PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. The company was founded in 2016. The eCommerce retailer is said to be working with Catamaran and has started hiring workers for the operation per unnamed sources, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Retail merchandising was, at best, a hit-or-miss system in its heyday, Nextail CEO and Co-Founder Joaquin Villalba told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s. Role of Data.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

After news surfaced in May that Golden Gate Capital was considering a merger of Eddie Bauer and Pacific Sunwear of California , the private equity firm has created a new operating company comprised of the two retailers. Both brands have made great progress in the past 24 months and have generated strong performance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Amazon is replacing some of its retail veterans with software that predicts what shoppers want and how much merchants should charge for it. The shift to automating retail team jobs started several years ago with an initiative called “hands off the wheel.” Amazon is so cutthroat and crowded,” she says.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2017

There are rarely second acts in retail — particularly once bankruptcy is in play — but, every so often, the unexpected happens. Last week, footwear retail company Payless ShoeSource was one of those unexpected stories, a company pulled into the bankruptcy whirlpool but getting plucked out before being sucked all the way down to the bottom.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The fleet management market is estimated to grow from $9.54 billion in 2016 to $27.9 According to MarketsandMarkets, the increasing need for operational efficiency is expected to be the primary driver for the fleet management market during the forecast period. billion by 2021 at a CAGR of 23.9

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Blockchain technology is slowly slinking through the aisles of retail business. Blockchain saw much wider overall acceptance in 2016, especially since Bloq’s announcement that they were working with Visa,” said Bill Shihara, CEO of Bittrex , Next Generation Cryptocurrency Exchange. 2016 could indeed be a blockchain’s jumping-off point.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

21) that Acima founder Aaron Allred and his team have created a leading virtual LTO solution for retailers and consumers. “We We all share a common vision to expand the virtual LTO offering across a broader set of retail partners and to meet the needs of more customers through an integrated omnichannel strategy. billion in 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

FinTech is no stranger to this pattern, and while venture capital levels have seemed to dwindled in certain markets (analysts found VC funding down by 29 percent in 2016 compared to last year), B2B startups remain the apple of many investors’ eyes. Supply Chain Management. India saw a particularly lucrative year. ShopKirana.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a world where retail has changed and consumers remain at home, how do brands reimagine the task of getting products to customers? In 2016, Jon joined fan and light maker Big Ass Fans as its first chief operating officer. She specializes in digital experience, retail, and digital. In Episode 4 of the What If?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Ever since 2013, when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the eCommerce giant was working on a 30-minute drone delivery program called Prime Air, people have been saying that delivery is the big retail use case for drone technology. Domino’s furthered the point by delivering a pizza by drone in 2016. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today. The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

These three main segments of the Fleet Solution are said to provide better control over operations and increased protection against fraud. Zain Hak, general manager for Shell Fleet Solutions Asia, said the company’s fleet management experience spans 30 countries, giving it “an in-depth understanding of the needs of fleet owners.” .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Many retail companies rung in the new year with a new CFO. Or, at least, many retail companies wanted to. Turns out, at least 45 retail companies have had their CFO exit in the past year. This means that CFOs have to participate in the strategy and operations of some organizations, where they didn’t used to.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

A new study has found that retail global expansion has lost some steam, and while the United States remains the most active, Europe is now the preferred spot for expanding retailers, according to Chain Store Age. The results found that retailers’ expansion into new markets increased by 2 percent in 2016, down from 3.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

Unicorns had some fluttering of wings into the end of 2016, more a soft rustling than might be termed full flight. AppDynamics, an IT company focused on applications management, filed for an offering that could be worth as much as $100 million, eyeing a listing on the NASDAQ either this month or next, according to the financial trade press.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Go Global Retail announced its plans to acquire the assets of ModCloth from Walmart. ModCloth offers exclusive indie and vintage-inspired women’s clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories for 18- to 35-year-old women, while Go Global Retail is a brand investment platform for strategic investors in the consumer sector.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

And to make sure that everyone starts off 2016, Part II on the same footing, we thought we would bring you a few of the top trending stories, as well as hot data/research topics, that will give you a head start on that all-important planning for 2016 and beyond. Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK? Are SMBs Ready For EMV?

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

Well, there is some joy in retail’s Mudville, as TJX, the long-running champion of off-price sales, posted yet another quarter of solid results. Retail’s most beloved metric, same-store sales, were on the incline, up 7 percent over this time last year, and beating last year’s 5 percent Q1 growth.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

It has advantages for retailers, too. Data Enabler VoltDB helps retailers carry that load, with broad, deep, and most importantly, fast data reporting that enables them to adapt to fluctuating inventory needs on the fly. 100 percent accuracy – Data managed by VoltDB is always accurate, all the time, for all decisions.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at Branch Transformation 2016 , sponsored by RBR. Unlike one once stalwart retail banking industry event in the US, RBR’s attendance has been on a multi-year growth trajectory. Compared to managing a bank’s digital presence, optimizing the branch channel is a complex pursuit.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Fanatics , a company that sells Team USA merchandise, has taken a novel approach to Olympic retail this year with a physical store in a major U.S. The store marks a milestone for Team USA: It’s their first in-person retail store outside the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Retail Gold.

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Retail Strategy New York City Los Angeles 118

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Many organizations, from retailers to local governments, are turning to self-driving technology to help them reach their goals and to get purchases and people to their destinations. Jill North, the city’s innovation program manager, recently told PYMNTS that officials hope the service can fill transit gaps and boost ridership.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Omnichannel commerce technology and operations provider Radial released the results of its Annual Holiday Fraud Index today (Nov. 18), which revealed the ongoing risk retailers face of coordinated and sustained fraud losses. Bottom line for most retailers if you are managing fraud yourself, you are going to get wrecked.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. The chain, which operates both the Sears and Kmart brands, reported a loss of $580 million in the quarter ending Jan.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2016

Electronic or ePayments are simple, fast, convenient and (mostly) safe, but it’s 2016 and forms of ePayment are still not the dominant or most accepted form of payment for consumers. But “management prefers to use paper checks” was another line heard over and over again in the survey. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

Fast forward to 2016, and eBay has carved out its own niche of sales in a crowded market. “We are taking the best elements of traditional retail and expanding on them to improve browsing, selection, personalization and efficiency.”. . And it isn’t afraid to embrace new technologies to capture more.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More.

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The Paypers

JANUARY 17, 2017

(The Paypers) Walmart has reshuffled management to integrate its physical outlets and online operations, and extends authority to the online retailer Jet.com, bought for USD 3.3 billion in 2016.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2016

There are just five more days until we can leave 2016 behind for good. As 2016 becomes history, we should take special care not to forget it — lest we have to hear about being doomed to repeat it (there’s always that one person). If there’s one thing that’s for certain, 2016 showed us that the gig economy is here to stay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

India’s top eCommerce company Flipkart has gone and switched up its top management positions for the second time in the past year following a series of valuation write-downs across 2016. Kalyan Krishnamurthy, former managing director of Tiger Global, was reportedly named the new CEO of Flipkart after joining the company this past June.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Digitally native mattress and home goods brand platform Resident landed a $130 million investment headed up by Nexus Capital Management and Ion Crossover Partners with participation from Baron Capital Group in Q4 of 2020, according to a Thursday (Jan. 7) announcement.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

It wasn’t until 2016 that we saw the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled chatbots bring about a necessary aspect of the technology via a conversational interface. The way in which businesses chose to interact with consumers delegates how their reputation will be managed and whether consumers will remain loyal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Walmart-owned men’s retailer Bonobos laid off staff on Monday (Oct. Walmart has a few eCommerce properties, like Jet.com, which it bought in 2016. In 2017, the retail giant bought ModCloth and Moosejaw, and outdoor retail company. Modcloth was recently sold as well, to Go Global Retail.

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APRIL 19, 2018

Wendy’s , for example, planned to roll out self-ordering kiosks at about 1,000 of its retail locations by the end of 2017 in an attempt to both lure younger customers and to battle long lines at peak dining hours. 25 percent is the projected percentage of customer service operations that will use chatbots by 2020.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Authentic Brands Group ( ABG ), the New York-based brand management company, could be the latest potential buyer of Ascena Retail Group , the recently bankrupt parent firm of Ann Taylor, Footwear News reported. The New Jersey-based company operates about 3,000 stores, mostly at malls. They also purchased Forever 21 in February.

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