PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2016

The Republican National Convention: 50,000 in-person attendees, tens of millions more watching at home, four days of wall-to-wall coverage on TV and online. What retail brand wouldn’t want a piece of that action, to gain exposure by plastering its name all over the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, this July?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

In a press release, Amazon said it teamed up with Enterprise Nation , which supports more than 90,000 U.K. small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online. It also provides free digital training at Amazon Academy events to be held in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

Inmar Intelligence , one of the leaders in digital couponing, reported last week that enrollment in digital coupon programs among the top 30 percent of national grocery chains has grown 93 percent year over year since March 1. Digital coupon redemption in March increased 56.5 percent industry-wide year over year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Cox Automotive has released its Complete Retail online experience, and Pinterest is introducing an augmented reality (AR) try-on tool to help users with testing and comparing eye shadow. CPG Brands Get Cozy With The Stay-At-Home Economy. Cox Automotive Launches End-To-End Car Retail Experience.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

But the calendar is so full of events this year that the “when” might be more important than the how. With so many companies giving their employees Election Day off, it could be an opportunity for a one-day sales event both online and in-store. 28), which is supported by American Express nationally. Now, the where.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2017

For the Chinese buyer in particular, social media engagement and online shopping activities takes on a unique avenue. Unveiled at Asia’s CES event last week, the Consumer Technology Assn.’s The research also showed that there are stark differences in the amount of online shopping between Chinese and American shoppers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

Metrick asked “why else” someone would be buying 110-millimeter pumps “from a luxury brand, when you’re working at home and on Zoom all day,” according to CNBC. 21) during a virtual presentation at the National Retail Federation ’s Big Show event , CNBC reported. In addition, the items that consumers want have changed.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes. Time To Go Global.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

With the National Restaurant Association projecting up to $240 billion in losses by the end of this year, larger players with access to capital and logistics are going deep with partnerships and product offerings, catering to those who are avoiding unnecessary contact, but still crave hot food. . Tasty Experimentation .

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

With the National Restaurant Association projecting up to $240 billion in losses by the end of 2020 and millions of restaurant jobs gone, along with their former workplaces, a nation mourns our glorious gastronomic past. There’s rebirth already, happily. It has upsides and downsides. Some must stop immediately.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

Our research shows that people self-canceled travel and stayed away from large events — even workplaces — literally in the tens of millions well before the announcement of a national health emergency by the president on March 13. Most consumers said a vaccine — not discounts — would get them traveling again.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

StyleSnap’s recommendations draw on a number of factors, including brand, price range and customer reviews. Slyce is working with retail partners to embrace events outside the store and developing new kiosk technology to work within the store. For its part, Mann’s company is moving in several directions. percent from 2019 to 2025.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

In a world where options for going out are severely limited by the national social distancing plan in place, using digital tools to bring the outside world in has become the next best option. And that, notably, is quite a few services being put on hold or moved online indefinitely — there are approximately 7,000 deaths in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

RH, which operates several online brands such as RH Teen and RH Ski House, and whose retail presence is also known as Restoration Hardware, is one of the most successful curators of luxury furnishings and décor. Will luxury move online?

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Retail Online Marketing Study 130

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In an organized retail crime (ORC) survey, the National Retail Federation found that 92 percent of respondents were victims of the practice in the past year. According to retailers, the shift could come through a variety of factors such as gift card fraud and the online sale of stolen items as well as a shortage of staff in stores.

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Retail National Survey Fraud 110

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

They are not always fast followers of newly introduced products and services from their larger banking brethren who operate on a national scale. Dig into that infrastructure, she said, and there can be a range of different vendors across core operations, mobile banking, online banking and payments processing. Davis told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

The services are not currently registered as distinct entities, although they are provided to users in the nation. The news comes as a new Indian equalization measure came into existence in 2020 that puts a 2 percent tax on every digital transaction that foreign online shopping firms conduct.

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social media Data Apple Compliance 152

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

24), Krispy Kreme is the latest brand to announce home delivery capabilities. The brand will send boxed coffee as well as doughnuts by the dozen. Krispy Kreme first began testing online ordering and delivery in 2018, and will now roll out the program nationally. As reported by PYMNTS on Monday (Feb.

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Mobile Retail Online Florida 132

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

As the nation faces gradual reopenings in all 50 states over the next few weeks, U.S. Amazon had already announced a few weeks ago that it would delay the company’s annual Prime Day from its regular July date, but only confirmed this week that the event would be happening at all. They especially stocked up online.

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Retail Online Video Branding 158

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

The national news cycle was mostly taken up with political talk this week, as the Democrats rolled out history’s first fully digital U.S. When you think of Apple, you think of the brand, you think ‘easy to use,’ you think ‘trustworthy.’ What We Can Learn from Developing Nations . political convention on TV’s prime time.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

While stores were closed, Fleet Feet saw tremendous growth in its online business. Despite its 37 -state footprint, Werder noted that Fleet Feet thinks of itself as both a national brand and a community retailer. The retailer’s primary communications vehicle is email.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. The idea behind it, noted NBC News, is for Google to make people even more reliant on the Internet so it can turn around and sell more online ads.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

It is, in fact, an ongoing goal of the last several years — and represents a smaller sliver of the mobile payments brand’s larger vision to build a global payments network for its hundreds of millions of (mostly mainland China-based) active consumers. QR Codes Big Break On The European Stage .

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Mobile National Payments Cards 170

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Large events require planners to keep track of many minuscule details, and successful event planners have also learned to expect the unexpected. The company uses flexible spend tools to ensure that events go as planned. Super Bowl Countdown Brings New Online Gambling Action. 29), has Penn National Gaming Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The National Restaurant Association estimates that something like 100,000 eateries have closed either for now or forever, as health fears have struck at the heart of dining out. A system that can protect customer information can help businesses avoid brand and operational damage. Fighting Emerging Schemes.

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Mobile Fraud Policies Study 151

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The online training course Elder Financial Abuse is available through all Community Banker University training plans but can also be purchased separately. We launched recently some printed material—we call it Cyber-Savvy Seniors—where a bank can co-brand our literature with its logo, and also a senior facility can co-brand with its logo.”.

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Training Community Resources Course 91

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The company says it’s the first national bridal retailer to make this move, and the program’s unique design will earn points for the retailer among its brides as well as its business partners. We’re constantly reading reviews from customers, seeing what people are saying online, and even communicating with our brides during the weekend.

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social media Community Retail Leadership 215

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

According to The Real Deal, “In June, national chain retailers paid 68 percent of their rent, according to a report from Datex Property Solutions. In a recent report, CBRE estimated the need for another 500 million square feet of industrial space from increases in online demand.”. In early June, Simon sued the Gap for more than $65.9

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

It started in the early 1980s: The nation began to repent for what was commonly viewed as the shabby treatment of Vietnam War veterans. At sporting events , concerts and other public events, veterans are celebrated via a variety of methods, whether modest monologues from the stage or spectaculars that include fireworks and jet flyovers.

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Las Vegas Survey Branding Meeting 140

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Macy’s announced the planned move last week at an event in Shanghai. Alibaba further confirmed that Macy’s has become one of the most popular sellers on Tmall Global, where Macy’s is the brand behind the other brands — notably, Kipling, Anne Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Fossil.

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social media United States New York Branding 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

The holiday confetti has settled, quite a few gifts have gone back — on National Returns Day and this week — but reports show customers did indeed use their power , high confidence to shop and willingness to take risks and rack up some debt this holiday season.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 28, 2024

Importantly, the company’s announced migration of “CEB” customers to D1 is a major lift and cheese-moving event for FIS customers. This is an area where speed-to-market competition will be important. #3. Banks and credit unions are maturing their internal digital support capabilities.

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Digital Banking Customer Experience Strategy Exercises 134

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But consumers are still shopping in physical locations nine out of 10 times, which means even the biggest and most successful digital brands have decided to make roots in the physical world. Amazon built physical bookstores; the company then acquired an already well-established physical retail brand in Whole Foods.

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Retail Branding Customer Experience Online 102

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Parker continued, “We’re now focused on creating an environment that highlights our heritage and allows consumers to deeply connect with the brand as they prepare for their own exploration, wherever it may be.”. There will also be a “museum-like archive” of athlete expeditions as well as “significant icon products.”.

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Retail New York City New York United States 108

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Major retailers are stepping in to fill the void left by Toys R Us: Walmart , in particular, is growing its toy assortment by 30 percent in its brick-and-mortar stores, and by 40 percent online. Within its brick-and-mortar stores, the company plans to roll out events and demos for its customers.

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US Retail Marketing Branding 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

By comparison, 2019 saw 9,200 stores closed as brands like Payless ShoeSource, Fred’s, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Family Dollar, Forever 21 , Charming Charlie, Sears, Kmart, A.C. Although authorities knocked down two of the biggest criminal markets online recently, new exchanges quickly take their place. So what did we learn this week?

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Bitcoin Data Retail Charlotte 132

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

There are echoes now in the midst of the pandemic to earlier, Black Swan events, such as the financial crisis seen earlier in the millennium and 9/11, namely a rush to form new companies that are equipped to deal with and serve changes in consumer tastes and habits.

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Payments Innovation Capital Mobile 168