PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. Enjoy Technology operates in 54-plus U.S. The funding will go toward U.K. markets and will be offered in 11 U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A new survey has found that big retailers like Apple and Nike are losing favor in China, as consumers are showing a preference towards local brands. Chinese brands have been better at leveraging social media to reach out to shoppers in China,” said Catherine Lim, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst. There’s a stronger buzz.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

The UK’s top retailers are facing tough competition online from U.S.-based based sites, with Apple and Google Shopping joining a list already led by American imports Amazon and eBay. According to eMarketer , February 2017 data from comScore MMX shows Apple and Google Shopping placed fifth and sixth, respectively, among the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Apple Card’s Big Launch. Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Amid growth in its eCommerce sales and online selections, Costco Wholesale Corporation beat analysts’ estimates for earnings , but fell short on top-line revenues for the second quarter. He also noted the company plans to offer the first of several Sony-branded products. The warehouse chain reported revenues of $35.4 billion and $1.69

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

This, everyone, is the Apple Pay story, 20 months post-launch. . Working with our partner, InfoScout, we fielded our latest quarterly consumer study of Apple Pay adoption and usage in early June and just completed our analysis. We now have observations every quarter since the launch of Apple Pay. PLEASE GIVE ME A TRY!

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

“The pandemic has brought uncertainty to many businesses, but at the same time, it has sparked innovation,” said Ro Bhatia , chief operating officer at sticky.io. Helping brands launch their DTC and subscription businesses with the flexibility to sell how their customers want to buy – and fast – is the future of digital commerce.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Target is reporting strong in-store and online holiday sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Target’s CEO, Brian Cornell, reported the company’s physical locations helped fulfill a plethora of online orders during the holiday shopping rush, particularly for toys like the Barbie Dreamhouse, L.O.L.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

In the early days of the Internet, brands and businesses knew they wanted to get online, but they just weren’t quite sure why, or how best to do it. In the early days, brand sites were ugly, clunky and not terribly useful. In the early days, brand sites were ugly, clunky and not terribly useful. Coming Customization.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

AndroidAuthority.com reported last month that Spotify might still be the biggest music streaming platform in the world, but Apple Music is nipping at its heels. Since 2015, Apple has grown to more than 70 million subscribers , the website reported. Apple Music offers more than 50 million songs available on the cloud.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

And though this market presents brands with a large audience of potential customers, will digitally native millennials tune in to a shopping network? Through a hosted online show, Gravy has audiences vying for discounts on new products with the added incentive of cash prizes and charity donations. Payments And Cash Back.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The program is operable immediately. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But the growing use of those brands to attract sales is also leading to more focus on potential challenges for online, private label retail over the next few years. Private brands, of course, are hardly new, and their use in retail predates the birth of eCommerce. Consumers can buy furniture anywhere. Private Label Impact.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

There was one wholesaler for every 43 mom-and-pop operations. A&P’s stated mission was to create and then use its supply chain efficiencies to be the cheapest grocery store in every local market in which it operated. The brands that wanted access to the A&P shopper and were willing to play ball were rewarded.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

For Big Tech, the bleeding may come from cuts, here and there, targeting individual agreements and operations. Vestager has said the injunctions would be more widely deployed as antitrust investigations continue into Google, Amazon and Apple, among others. “If As PYMNTS noted on Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

When eBay announced that it would be accepting Apple Pay , it wasn’t the only new development for the online marketplace. The report also highlighted how eBay is working with PayPal rivals, Square and Apple Pay, following its split from PayPal in 2015.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. Then, in 2018, Pop-In@Nordstrom partnered with Casper to bring pop-up stores to select Nordstrom locations and online.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Stripe, a technology company that allows businesses to make and receive online payments, has launched in five more European countries, the San Francisco firm announced Wednesday (May 27). Europe’s fast-growing online economy has been fueled by the shift to online purchases as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Goldman Denies Discriminatory Apple Card Practices, Says It Will Reassess Limits. Goldman Sachs has promised to reevaluate how credit limits are determined for Apple Card users after being accused of gender discrimination. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Google Dives Into DDAs.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Video game manufacturers operated a different model of sorts: Create great games to get consumers to buy the hardware, then keep cranking out great games that would keep consumers on board and upgrading those devices. But for the last three decades or so, the business model did not change very much. Striking a New Strategic Path.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

BB : In 1992, I discovered these online bulletin boards, where you could communicate with people all around the world. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? How do you think it will change the way financial services organizations operate? MM: Favorite brands? MM: Hobbies?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. Media companies, in the meantime, shoveled tens of millions into Snap in the hopes of selling to a generation whose brand loyalty is about as fleeting as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s affection for each of her nine husbands. A Goliath by Any Other Name.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Search data helps brands understand shopper preferences. Looking ahead.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

continues to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations – same-day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said – as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. To get an online store running on Alibaba will reportedly cost U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

continue to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations — same day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said — as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. To get an online store running on Alibaba reportedly will cost U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

Takeaway.com , the largest European vendor for online food ordering and delivery, said it had seen a sharp rise in companies signing up for its services amid the orders from several governments to close down restaurants and bars. In those cases, though, the companies are still allowed to operate through online or takeout orders.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

The competitive landscape, she told PYMNTS, shifted “the moment that the banks and Apple ended up on a stage together [for Apple Pay].” They are not always fast followers of newly introduced products and services from their larger banking brethren who operate on a national scale. Davis told PYMNTS.

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MAY 28, 2019

With abundant choices in many aspects of their lives, consumers expect a range of options when it comes to online shopping, ranging from picking out clothes to making travel plans. million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. By 2021, close to 90 million – or 86.5 billion in 2017.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Smaller firms, which have to juggle lumpy cash flow, may use credit as a way to keep operations, well, operating, as they may see payment terms stretched by customers (especially if they operate across lengthy supply chains). As you likely know, Goldman Sachs has partnered with Apple to bring a new credit card to market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

While many consumers believe that buying things online is faster and more convenient, they also find it safer than going to a physical store and risking COVID-19 exposure. Carrefour and Google announced plans to jointly launch a voice-activated grocery shopping service in France, one of the 30 countries in which Carrefour operates.

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Javelin Strategy & Research

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Overall Analysis: Apple Pay is the most important mobile payment system to be released to date. Apple iOS control almost half the existing consumer smartphone market (45% vs. 47% for Android) in the U.S. This bodes well for Apple Pay and provides an incentive for merchants to adopt Apple Pay.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Online magazines. In the online subscription world, convenience boils down to “set it and forget it.”. The conversation took place as the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games continued to rage, centered on what role online platforms should play (and on what commissions Apple should charge, but that’s another story).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2017

The company has added Alexa to its Dash Wand product, making it smarter and more capable than ever – and strategically positioning itself to own the emerging online grocery market. “If As consumers continue to get more comfortable ordering food online, Amazon is positioning itself at the bleeding edge of that market shift.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

India only just gave Apple the green light hours ago to set up stores inside its borders, but Amazon has been operating there for quite some time. and build trust in the brand,” Srinivasan said in an emailed statement. and build trust in the brand,” Srinivasan said in an emailed statement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company’s strong growth amid the coronavirus crisis has been aided by its push into online and mobile ordering. Domino’s noted that 65 percent of its sales in the U.S. came through digital channels as of the end of 2019, with more than half of all global sales now being handled remotely. Domino’s reported.

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