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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. It produced several payment trends, which can be found in the How We Shop report.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Target crushed online commerce and reported decent in-store sales volume for the holidays, while Urban Outfitters and Nordstrom had weak in-store traffic that even fairly positive online volume couldn’t surmount.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Payments giant Stripe is taking Stripe Capital , its push into online business finance and lending, to the next level. Stripe Capital first got off the ground in September 2019, offering customers and businesses financing options through its online platform. On Tuesday (Dec.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

Representatives of grocery-delivery powerhouse Instacart have met with investment bankers to explore taking the company public, the Financial Times (FT) reported. next year, FT reported. Instacart states in promotional materials that it has relationships with 500 retailers that have 40,000 locations in the United States and Canada.

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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. billion consumers. “At

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases, retailers are fighting for a rework and loosening of shopping restrictions before Black Friday and the holiday season. Retailers that sell essential items alongside their other products have been labelled “essential,” giving them an unfair advantage over other stores, some allege.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

From where things stand in Q4 2020 it’s not hard to imagine physical retail going extinct. Noting the ways COVID has permanently changed retailing, CNBC recently reported , “As more and more stores go dark at the mall, some major retail executives are looking to grow outside of it — a tactic they hadn’t touted so publicly before.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Bloomberg News reported that merchant chat rooms are abuzz with talk of delayed shipments, with more than a half-dozen sellers and consultants confirming such issues to the news service. The past couple of years, consumers grew accustomed to ordering products as late as Dec. 20 and having them delivered before Christmas.

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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. Rite Aid Reports 12 Pct Rise In Revenues. Fashion Retailer rue21 Strikes Deal To Retire Debt. for $645 million.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

Bloomberg reported. billion, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed source. Conditions could become modified or discussions might not lead to a deal since an arrangement is not set in stone, Bloomberg reported. FTAC raised approximately $755 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in August.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Birkenstock is said to be in discussions for a sale to CVC Capital Partners, while Cognira has released its AI Promotion Solution. Cognira Rolls Out AI Promotion Suite For Retailers. Cognira, the retail artificial intelligence technology firm, has launched its AI Promotion Solution.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

For physical retail, the pandemic was simply the force that accelerated a decline that had started in 2014 — one that inertia had masked for all of the years up until now. That month, the Commerce Department reported that January sales at clothing stores had declined the most since 2009. A Long Time Ago … In January 2020.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a quest to dominate online food shopping in China, Alibaba invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in the hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group , Alibaba said in a statement on Monday (Oct. billion — in Auchan’s A-RT Retail. 19) CNN report. A-RT has about a 51% equity interest stake in Sun Art. “As

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JUNE 17, 2020

The dramatic consumer shift to Digital 3.0 — predicted months ago by the PYMNTS COVID-19 tracker work — is accounting for almost half of the retail growth in the US. That’s the key finding from a new report from Deloitte, whose data is actually lacking the May sales spike of 17 percent. is not the only country seeing the shift.

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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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JANUARY 12, 2021

Salesforce is rolling out a new product to let B2C and B2B companies easily add loyalty programs at a time when the company says online holiday retail sales grew 50 percent to top $1 trillion. Online Holiday Sales Topped $1 Trillion . The company is rolling out Loyalty Management at a time when online retail sales are booming.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Our online growth is actually representative of a larger shift toward omnichannel shopping where more and more customers are shopping in multiple channels like in-store, online, with services and our vet clinics. Petco is even going where humans can’t this year with a “Bootique” costume store online and in stores.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Even online merchants who offer customers extended warranties at the time of sale traditionally see about a 4 percent or 5 percent conversion rate. Retailers] are seeing double-digit higher conversion rates when an extended warranty is shown – not on the extended warranty, but conversion rates on the product itself,” Levin said.

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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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DECEMBER 9, 2020

The app-based tool gives salon customers the ability to book their appointments online and also issues reminders. A new PYMNTS report done in collaboration with American Express — the 2021 New Merchant Business Models Playbook — takes a look at the ways merchants are adopting technologies and strategies for unified shopping capabilities. .

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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. Another example is Amazon, whose touchless retail concepts give a good look at in-store experiences to come. “Of

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MAY 22, 2020

reported total Q1 sales of $1.8 The retailer said it wasn’t reporting comparable-store sales, as its shops were open for less than seven weeks of the 13-week period, per an announcement. Additionally, the company reported a net loss for Q1 2020 of $306 million compared to net income of $421 million in 2019.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. Plus, fashion-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are getting a new marketplace option. Amazon Expands Palm Biometrics In Seattle .

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

The second trial of digital yuan by the People's Bank of China has concluded, resulting in hundreds of thousands spent on eCommerce retail, food delivery and ride-sharing, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. There were 100,000 winners who got the chance to spend 200 digital yuan on various online or offline services.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It has now been six months since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic on March 11, and consumers are more likely than ever to shop and pay online, not only for retail goods, but for groceries and food orders from restaurants. adults now purchasing food, groceries and retail items online. We surveyed 2,437 U.S.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

11), reported by CNBC , that retail behemoth Walmart has struck a partnership with Instacart to offer same-day deliver across a few, select markets in the United States, focused on four initial pilots in Oklahoma and California. Amazon, for its part, said online grocery sales tripled in its latest quarter. percent.

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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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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online and in stores. Retailers must, therefore, assess what type of shopping experiences consumers are searching for, as well as how to provide swift payments.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

But in doing so, it will now face more scrutiny from regulators, Bloomberg reported. at online trading platform eToro , said in the report there are "storm clouds" on the horizon for the form of currency. Regulation will be more of an issue for crypto companies the bigger and more ubiquitous they become, Bloomberg reported.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion online in November as holiday shopping gets underway – a 32.6 percent year on year since just Sunday alone, and Adobe is reiterating its forecast for record online sales for Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The company reported that smartphones are especially hot, with $24.2 billion online, up 33.1

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Four consecutive months into positive consumer spending trends, one wonders if there might be — indeed must be — a lull, a pullback that might indicate a tougher road ahead for retailers headed into the all-important holiday spending season. Census Bureau reported that retail sales in August were up 60 basis points over July.

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MAY 8, 2020

The first quarter of 2020 should have been business as usual — especially for the payments processors and financial services technology companies — the firms that keep commerce humming across offline and online channels. Earnings reports from those companies show just how abruptly things have shifted. Setting The Stage.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A rebound in retail sales in the United States has resulted in a quicker than expected resurgence in shipping demand, with Maersk now expecting EBITDA to weigh in between $8 billion and $8.5 billion, the company said, according to a Reuters report. That’s up roughly $500 million from its previous range of $7.5 billion to $8 billion.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

16), Pinduoduo said it will use the money “to invest in agricultural logistics infrastructure and responsive manufacturing as consumer behavioral changes accelerate the online migration of retail.”. Pinduoduo added that demand for online grocery shopping in China has surged since the COVID-19 lockdowns.

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