PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2018

Drive.ai , the California self-driving car startup, announced Monday (May 7) that it is launching an on-demand self-driving car service pilot in Frisco, Texas. The rides will be available within a geofenced area that is compromised of retail, entertainment and office space. In a press release , Drive.ai said in the press release.

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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. increased 49 percent from March 12 to April 11, compared to March 1 to March 11 after a review of internet transactions from 80 of the top 100 internet retailers. . Last week, Texas Gov.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

High-level market intelligence about the $18 billion expected to be invested over the next three years is a major focus of the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS , which serves as a bimonthly breakdown of developments in this rapidly growing business sector. Amazon Go’ Cashless. And Amazon and 7-Eleven aren’t alone.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

The retail world was rocked by more bankruptcy news on Wednesday (July 8), as Brooks Brothers officially announced its long-rumored bankruptcy and women’s fashion icon Ann Taylor was reported to be preparing for a Chapter 11 filing. The filing in Delaware allows the retailer to stay open while it crafts a plan to emerge from Chapter 11.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

With Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to open the state again, shops will start running on a retail-to-go basis Friday (April 24). Owners of business are aiming to operate with the new changes — from a children’s retail shop to a music store, according to a News4SA report. In another part of the country, Georgia Gov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Also, the Mersho Brothers, who operate Shoe Palace, have been issued equity in Genesis so that they will have 20 percent ownership of the enlarged group in the U.S. The chain currently has 167 retail locations, most of them operating under the Shoe Palace flag. 31, 2019, according to the announcement.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As property executives report their quarterly earnings, some landlords are starting to put the squeeze on retailers that have skipped rent payments as a means to survive pandemic-triggered lockdowns. On the flip side, some 98 percent of footwear retailers paid rent last month, and 96 percent of craft stores paid.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2019

The Mount Pleasant, Texas-based bank has added eight new locations over the past year in locations like Fort Worth and Dallas. Guaranty Bank and Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts as it expands its branch network.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. Although Apple will operate the playlist, a fairly young label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music. Others don’t. New Partnerships and Services.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

India’s largest mobile operator, announced it is raising 113.67 The deal will give the Texas firm a 2.3 The WSJ said Reliance has spent more than $30 billion building its upstart mobile operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., They are entering retail, but they need Reliance’s push.”. Jio Platforms Ltd.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

RetailMeNot , the Texas-based company that operates coupon websites, announced “Rebound with RetailMeNot,” a four-day event featuring deals from a variety of popular stores. Census Bureau reported the nation’s retail sales increased 7.5 Retail sales rose by 1 percent in June compared to a year ago.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2018

After a 7-Eleven location near the University of Texas got swamped with customers after a football game , the store had to stay open later than 11:00 p.m. operates more than 65,000 stores in 18 countries worldwide. Enter Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar convenience store the eCommerce retailer opened last week in Seattle.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

a veritable “who’s who” of retailing legends, including Macy’s, Nordstrom, JCPenney and Sears. s Centre for Retail Research, 2,123 stores operated by 38 large and medium-sized retailers – which employed 49,200 staff – fell into administration in the first six months of this year. s John Lewis – and, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

The California-based firm reportedly has “signed yet another partner to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery service: Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B. The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery retailer is based,” according to TechCrunch.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing convenience store designs that let consumers skip the checkout line and pay for their purchases with their mobile phones. 7-Eleven , in one case, is experimenting with a cashierless store concept at its corporate headquarters in Texas. Mike Motz, CEO of Staples U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

When the pandemic first took hold of the retail industry in March and April, the phrase “it’s hard to forecast during a pandemic” was heard in most every executive interview or earnings call. Now that the holiday sales season is imminent, the operative phrase is … well … “let’s try to forecast during a pandemic.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

through March 2024, the Texas-based company announced on Tuesday (Oct. While operating income was $22 million, up 54 percent, net losses were $4.6 MoneyGram International , the global peer-to-peer payment and money transfer company, has extended to its relationship with Walmart Inc. million in Q2. “As

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

To decrease its outstanding liabilities and bolster its total financial position, Tuesday Morning Corporation said in a statement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to pursue “financial and operational reorganization.” The retailer, which was started in 1974 and is based in Texas, has roughly 700 locations throughout the nation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grocery retailers are making it easier for consumers to shop with their mobile devices through digital innovations. Chief Digital Officer Jag Bath said per a post , “The new My H-E-B mobile app is a perfect example of how we are investing in new technologies to enhance our digital services and establish H-E-B as a digital retail leader.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

CVS retail business, separate from its pharmacy operations, has had a difficult few years. Which has left CVS looking to reimagine its retail space to focus more on the healthcare side of its offering, and to provide an incentive to enter the physical store regardless of the digital shopping alternatives.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

BigCommerce , which works in software for online business operations, saw its value rise by 292 percent after an initial public offering (IPO) for $216 million was priced above a target range, according to a report by Bloomberg. exchange for a company raising at least $100 million, according to Bloomberg’s data. 4) for $24 each.

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PYMNTS

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

MARCH 31, 2020

The retail industry has been hit especially hard by the pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of retail employees have temporarily lost their jobs, from Gap and Macy’s to Kohl’s and JCPenney. Macy’s said on Monday (March 30) that it was using the “absolute minimum workforce needed to maintain basic operations.” billion in debt.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“No other platform features the PICKUP Good Guys, a curated network of vetted independent contractors delivering big and heavy goods, enabling PICKUP to provide retailers greater value across their assortment than any other solution on the market today,” she said. Postmates was launched in 2011 and is based in Silicon Valley.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Apple closed shops again in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and South Carolina last week for like rationale, and has reportedly re-shuttered a total of 18 retail locations across the U.S. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The 560-store chain, located mainly in the southeast, showed a drop in total retail sales for the 13-week period ended Aug. Total retail sales decreased approximately 35 percent for its second quarter. Operating expenses for the 13 weeks ended Aug. 1, 2020 of $893.2 million compared to $1,378.2 million in 2019. 1 decreased $141.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Postmates provides on-demand delivery choices from over 500,000 restaurants, convenience stores and grocery stores, in addition to traditional retailers. He also noted that the company was “thrilled to provide customers access to these restaurants in the 3,500+ cities we operate in.”. restaurants. million and 81 cents.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

JCPenney has identified the first round of 154 retail location closures, after an assessment of its store footprint and evaluation of “future strategic fit” as well as performance. The retailer said closing sales will commence at 154 stores following a court order entered at a U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

American businesses had more tax minimizing options prior to the ruling, as retailers selling all across the country were taxed on their physical presences. An additional 12 states have added or amended marketplace facilitator laws, and even more states are slated to implement remote seller tax laws in the next few years. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

The retailer, which employs 85,000 people, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month after the coronavirus forced it to shut its more than 800 stores, which followed years of weak sales. In mid-May, the struggling retailer disclosed that it paid $17 million in interest charges on a secured loan to avoid a default.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

To look into debt restructuring options that would provide the retailer more time to make a turnaround, JCPenney Co Inc has reportedly hired advisers. The retailer is said to be looking into options encompassing negotiating with creditors or raising more cash. The retailer operates over 860 stores and has 95,000 workers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2020

began to get its early actual data (as opposed to theoretical predictions) as Alaska, Georgia, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas and all began lifting some of the stricter parts of the social distancing regulations to allow slightly more social mobility, according to CNN. Retail President Leo Wiener told Bisnow. “I’ve

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