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SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

As a nation of awake-earliers, up-very-laters, last-minute-crammers and entrepreneurs who simply never sleep at all, in this country, we like our coffee. Coffee shop Starbucks’ sales revenue in 2016 was $21 billion, Dunkin’ Donuts saw $10.8 Welcome To National (Free) Coffee Day. National Taco day is next week (Oct.

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JULY 21, 2017

No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. With the advent of connected devices in the palm of almost every consumer’s hand, the retail ecosystem has certainly seen a shift. Through this omnichannel experience, retailers have more ways to connect with consumers.

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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. India saw a particularly lucrative year. Supply Chain Management. ShopKirana.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Retail sales in the U.S. Department of Commerce show retail sales decreased 0.3 Economists had not been expecting a contraction, and retail sales had been forecast to rise 0.2 Year-on-year, retail sales numbers rose 3.6 percent — their largest decline since April 2016. The latest figures out of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

The business advisory firm FTI Consulting has forecasted that online retail sales in the United States will top $1 trillion by 2027 , CNBC reports. The firm expects eCommerce to grow from the current figure, $445 billion, as consumers continue to move away from traditional retailers.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Retailers are scrambling to figure out the best ways to provide a more tailored and engaging experience. The study, which surveyed 500 retailers in North America and Canada, was conducted in November and December 2016. Welcome to the age of instant gratification.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The National Retail Federation (NRF) released its 2017 Economic Forecast this week. The NRF’s chief economist, Jack Kleinhenz, said, “It is clear that online sales will continue to expand in 2017 and provide growth for the retail industry. Retailers must decide what to do with their traditional brick-and-mortar stores.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

in 2016, the most recent data available. billion — online payment volume was completed in the Eurozone in 2016, the most recent data available. Seat Geek is among the platforms using Apple Pay: the ticket retailer includes the payment method amid its options for its Snapchat ticket buying experience. The figure marks a 4.1

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

ECommerce sales were better than expected in Q2 but dipped in the third quarter, according to Internet Retailer. Earlier projections had predicted slower growth for 2016. percent in June, according to Internet Retailer. 3.1% | The forecasted economic growth rate for 2016 by the National Retail Foundation.

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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. The Economics.

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MARCH 8, 2016

The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of State Council Premier Li Keqiang’s “ Report on the Work of the Government ,” which the statesman delivered at the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress on Saturday (March 5). and 7 percent. “ These predictions of a hard landing are destined to come to nothing.”

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MARCH 16, 2017

Commerce Department posted the lowest growth in retail sales seen in the past six months on Wednesday (March 15). percent in the second month of 2017, while only four of the 13 major retail categories included in the department’s numbers saw growth during the month of February. from nonstore retailers ) rose considerably, up 1.2

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Ask a brand, retailer or marketer, and they’ll all probably say the same thing: Brick-and-mortar retail stores are dying thanks to the rise of eCommerce and online shopping. And if brick-and-mortar retail really is dead or dying, then maybe somebody should tell that to the retailers themselves? And DSW’s U.S.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Sometimes all it takes is a new way of looking at things to open up a world of possibilities — at least, that’s what retailers investing in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) believe. Meanwhile, other industry projections show that more than 800 million AR apps for retailers will be downloaded by consumers by 2019.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Blockchain technology may be used widely in the financial services industry, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will see a smooth transition into the retail sector. How blockchain can potentially be implemented in retail is still up in the air. At the International Economic Forum this month in St. This is happening now.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Immediacy in retail is no small advantage. While being invisible is something of an odd goal in retail — as it’s hard to sell one’s goods and services if consumers don’t know you exist — Darkstore, as its name implies, is a bit different. Brands and retailers that don’t have a local foothold for their inventory now get one.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The company also has a few brick-and-mortar shops across the nation. 84M: Adore Me’s 2016 revenues. 6: The number of retail shops Adore Me has across the country. All this, Today in Data. Data: 2012: The year Adore Me was founded. 140: The number of employees Adore Me has across the U.S. and Europe.

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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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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Retailers are set to clean up this Halloween, as 2017 is looking to be a record-setter for consumer spending during the holiday. With 179 million Americans planning to celebrate, up from 171 million last year, sales are projected to surpass those of 2016, which itself set records. In fact, holiday spending is expected to hit $9.1

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AUGUST 15, 2018

National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. Over the […].

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Current projections have back-to-school 2016 bringing in $75.8 billion this year, up from last year’s $68 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey.

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JULY 5, 2017

One of the first to be contactless and, more recently, one of the first to offer social retail banking. If nothing else, I love Turkey for their cheesy adverts: In this latest update BKM, the ACH for most of the retail banks, provides the story of Troy, the first and only national payments scheme of Turkey.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

13 | Number of Russian nationals exposed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s unsealed indictments related to possible interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and eInvoicing’s perks are becoming more widely known. presidential election, according to Friday (Feb.

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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. According to a new projection from National Retail Federation, retail sales are estimated to grow just 3.1

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MAY 30, 2016

But for all the glories of summer — long days, vacations and a built-in excuse to substitute ice cream for any actual meal — summer does have one asterisk for retailers in the U.S. 2016 likely has a few custom curveballs to throw. So what fun in the sun can the nation’s retailers expect this year?

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Retailers continue to rely on paid search and email marketing channels, but mobile marketing and social media are continuing to increase in popularity as a way for businesses to grow their customer acquisition, according to a new study.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Over the past decade, foot traffic in retail outlets has seen a decline. In Q4 2016, developers built 25.5 Colliers’ national director of research, James Breeze, commented in a Wall Street Journal article on the future of warehouse market development. As eCommerce continues to grow, warehouse development has increased in tandem.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

A new study by The NPD Group found that anything related to health and wellness ­­— like wearable technology , basketball gear, sweats and active bottoms (AKA exercise pants), running products, outdoor sports and toys, running gear, portable beverageware — were among the fastest-growing retail categories between Dec. 2014 and Dec.

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MAY 22, 2020

As the nation faces gradual reopenings in all 50 states over the next few weeks, U.S. This is just speeding up the significant change the retail industry was already undergoing.”. However, statements from both Amazon and Walmart this week indicate that an air of uncertainty hangs over the entire retail segment.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Bad guys know retailers and businesses are working to stay one step ahead of their sophisticated and malicious attacks. According to Stolte, retailers are starting to realize that cybersecurity doesn’t mean making sure systems are protected just for major shopping holidays, like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but year-round. .

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Halloween sales, which would amount to an all-time high, according to data provided by the National Retail Federation. Retailers are preparing for the day by offering a wide variety of options in costumes, decorations and candy, while being aggressive with their promotions to capture the most out of this shopping event.”.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

As the conference kicked off in Las Vegas last October, merchants and retailers around the United States began dealing with the effects and fallout of October’s EMV liability shift, as the technology became the standard for all retail payments. Not just for mobile devices but for payments and commerce.”. Getting ahead of what’s next.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

While a National Retail Federation survey found that 65.5 percent) said that they had already made up their minds to send the funds to savings accounts rather than a retailer’s till. It’s just implausible to think that customers will run to traditional retail with their tax refunds in hand.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Small merchants to national retailers can post deals on the app – and Skout Deals counts multinational chains, such as Best Buy , as its clients. In 2016, 47 percent of mobile users ages 14 and older said they would use their mobile device to research competitor store pricing in-store when shopping for the holidays.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Many retailers, like Swap.com, say their inventory is quickly growing. Swap is not alone in consignment platforms raising big sums in 2016: The RealReal, which focuses on luxury items, announced raising an additional $40 million among competitors like ThredUP, Poshmark, Vestiaire Collective and Tradesy gaining some traction.

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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. billion.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Initiatives to be rolled out in the first half of 2016 include a fleet of intelligent teller machines, an upgraded mobile banking platform and a product branding initiative.

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