PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

According to the report, the service — dubbed Google Shopping Express — is being tested with a small number of consumers in San Francisco and suburbs around it. NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 19, 2019

The Series C funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, will help the San Francisco-based company hire more engineers to help build out more products, according to Erica Dorfman, Tally’s head of finance and operations. […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The round was led by Food Retail Ventures and joined by existing investors Innovation Endeavors , Maersk Growth , and Baseline Ventures. The San Francisco-based startup also is welcoming food industry veteran James McCann to its board. McCann is CEO of Food Retail Ventures and a former CEO of supermarket giant Ahold USA. “I

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As consumer preferences change and competition becomes more keen, retailers and commerce operators are under even more pressure to get creative with loyalty programs. The latest example of that comes from the NFL.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

We have deep dives on retail’s digital D2C shift, blank-check companies, and DoorDash’s IPO plans. DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, after filing confidentially in February. DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans. Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

COVID-19 could mark the true rise of the robots in retail. After seeing an initial crash due to unprecedented demand when the COVID-19 crisis hit, the retailer is now using robots to pick and pack customer orders. consumers showed a negative stance toward robots at retail, but it will be interesting to see if that changes post-COVID.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

With personal interactions under scrutiny due to the COVID-19 disruption, it’s a good time for retailers to take stock of their mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. The company announced this week that it has signed high-end fashion retailer Anine Bing. The first is Perfect.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. and San Francisco. But it never happened.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

In May Munchery said it was planning to focus on its largest market, which was San Francisco, in an effort to become profitable. That came after it shut down service in Seattle, Los Angels, and New York. That never happened, prompting its action earlier this week.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2017

From some guy’s garage in San Francisco, a group of math nerds has grown into one of the world’s finest-tuned machine learning operations. PYMNTS: Can you show me some data or proof points on how the company has helped retailers?

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2016

Paymentwall, a San Francisco online payments company, announced today that it has integrated its payment services into the Shetab, which is Iran’s “unified, electronic clearance system for the entire Iranian banking operations that allows it to facilitate transactions from Read More.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As grocers test out different approaches to get products to shoppers in a more efficient manner, food retailers are betting big on small warehouses to shore up their growing delivery operations. The Jewel-Osco and Safeway chains owner is bringing on small fulfillment facilities at two stores in San Jose, Calif.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

To help shoppers check out without waiting in line, grocery retailers are rolling out entire stores centered around cashierless shopping experiences, enabling consumers to purchase fresh food and grocery items with a mobile payments app. ABI Research predicts that one million automated retail units will be in the Asia-Pacific region by 2023.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. The San Francisco-based bank said it has tripled the number of cash access locations for its customers in Denver, to 151, and nearly quadrupled the number of those locations […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

As evidence mounts that more consumers are doing more commerce from the comfort of their homes, there are also big changes when it comes the retail involved in that comfort — that is, home furnishings. Here’s the basics of how this furniture retail model works. That’s not all that’s going on in the world of furniture retail in 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Retailers are bringing experiential stores to big cities, and Starbucks is no exception: The coffee chain was set to open its Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York City on Friday (Dec. According to AM New York , it has “the largest fully operational coffee roasting plant in Manhattan.” million pounds of coffee annually.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

With social distancing currently a top priority of retailers in the current environment, a supplier of shopper engagement and loss prevention technologies has flipped the script, now making devices that heighten real-time awareness of social distancing in retail stores. That’s our domain.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

an eatery operator with 35 restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy and is blaming the misfortune on a recent minimum wage hike in court filings, according to a report by Bloomberg. The wage increases in Portland, San Francisco and Seattle carried wage expenses to $10.6 Restaurant Unlimited Inc.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

With technology for cashierless checkout and robotic-powered order fulfillment, automated retail is changing how consumers shop for groceries and how supermarkets fill their eCommerce orders. The $55 million center will measure up to 375,000 square feet and is expected to become operational in 2021. The share of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Heath Ceramics is not a newcomer to the world of retail. Founded by San Francisco artist Edith Heath in the 1940s, the company offers earthenware ceramics, uniquely textured designs and unusual color patterns, which have set the brand apart ever since its earliest days, when all the pieces were handmade by Heath.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

That means otherwise straightforward and common small business duties, like banking , taxes and payroll, can be problematic for firms in the cannabis industry that are legally required to operate almost entirely in cash. Those complexities are well-known and often covered.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And restaurant operators are aware. We want restaurants to work so badly that we are willing to lie to ourselves,” Heather Mojer, co-owner and beverage director at Boston-based Big Dipper Hospitality Group , operator of the Café Du Pays, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen and State Park restaurants, wrote in an Instagram post. “We We’ve had it.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2020

Shares of the San Francisco-based mobile payment company fell by 2.29 Bloomberg News reported analyst Jason Kupferberg said the gradual opening of states amid the coronavirus is a positive sign for retailers. Bank of America has lowered its rating of Square Inc. percent at noon on Monday (May 18), according to Yahoo Finance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

18), a San Francisco startup launched by sending roughly 60,000 credit cards to consumers living in northern California. billion cards, more than 46 million merchants and 16,000 financial institutions (FIs) as part its network , operating across 200 countries and processing transactions in more than 106 currencies to the tune of $10.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020. with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year. . with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2019

comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York City in a mall, CNBC reported. The retailer has been experimenting with the offering through an arrangement with Starbucks in Seattle.) Operating hours are between 6 a.m. The 1,700-square-foot space, which is in Midtown Manhattan at 300 Park Ave.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Last year, right around the release of the Wool Loungers, Allbirds opened up their first physical location in San Francisco on the ground floor of their headquarters. But their big upcoming move is the launch of their new retail location: a “concept” store that is designed to let customers really embrace the Allbirds lifestyle.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2016

In an effort to track product and service efficiency, as well as tease and test possible features of the future, Wells Fargo has launched Digital Express, a pilot program exclusive to its Transbay Gateway store in downtown San Francisco. Within, a section of the lobby displays tablets on a table which confronts customers Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 13, 2016

The San Francisco-based bank is working on deepening its links with Silicon Valley neighbors, and has a hackathon planned for June 17-19 in concert with parent BNP Paribas. Fear of fintech disruption is still common in banking, but for Bank of the West, “fintech” means opportunity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

“We look at Recess’ launch on Uber Eats as another distribution channel for the brand, with Recess IRL [the company’s New York shop] serving as the storefront for on-demand delivery operations,” said Benjamin Witte, founder and CEO of Recess. We also believe that a retail presence across every channel (online, retail, on-demand, etc.)

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

While some types of businesses have adapted and survived amid the pandemic-triggered economic crisis, restaurants and retailers have especially struggled. leading to more restrictive actions by local authorities, 60 percent of those closed businesses are “not reopening (97,966 permanently closed),” said San Francisco-based Yelp.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Embedded Payments A 2022 study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco noted that app payments increased as a percentage of total consumer purchases from 11% in 2019 to 15% in 2020, to 29% in 2021. In this blog, we will look at how a non-banking firm can offer bank-like payments and loans to its customers. from a bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Heath Ceramics is not a newcomer to the world of retail. Founded by San Francisco artist Edith Heath in the 1940’s – Heaths earthenware ceramics, uniquely textured designs and unusual color patterns have set the brand apart from its earliest days when all the pieces sold were hand made by Edith Heath.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This year, apps aimed to make it easier and more convenient for consumers to order their favorite foods and sundries, with restaurants and other retailers tapping into delivery. To help bring these options to more consumers, retailers and technology companies decided to join forces. and Chicago. and Chicago.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. Reis data indicates that the proportion of units sitting empty in some cities – with the inclusion of Birmingham, Alabama and Indianapolis, Indiana – is roughly four times higher than San Francisco, the Financial Times reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Microsoft , for one, recently made a major move by acquiring Express Logic , a California-based company that develops operating systems for microcontrollers, which are key components of many IoT devices. Currently, Express Logic operating systems are installed in 6.2 billion IoT devices globally. About the Tracker.

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