PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In the age of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, however, digital innovators are taking a new approach to bike shopping. To make it possible for a bike to arrive nearly fully assembled and ready to ride, Dragon took an innovative approach with its “RideReady” shipping package.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

As a high-profile American brand, Subway may have some luck with its plans for international expansion — it plans to open more than 1,000 locations abroad this year — but it appears that America has already moved on. Some experts called the brand “tired” and in need of an update. Any brand that doesn’t keep up will get left behind.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. The brand could close between 600 to 1,000 of its 3,000 locations this year, according to some predictions – and is reportedly considering bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters. is no exception.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Two stores – one in Monroe, Ohio and one in Redmond, Washington – will have digital shelving displays that will keep prices updated in real time, and digital ads that are customized to each shopper. A person familiar with the plans told Reuters that the retail giant is in the beginning stages of exploring the idea. in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Amazon has a brand-new product that will deliver packages right to consumers’ doors. Named Scout, it’s a robot on six wheels about the size of a small cooler, the retail giant said in a blog post on Wednesday (Jan. At Amazon, we continually invest in new technologies to benefit customers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

As PYMNTS prepares to BBQ and drink sangria and maybe even hum some union solidarity anthems in honor of this holiday weekend, we ask you to take a few moments to join us on a “greatest-hits tour” of this past summer of retail. One example was provided by retail chain Urban Outfitters. New Subscription Push. Fulfillment Efforts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The retailer’s Power locations are said to be four times larger than its usual mall locations, and one is set to open this weekend in New York City, CNBC reported. The new store in the city’s Washington Heights neighborhood has kids’ and women’s merchandise downstairs and men’s items upstairs.

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William Mills

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Approximately 1,300 attendees (including bankers, credit union executives, industry analysts and media representatives American Banker , Banking Exchange and BIG Media ) joined 30 sponsor companies to immerse themselves in all things retail banking at BAI Beacon 2017, held at the Georgia World Congress Center October 4-5.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

The retailer plans to pilot technology products using Microsoft’s Azure platform at two stores, one in Ohio and one in Washington. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the companies would “redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers at both Kroger and other retailers around the world.”. The Grocery Market.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 23, 2018

I am pleased to announce that Chris Ford, an attorney who has led some of the country’s largest and most innovative Fintech and payment systems transactions, has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. In that sense it might be hard to pick them out as innovative as first glance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These are some of the reasons that consumers are visiting brick-and-mortar grocers – from Wegmans Food Markets to Kroger – and how these grocers (as well as technology providers) are rolling out innovations and features to serve in-store customers. The device is a fully automated breadmaking machine designed for retail environments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. The prevailing sentiment, as the crisis heads into its third month, is that more innovative government programs will be necessary to provide any meaningful relief. In comparison, small businesses selling similar products were forced to close.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Jeff Binder, CEO of Layer3, was quoted by The Washington Post as saying, “We’re the first cable company in … 10 years to come that’s brand new. Consumers haven’t had a young innovative company to provide [pay TV] services to them since the mid-1990s, when Dish and DirectTV came on the scene.”.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 21, 2015

Peek inside nearly any brick-and-mortar retailer and you’ll see a wave of smartphones in-hand, people waiting for their turn to step to the register and make their purchase. When Apple Pay launched late last year, it was met with the typical Apple innovation buzz as well as some skepticism about data security.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Speaking to Bloomberg at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, Johnson noted that though the U.S. The well-known coffee brand is hoping that China’s rapidly growing middle class and ongoing press into urban areas will push the Starbucks name to new heights in its overseas markets. We have to innovate to stay relevant.”.

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

To be American is to have the freedom to innovate, take risks, create, transform and put in the hard work that has led to the successes – and failures – that define human progress. Many innovators with great ideas and great potential do not begin with great wealth, so they need a great government partner to support their success.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

There has been no shortage of food fads, dietary crazes and “restaurant of the future” concepts that have played out nationwide, most of which the brand has politely passed on. And that has presented a challenge to the Red Robin brand. And there’s more to come in 2019 – though what that will entail remains to be seen.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

The continued revelations of just how hard hit the retailer truly is keep coming, but that hasn’t stopped Macy’s from trying out some radical concepts — the type that might just be crazy enough to get it out of the mess it’s in. And what happened to Johnson’s bold retail experiment? It was a disaster.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Big News Of The Week: Mr. Bezos Is Going To Washington . Experts are predicting the promotion — dubbed the “Big Style Sale” — might be just the lifeline that apparel brands desperately need to reach radically diminished customer bases. The latest developments: Amazon . Health and Wellness, said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

West Coast rockfish caught off the coast of Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Other direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are also aiming to make their mark on the jerky market. Beef jerky brand Prevail Jerky , for instance, makes jerky that comes in four distinct flavors, from original to spicy and umami to lemongrass.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

The top four were all branded apps, which makes sense for large chains. Yum Brands! Washington, D.C.-based The Mobile Order Ahead Tracker published its monthly Scorecard, ranking restaurants on a scale of zero to 100 on factors like ordering channels, loyalty integrations and app users.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2016

The world’s most famous and recognizable jewelry brand Tiffany reported holiday sales down 5 percent — a reality the company chalked up to “restrained consumer spending tied to challenging and uncertain global economic conditions.” And it seems 2015 was just that kind of year for the ladies and their sparkliest companions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

However, a recent gadget review in The Washington Post (which is also owned by Jeff Bezos) called the Halo the most invasive tech it has ever tested. Certainly, some consumers will embrace the new frontier of health technology, as well as the competitive price point.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

Grocery delivery might have seemed like a peripheral service just a handful of years ago, but the niche market has ballooned into one where brands really can’t take the risk of not getting their name out there if they have the resources to do so.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

Illustrate for you why FI’s should care about this threat and the preventative measures that can be taken to fend off any potential brand damage. Dan Frechtling oversees marketing, product management and innovation for diligence and monitoring solutions serving the US, Europe, Middle East/Africa and Asia. Jane Hennessy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

A number of novel approaches show the creativity that pairs so well with food, as leading quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and fast-casual brands test cool new concepts. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.”. Mobile Is Making It Work.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Macy’s acquired STORY about a year ago, when it was a New York City retail location known for varying its theme (or story) every few months. In downtown Washington, D.C., Apart from selling items, STORY installations were designed to build buzz around concepts. Story location, it is undeniably colorful.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. How will we shop in 2020?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

And before there was Chase, there was LevelUp, the branded mobile payments platform that used those same cube-shaped readers to enable QR code payments at the physical POS for consumers with the LevelUp app. Brands franchisees who are now being asked to get on board the Grubhub delivery platform. In February of 2018, Yum!

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Best Picture — Payments Innovation. By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. And the winners are….

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

What follows is a quick look at the current privacy landscape, and what that means for retailers and other companies that are competing for larger shares of the digital market — including potential business opportunities. Except, maybe not. First, a few caveats. Killi clients so far include McDonald’s, GM, Danone and Staples.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

We are striving to attract and retain the best talent in order to win the future of retail and the key component of that is the work environment that we are creating,” said Dan Bartlett, Walmart’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, who is overseeing the project. AI Enhancement. Particularly when it comes to AI and advertising.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Heal accepts all the major forms of insurance in the markets in which they operate, which today is 70 percent of California, Washington, D.C. If 10 years ago, I had told you retail was going to fully reset and all these brands were going to disappear, you wouldn’t have believed me,” Desai said. and Northern Virginia.

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