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AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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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. The report quoted Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s senior vice president of new media distribution, as saying, “The Base:Line playlist will have about 40 songs with a hip-hop vibe and will be refreshed weekly.”

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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. The big question now is which will be the first to implement social media suggested selling successfully.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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The Paypers

MARCH 9, 2017

(The Paypers) Food retailers seek to invest in social media outreach, according to 2017 Advertising & Promotional Practices Among US Grocery Retailers report from Aptaris and dunnhumby.

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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. By working with Alibaba and Tencent, merchants can access payment systems and logistics services — as well as Big Data.

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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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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). And let these bad memories of holidays past guide you in the coming weeks to ensure that your retail and payments machine is running in top condition.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

As PYMNTS puts away our party noisemakers until next year and throws out our novelty New Year eyeglasses, never to be worn again, we realize that the time is nigh — resolution season 2017 has begun! Here are our 2017 resolution recommendations for our favorite key players this time around. Until mid-February, at least. Oh, chatbots.

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MAY 11, 2018

That’s one of the driving ideas behind a new service that Marriott International recently launched for Chinese travelers going overseas — a service that also helps to demonstrate how the country’s growing tourist class is changing payments and retail. Marriott began working with Fliggy in August 2017. Last year, the U.S.-based

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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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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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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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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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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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AUGUST 10, 2017

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of several big box and department stores alongside online shopping’s reshaping the retail shopping are certainly discussions worth having, it doesn’t encompass the entire retail spectrum.

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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. the site added over 1,000 new styles each week in 2017, from emerging, established and owned brands.

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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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AUGUST 17, 2019

In the era of social media, there are many, many ways to track the beginning of the school year without looking at a district calendar. However, some people would prefer to use data to judge social trends as opposed to viral social media posts – and luckily, back-to-school shopping has plenty of that to serve up.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Increasingly, it seems retailers need not only ask what they can do for their consumers, as those consumers want to be doing it on their own. Data: 96 percent: Share of social media-based merchants that attribute their success to digital payments. 75 percent: Share of online bill payments done on bill payer sites in 2017.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

These are tough times to be tangible — as in brick-and-mortar, in retailing at least. The physical retailer is constrained by square footage, the hybrid retailer joining on an eCommerce platform less so, especially with the drop shipping. The upshot is that, through the drop-ship model, they do not need to hold more inventory.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Social media posts show that some former employees, who left the company months ago, have also received notification letters. Nordstrom had about 72,500 full- and part-time employees in 2017, and that number grew to 76,000 in December due to the holiday season. “Out The retailer isn’t the first to be hit with a breach.

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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. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. GONZOBANKER’S ROCK RIP LIST – 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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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Fashion retailer Forever 21 revealed that it has suffered a data breach at some of its stores. With the opening of this new store, which already has 13 locations at GGP malls, the retailer will have the opportunity to experiment and focus more on social media-friendly millennials.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The direct-to-consumer movement will be the replacement for the retail issues and commerce issues that are going on because of the platforms,” said Armstrong, who founded a DTC company with the aim of changing how people shop online. Nike launched a limited program to sell with Amazon in 2017, but the company confirmed the program will end.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The company began as a Silicon Valley eCommerce retailer, and has opened 14 stores so far, CNBC reported. Beyond Allbirds, online retailers such as Casper, Everlane and Warby Parker have started to “encroach on the real estate left behind as established retailers,” the outlet noted.

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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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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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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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MAY 22, 2017

Capturing the ever-changing mindset of millennials can seem like a continual headache for retailers. From sales shifting to more online shopping to more integrated in-store demands, the retail world has been refining its approach to attract and maintain tech savvy shoppers.

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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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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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