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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Alibaba and Tencent , which are locked in a battle to win over consumers, have invested more than $10 billion in retailers since the beginning of 2017. As a result, retailers are taking sides, CNBC reported. They have to take a side. As a result, the companies are rolling out mobile payments at even more physical stores.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

To kick off this week’s Grocery Tracker, a reminder that brick-and-mortar is still kicking in certain retail aspects, even as 2017 grows closer. Factoring in cost, 73 percent of consumers said they would pay a higher retail price for food and drink products made with readily recognizable ingredients.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It’s the big stage for retailers, the holiday shopping season – when all the consumer world is watching (and, merchants and payments providers hope, buying more than they did last year). Put the finishing touches on those late-year marketing plans. percent from 2017. percent from 2017. Do that supply chain triple check.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75 These companies are also not allowed to advertise on digital platforms, such as social media or search engines, Rogers said.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Berlin-based fashion retailer Lesara prides itself on thinking differently about apparel and being on trend. It calls its approach “agile retail” and it believes something different about who should set the course when it comes to deciding what is “in.” Agile retail is a model that will free us from time-consuming fashion shows.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Despite that fact, however, eight of the retailer’s top 10 best-selling brands are Revolve private label, which according to its latest SEC filing provide 27 percent of the firm’s revenue. million unique visitors come to shop its wares each month — and make a move on the public markets.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Venture capitalists are funding new entrants to the field, and features like authenticity guarantees, postings to social media, the use of data and post-sale services could propel the industry forward, according to a new report from Fung Global Retail & Tech. Smaller firms are growing quickly and making gains in the market.

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APRIL 12, 2018

In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 billion in R&D in 2017, which was 41 percent more than it did in 2016. Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. billion in R&D in 2017.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., Adam Carson, managing director, global technology strategy & partnerships at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, blockchain and more.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2017

A byproduct of incorporating connectivity into just about any activity is how social media affects regular interactions. It can be difficult to discuss the digital effects without looping in social media. For the Chinese buyer in particular, social media engagement and online shopping activities takes on a unique avenue.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

According to a report in Fintech Futures , HSBC started the beta test with 15 retailers in Hong Kong. In the early part of 2017, HSBC announced the new payment app, geared toward millennials in Hong Kong who also wanted social media built in. bank plans to add more retailers to the beta test in the next few months.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The only things we can confidently say about this year, predictions-wise, is that we will spend less time watching political debates on TV and more time getting drawn into them on social media. But while we can’t tell you what will happen next, we can (and will) tell you who and what to watch when it comes to mobile payments in 2017.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Macy’s is going to China — digitally speaking — with the 2017 launch of a Chinese eCommerce portal in the largest eCommerce market in the world. Macy’s announced the planned move last week at an event in Shanghai.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. Payments chaos.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

To help improve the retail shopping and shipping experience, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is catching on with big-box retailers in the U.S. AR could be on the cusp of having its moment, as a large brick-and-mortar retailer has fresh plans to appeal to shoppers willing to test out the technology.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

Apparently taking a page from Google’s book – going forward Pinterest will allow retailers and brands to bid on its ad inventory in auctions. The move goes hand in hand with Pinterest’s decision to allow retailers and marketers to cap the maximum number of times individual consumers will see ad campaign collateral.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

According to reports, the social media giant has launched “Dynamic Ads For Real Estate,” a new advertising feature that might just challenge Zillow’s supremacy in the digital retail arena. All in all, the stocks price is up 10 percent in 2017. Inventory in the U.S. Denver, Houston, Miami, and Washington, D.C.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Apple reportedly said that the service will not allow advertisers to track what subscribers are reading, which means no targeted ads based on consumed news stories, as is the case with social media. As PYMNTS has regularly documented, subscription eCommerce is among the hottest areas of digital retail.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation?

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

The ABA has a new report out on how banks are using social media, and much of the report focuses on using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like to boost customer service, make connections in the community and recruit staff. It often Tweets columns tied to breaking news and statistics. Learn more here.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The new division was launched with the aim of integrating advanced technology and the regulation of China’s securities markets, enabling precise data analytics. From August 2017 to April 2018, Eyal and his company allegedly conducted a fraudulent unregistered securities offering by selling Shopin Tokens in an ICO. .

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JULY 2, 2018

We think those brands – those with an authentic history and story to tell – are going to be the winners in this changing retail environment.”. In launching their first pop-up shop in Times Square during the holiday season in 2017, Conn noted, they got a very front-row view of the new nature of the transient retail promise.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

billion, a 5 percent increase from 2017’s Q1 result, and ahead of estimates for $17.52 The retailer also launched an environmentally friendly brand of cleaning products called Everspring during the first three months of the year. The move generated long lines, sellouts and countless internet and social media mentions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

Now, a new report from Market Track said holiday shoppers had higher incentives to spend more this year, with leading reasons being deeper discounts and shifting advertising strategies. Market Track said that Super Saturday and the Monday before Christmas were among the busiest shopping days of the season.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In fact, 2020 opened with retail reports decrying the great toy sales slump , citing the 4 percent fall-off in toy sales, the rather tepid holiday sales season reported between 2018 and 2019 and the fact that toy sales came up short during last year’s holiday season. under the age of 14.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

“Stories are so impactful as a content format for a variety of reasons due to the in-the-moment, ephemeral feel of the content from a consumer’s perspective,” Kamiu Lee, CEO of marketing services provider Activate , told Adweek. PYMNTS also found that 58 percent of consumers have taken part in contextual commerce on or off social media.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

As reported, the social media giant was hacked through a vulnerability in the Facebook source code, which gave the attackers the ability to steal access tokens, which they in turn used to keep Facebook subscribers logged in. The one million euros will be spent through 2019, according to reports. billion over the corresponding period.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

But the fintech market has rebounded. In 2017, in the United States, overall VC funding -- a barometer of startup activity and appeal.Read More. EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

years in 2017, up from 6.9 A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

This stems from emerging markets like China, Russia and the United Arab Emirates starting to move into the luxury purchasing arena, with 70 percent of consumers increasing their spending. Within these emerging markets, we’ve seen retailers make large bets on luxury.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

The 100-page catalog would arrive near the end of October for kids to look through and create wish lists before December — filling, perhaps, the void left by Toys R Us when it went out of business (in part because of competition from Amazon and other online retailers). Online retail accounted for 53.7 Williams Sonoma is one example.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

“The questionnaires, which are to be returned in the next two months, were sent based on the commission’s own market observations and the results of its eCommerce sector inquiry completed in 2017,” the Financial Times stated, adding that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, at a recent event, accepted the inevitability of such probes. European Tone.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Retailers are starting to tap into the camera,” said Ted Mann, CEO of visual search technology provider Slyce. They expect the retailers to be able to support it.”. Target has incorporated Pinterest’s visual search tool since 2017. National Research Group reports that the global interactive kiosk market size was valued at $23.11

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