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). That’s not to suck any cheerful anticipation out of the 2018 holiday shopping season, during which U.S. percent year-over-year increase, to $124.1

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

State governments began rolling out economic nexus laws after 2018’s South Dakota vs. Wayfair ruling. 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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

“While word-of-mouth is likely taking a backseat among the youngest of kids, especially since playdates are less frequent, with technology, kids have been getting access to what’s new via other avenues,” Juli Lennett , a toy industry analyst at market researcher NPD Group, told CNBC. . Reviews ranked third.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network operator owned by Facebook, has surpassed Snapchat as the most frequented social media platform among teenagers. Instagram is not just appealing to teenagers; it is also drawing more marketers.

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PYMNTS

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. Worth it to Revolve?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The social media-focused platform company’s business model is simple: it’s a retail destination for consumers looking to sell their second-hand apparel and other goods or pick up desirable designer items for fraction of the price. Unique to Poshmark are social media aspects like the ability to share “likes” on favored items. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Social media-focused clothing reseller Poshmark became the latest platform company to file for an initial public offering (IPO) this week, hoping to catch an IPO wave that saw big first-day pops recently for Airbnb and DoorDash. million in 2018 and $48.7 million in 2018 to 31.7 billion social interactions.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

A good education on this online retail trend — an education backed by original data — comes from Azita Habibi, business development lead at Braintree , a payments services firm owned by PayPal. Simply put, said Frieden, the car now “becomes an extension of the consumer’s home” across retail, fuel and convenience stores.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The brand is well-known for using its community of skateboarders for design ideas and marketing. store opening signifies a new Vans chapter as we continue our mission and commitment to being community- and experience-focused,” said Carly Gomez, VP of marketing, Americas at Vans. Our downtown L.A. “Downtown L.A.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. The global location intelligence market size was valued at $10.6 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach over 25.2 billion by 2027.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

billion, about 33 percent of the 2019 market. Social commerce topped $89 billion January to September, making social media the new advertising darling and ByteDance a threat to longer-established platforms like Facebook and Instagram. A recent report forecasted that social commerce will reach $604.5 operations.

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PYMNTS

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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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

User goes to Walgreens and registers the retail store in app. While this is true everywhere, this is a particular challenge in a market like India. MuniRisk solves information fragmentation for municipal market participants. MuniRisk solves information fragmentation for municipal market participants. 09:15 am MuniRisk.

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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Pre-pandemic, the answer was much clearer: Good influencers were usually young, attractive, stylish, well-traveled and so naturally charismatic that simply seeing them doing, wearing or eating something was enough to motivate their hundreds of thousands – or even millions – of social media followers to imitate their behavior.

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FICO

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This year, in the spirit of efficiency, I’m combining both predictions and resolutions by forecasting that in 2018, my wallet is going to go on a diet; it will definitely become slimmer as physical (plastic) credit cards are replaced with payment apps on my smart phone. My Predictions for 2018. Will we do so this year?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

News reports blame a weak market for the less-than-expected IPO success. You might know what the phrase means, but in case you do not, here is a short refresher, along with data from PYMNTS that provides detail of this growing online retail trend. Contextual commerce is a retail practice centered around discovery. Trend Growth.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

12 press release entitled “Overstock.com CEO Comments on Deep State, Withholds Further Comment,” Byrne confirmed media reports that he engaged in a three-year relationship with Maria Butina , who is now serving an 18-month prison sentence for infiltrating conservative political circles on the Russian government’s behalf.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 Retail brands and partners for Shopkick include Best Buy, Clorox, Nestle and Starbucks, among others.

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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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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Amazon and Italian luxury brand Maison Valentino filed a lawsuit against a retailer Thursday (June 18), alleging the company sold counterfeit goods as the trade in the so-called “gray market” continues to draw attention. The counterfeits [are] kind of flooding the markets,” he told Federal News Network. “It

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

But, in the narrow context of Q2 and the retail world, it is pretty hard to argue against it. And the boats – the retailers themselves – have been buoyed by the tide. Walmart , Target , Macy’s , Urban Outfitters , Nordstrom – the stores change, but the general drumbeat has been largely the same in retail in 2018.

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PYMNTS

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.”. Slyce is working with retail partners to embrace events outside the store and developing new kiosk technology to work within the store. percent from 2019 to 2025.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

One of the takeaways from the Platform Economy Playbook is that amidst tech innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) to help personalize clothing selection and speed up delivery and social media-powered commerce, customer service has become a differentiator. Digital platforms have also given the resale market a boost.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 22, 2018

Now, if Mother Nature would cooperate… Volatility The markets have been incredibly volatile in the first quarter of 2018. The spike in volatility was a wake-up call to every investor and market participant that thought “vols” would stay historically low forever. Welcome to 2018! This may be the understatement of the year!

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Once they made their Blue Apron meals, he says they couldn’t stop talking about it and sharing photos of what they made on social media.” Back to 2012.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Even people without a mind for business remember that motto as one of the guiding principles of retail and other forms of commerce — absorbed, perhaps, in a high school class or via any number of articles, TV shows, commercials or bits of pop culture that have riffed on that theme. Location , location, location. Instagram Role.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Once they made their Blue Apron meals, he says they couldn’t stop talking about it and sharing photos of what they made on social media.” Back to 2012.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Pablo Mauron, a managing director for Digital Luxury Group, said the luxury market has noticed WeChat’s potential. “I I think WeChat is finally becoming what it’s supposed to be for luxury brands, which is not just a social media app,” Mauron said. That number is up from 36 percent in 2018.

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JULY 16, 2019

Analysts predict that this year’s Prime Day has the possibility to be Amazon ’s largest-ever sales day one year after the eCommerce retailer brought on more members to its Prime service in its history on the first day of the event — even after it increased its membership fees from $99 to $119 annually. is too low.”. Cart Glitches.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report. Founded: 2012.

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Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

In retail banking, it’s clear customer experience matters, and the stakes have never been higher. To satisfy customers in an increasingly competitive market, banks must identify and optimize on critical opportunities to connect with customers in more personalized, meaningful ways, both in branch and remotely. Power 2019 U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Model and social media celebrity Chrissy Teigen is, in many ways, the perfect brand partner for Target, as evidenced by her recent review of her new kitchen and cookware lines. Shipt is currently available in 35 states, but Target says it expects to expand to all major markets by the end of 2018, reaching about 75 percent of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

are seen as increasingly bullish on the retail landscape in China, even amid trade wars and the worry of recession. Indeed, American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces, Tencent and JD.com. Luxury Moves.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Fashion online marketplace Zilingo has announced a $226 million funding round, one of the largest for an eCommerce startup in Southeast Asia and a major show of support among investors for the company’s increasing attention on the B2B side of the market. Reports in Tech In Asia on Tuesday (Feb. The company’s revenue hit $1.3

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JULY 23, 2019

The coffee chain has invested in offering discounts, fast delivery, lower prices and promotions on social media. Luckin Chief Marketing Officer Yang Fei said at a presentation in Beijing, according to reports in January, “What we want at the moment is scale and speed. The coffee chain, however, recorded a loss of $116.34

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