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JULY 6, 2020

Up until then, retail levels were improving somewhat since the all-time low in April while the country was on lockdown. But customers have begun retreating from retail for the second time due to the increase in cases. The spikes in cases have been particularly noteworthy in Florida and Texas. The other 37, plus Washington D.C.,

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JUNE 8, 2020

With the pandemic putting its business into a state of disorder, Lane Bryant and Ann Taylor owner Ascena Retail Group is reportedly in talks with lenders about a possible bankruptcy filing. Most of the roughly 2,800 retail locations of Ascena are still shuttered. The retailer foresees closing approximately 230 of 687 stores.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Retailers are starting to pay the rent. The report is confirmation that reopened retail stores are generating revenue despite high unemployment and regional pandemic spikes. The biggest gain came from free-standing retail, which increased 12.1 percentage points from 79.3 percent in June to 91.4 percent in July.

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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

MAY 5, 2020

Retail reopening events continued to draw light foot traffic on Monday, as Florida joined Texas in allowing non-essential stores to reopen. percent of consumers shop for retail goods online more often than they did on March 6, the first day of our study, and that continues to climb — up 10.5 percent from 35.5

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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

MAY 27, 2020

Apple , which runs 510 retail locations throughout the globe, intends to open roughly 100 U.S. Apple will reportedly open stores again this week in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Missouri, among other states. stores this week. Apple’s locations, for their part, many times anchor key shopping centers or areas.).

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MAY 27, 2020

said bankruptcy could be the future for many retailers as the effects of the pandemic continue to play out. Ross, speaking with CNBC on Tuesday (May 26), said retail and hotel industries were the hardest-hit by the pandemic, and the closures and reduced travel would force closures and bankruptcies beyond those like J.C. And as for J.C.

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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

JULY 10, 2020

Back in late March when the pandemic first started to lock down retailing, PYMNTS published the first in a series of tracking reports showing clear evidence that the overwhelming factor in economic recovery would be one thing: COVID-19 and the ability to mitigate its effects. Again, that scenario is playing out this week. percent increase.

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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

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

MAY 4, 2020

J.Crew’s bankruptcy declaration on Monday (May 4) citing the devastating impact on sales by the coronavirus pandemic could be the first of a long line of big-name retailers to seek protection. The retailer made its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Va. The company revealed it has a deal to remove $1.65

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

The retail industry is facing its first sales event of the pandemic with the coming of back-to-school sales. The projections were led by the National Retail Federation (NRF) this week, as it foresees record sales for back to school. At the very least, retailers need to depend on eCommerce sales in the states where the virus is raging.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. reported that its Retail Pharmacy USA segment had $27.2 Walgreens Retail Pharmacy USA Reports $27.2 reported as part of its Q1 fiscal 2021 earnings that its Retail Pharmacy USA segment had $27.2 Billion In Sales. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

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PYMNTS

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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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

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Walmart plans to bring an Intelligent Retail Lab to a Levittown, New York, store to experiment with customer and associate experiences. In one case, the retailer could use the technology for inventory: It could reorder items when a store is running low. The lab team is also reportedly inside the retailer’s Store No.

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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. Enter Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar convenience store the eCommerce retailer opened last week in Seattle. As one might guess, the name came from the store’s hours — 7:00 a.m.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The global retail automation market is expected to exceed more than $19.5 The latest Automated Retail Tracker looks at how automation fits into different retail categories and industries and explores whether automation means replacing the human touch. billion by 2024 at a CAGR of 11 percent between 2019 and 2024.

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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

JUNE 29, 2020

Retailers looking for the shape of an economic recovery have had several letters to choose from. If infections drop, retail spend has a better chance of recovering. No letters, patterns or retail bailouts will be more powerful than COVID-19. You can’t be in a retail business or any business without a plan,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. The latest Automated Retail Tracker explores these trends and new developments in the unattended retail space.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 10, 2024

On January 5, 2024, two trade groups representing auto dealers filed a petition for review challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) new Combating Auto Retail Scams Rule (“CARS Rule”).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

retail sales fell in August, and industrial output recorded its biggest drop since 2009, due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey. According to Reuters , the hurricane — which hit Texas in the last week of August — disrupted activity and could damage economic growth in the third quarter. Motor vehicle sales tumbled 1.6 percent, and U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Some retailers might be taking that to heart in this new year as part of the larger and ongoing effort to breathe new life into brick-and-mortar retail — a struggle that has been around almost as long as “The Simpsons” has, in fact. And other retailers are turning to alcohol to increase the appeal of their physical offerings.

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American Banker

JULY 30, 2020

Now that its deal with Texas Capital has been called off, Independent Bank in McKinney plans to scale back or exit some commercial lines and will seek to duplicate its retail banking successes in Colorado.

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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. Apple isn’t the only band on the radio when it comes to changes in music retail in early 2020. Others don’t. New Partnerships and Services.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2017

As the destructive effects of Hurricane Harvey, which hit land in Texas on Friday, continue to become apparent, both consumers and businesses are seeing the impact of the storm and may continue to have issues for weeks, months or even years because of its damage. ” Retailers Can Mitigate Losses. . Of that, $32.1

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Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The new branch will expand operations in the Fort Worth market Community Banking Feature3 Feature Retail Banking Branch Technology/ATMs Customers People.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

To differentiate his eCommerce site from the many other sock sellers, Williams came up with the idea of introducing a vending machine for socks – otherwise known as an automated retail unit – at the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall. The Sock Spot is part of a larger trend of digital innovators tapping into automated retail.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

The brick-and-mortar store closures that have swept through retail in recent years have captured a lot of attention, but the purge of retail staff has actually been bigger and is often absent from the headlines, according to news from The Wall Street Journal. JCPenney has cut twice as many workers as it has locations.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

At the same time, according to the latest PYMNTS Automated Retail Tracker , the estimated number of vending machines in the U.S. The Automated Retail Market . Beyond the bright lights and big city of New York, unattended retail solutions for distributing fresh and healthy food are taking hold in other parts of the United States.

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Payments Source

MAY 16, 2016

Walmart Pay, the mega-retailer's mobile wallet, has gone live at its stores in Texas and Arkansas in anticipation of a national rollout.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

To bring nutrient-dense meal options into buildings, prepared meal companies are turning to unattended retail. Alpaca Market , for instance, has a network of vending machines and smart fridges in Austin, Texas. In the future, the company aims to expand throughout the state of Texas, as well as in multiple markets and states.

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