumers visit retailers online and create less foot traffic. and the King of Prussia mall outside Philadelphia, the locations that it invests in are not only doing well, but they’re arguably the future of what a prospering mall will look like.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Walmart ‘s online home brand Allswell has announced the launch of its Tiny Home retail concept. Allswell is affiliated only with Walmart and not with its online counterpart Jet. Released last year, the design-centric, digitally-focused brand boasts a line of home goods, mattresses and bedding.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Retailers are banking on a new way to get consumers away from shopping online and back in stores by solving a major headache: charging a mobile device. During a pilot phase of the QuickPoll surveys, ChargeItSpot reported a 70 to 90 percent completion rate across the eight retail clients testing out the service.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

Those brand names enjoy central placement on the jerseys of Major League Soccer (MLS) teams Columbus Crew , Philadelphia Union and Seattle Sounders , respectively — all based in your own country. Our brands are now inextricably linked as we create lifelong memories for our fans in Philadelphia and around the world.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Rather, it warehouses its wares and delivers them on demand to customers’ doors within 30 minutes of an online or mobile app order. Our idea is to really create a totally new kind of retail space – one that is really convenient.”. And they do offer a little bit of everything, just like a standard C-store might.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2020

For one change, that form of retail is expanding to include new and fresh areas, which includes cars and trucks. Automotive sales are increasingly going digital – and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. Subscription commerce is undergoing changes in 2020. Automotive Subscriptions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2018

The hope, when HBC first bought Gilt, was that it could be useful in boosting online sales. The reality, however, was that flash sites as a segment have cooled quite a bit since the acquisition, and HBC has, in the meantime, decided to focus more closely on the retail locations it controls — notably Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

In 2016, the company announced it had opened 23 “flex-format” stores — smaller stores less than 50,000 square feet designed for urban shoppers — in metro areas like Chicago, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California. According to Retail Dive , the project was allocated with $7 billion last March. ”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Louis, Philadelphia and Liverpool to the gaming event list. retail and culture, but which these days are often clinging to life thanks to the rise of eCommerce and other factors (including the rise of at-home retail activities and connected commerce, both a recent and ongoing focus of PYMNTS research ). thanks to a U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

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. Seventy-one percent use online channels, 68 percent use physical stores, 66 percent use mobile and 59 percent use marketplaces.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Most people know some version of an apocryphal legend about how retailers need the holiday shopping season to get their sales “into the black,” and Black Friday is named for the beginning of the profitable season. As with many things commerce and retail these days, Amazon can rightly be held responsible for setting the pace.

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Philadelphia Online Retail Survey 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

After successful test runs in Boston, Philadelphia and Tampa, the CVS membership program CarePass will expand nationally with free delivery for an annual fee, CNBC reported on Monday (Aug. Hourican told CNBC the “vast majority” of purchases are made in stores, but CVS doesn’t want to lose customers who prefer to shop online. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

About 1,200 miles, one time zone and significant differences in climate and culture separate New Orleans and Philadelphia, but on Monday and Tuesday nights, that distance can seem much smaller. locations, offers a glimpse into a growing part of retail, and lessons for other such endeavors. Pop-Up Growth. Pop-Up Planning. Cash Concerns.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Taziki’s Mediterranean Café , for instance, has seen its online and to-go orders increase by 200 percent over the past three years. These are just some of the ways that QSRs have recently sought to reinvent their mobile and online ordering experiences to encourage diners skip the line and order ahead: The total number of U.K.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

That said, mobile order-ahead apps — as can be the case generally when comes to many types of retail innovations — have lower adoption among smaller QSRs. And there are plans to expand the service to additional markets in the coming months, including Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Mobile-Order Ahead.

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