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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Younger consumers expect instant gratification and affordable ways to obtain the goods they desire, prompting more retailers to adopt buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment services. In fact, the data has shown that the [BNPL] brands that have some maturity to them [have] actually brought in younger customers.”. “In

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JUNE 21, 2019

Online payment methods and digital technologies are coming into the working world. 781 million: Number of transactions made on India’s Unified Payments Interface in April. 150: Approximate number of brands with which Verishop is launching. In healthcare, identity is taking center stage amid digitalization in the space.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to capture this area. In retail technology, Yotpo is helping brands capture the digital shift by making a compressed marketing stack for online shopping.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Ingenico Group announced that it has partnered with Belgium ePharmacy firm Newpharma on a new payment solution for online pharmaceutical buyers. The partnership with Ingenico will allow Newpharma to tailor the payment experience to the requirements of international markets, including language, currency and preferred payment method.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Western Union just took another big step toward ramping up its growing digital payments arsenal. Western Union first unveiled the goal of expanding digital payments to 100 countries during its investor day event in 2019. The legacy global remittance giant said on Monday (Nov. also called stc pay, for up to $200 million.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Some of the minds behind direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are inspired by their personal experiences. Yardbird’s concept, which has grown into a brand with an eCommerce website and a showroom in Minnesota, offers 10 furniture collections. Higher-end retailers, however, were charging $4,000 to $5,000 for a set of outdoor furniture.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

PayPal appointed Allison Johnson , a marketing veteran with over two decades of experience in her field, as the company’s new executive VP and chief marketing officer (CMO) on Monday (Jan. I was an early convert to PayPal’s vision of fast, secure online payments. 14), according to a release by the company.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Yet when market volatility reached an all-time high in the midst of the global pandemic, the process of calling up sales representatives to inquire about product availability became not just inefficient, but unsustainable. "But That will be the main feature, to cut down the costs and timeline of go-to-market," he said. Out-Of-The-Box.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. The tech lets shoppers use their palms as an ID and payment method. percent of the market. Currently, that has grown to 14.5

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JANUARY 19, 2020

Mumbai, India-based online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace Beldara is planning a global expansion to link more international suppliers with overseas buyers, reports said on Thursday (Jan. The two-year-old startup connects more than 5,000 brands in 30 categories, and has 450,000 products listed on its platform.

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MAY 24, 2019

The Custom Eyeglass Market. Beyond Fitz Frames, King Children is another player looking to serve the market with custom glasses. For payments, King Children accepts all credit and debit cards. He added that the market is particularly unique, as “this is a generation that almost doesn’t remember the world without a smartphone.”.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

These retailers are accustomed to engaging with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores and building long-lasting relationships that lead to brand loyalty. Many consumers are shying away from physical stores, however, leaving these high-end merchants scrambling to develop strong online presences. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. With the launch, the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets, Chain Store Age reported. The new markets include many areas of Africa, such as Cameroon, Tanzania and Senegal.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Paysafe , an integrated payments platform, has launched Paysafecash in the U.S. to help offer an alternative payment method for those looking to transact online, according to a press release. Many of them don't want to share finance information online or simply don't need an account, the release stated.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are putting a new spin on athleisure wear , inspired by the CBD-based wellness trend. In restaurant technology, cloud kitchens have emerged as a new model driven by the rise of online ordering. 96 percent: Share of retail banks that plan to develop services focused on real-time payments by 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. In a brand new PYMNTS interview , Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo , makes the case that his search engine can win over a decent number of consumers. The pitch comes down to privacy.

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MAY 18, 2018

There is no shortage of direct-to-consumer mattress brands as mattress sales move from brick-and-mortar retail to eCommerce. One brand, though, saw a market opportunity as brands like Casper and Leesa took off. But the brands currently on the market were a useful learning experience for Nectar.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

24) that it enjoyed a 61 percent jump in online sales during its fiscal third quarter ended Oct. But all in, Gap Global’s net sales dropped 14 percent year over year, with comparable sales for the brand falling 5 percent from Q3 2019. said Tuesday (Nov. 31 — offsetting a 20 percent fall in in-store sales due to the ongoing pandemic.

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MAY 16, 2016

In payments, brand matters, more so now than it ever did, and for SMBs adopting mobile commerce initiatives, speed matters too – speed to market and speed to accepting payments in any manner customers desire. The initial launch is being done in tandem with FreshBooks and Infusionsoft. percent per transaction plus a $0.30

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. The hat trick right now is to keep fans engaged while the market normalizes. How much potential does online gambling have? billion by 2025.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

are now able to accept those types of payments, and many more issuers have their cards provisioned in those mobile wallets — but so far, consumers haven’t taken the bait. That’s been the case in markets such as the U.K. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Online retail business is booming during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers increase their use of contactless digital channels to shop safely from home instead of returning to brick-and-mortar stores. Two weeks later, she received an approval email and quickly integrated her system with the Afterpay payment network. The BNPL Effect.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Power research shows that the number of customers doing their credit applications online has kicked into high gear. Consumers and Banks Both Like Online Auto Loans. Consumers are apparently so glad to dump the back-office haggle between dealer and bank that roughly one-third of car buyers are now doing the loan process online, J.D.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

And, whether a service offers streaming or on-demand delivery, it needs to make purchasing and payments as seamless as possible for the consumer. From 7-Eleven to H&M , retailers are adopting digital payments and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to bring more convenient experiences to their customers.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Meanwhile, luxury brand Burberry has teamed up with Tencent in China to offer a “social retail” store to take advantage of China’s online shopping trend and capture more of the luxury market in the country, according to a report by Reuters. Its famous brands include Dom Perignon, Moët & Chandon, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Afterpay, the leader in “buy now, pay later” payments, said in a press release that its second bi-annual two-day sale, Afterpay Day, will take place Aug. The company will partner with top fashion and beauty brands and retailers for the event, which offers its two million U.S. customers access to special promotions. retail partners.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As more and more people look to complete everyday errands from home, pharmacy is an important and needed addition to the Amazon online store,” Doug Herrington , senior vice president of North American consumer, Amazon, said in a statement. The new Prime benefit comes care of the eCommerce giant’s new separate storefront: Amazon Pharmacy. “As

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. Payments Innovation.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

To serve travelers from China who want to shop in-store and online, retailers thousands of miles away from Asia are accepting Alipay in brick-and-mortar stores and on the web. Amid this trend, brick-and-mortar and eCommerce merchants in North America are adopting Alipay as a payment option for their consumers. Apparel brand GUESS?,

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. Online Resale. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Doing business internationally has its rewards, with new markets to tap, and top-line growth in the offing. But tracking goods — and payments — as they cross borders can be fraught with challenges. wellness brands and how they manage import and export activity. Grovara has said it can bring brands global in 120 days.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If there was any stigma left about used clothing it may have been erased last week as Nordstrom put its high-end brand on what it calls “re-commerce.”. While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020.

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MAY 7, 2020

Many are instead flocking to online gambling sites after the closure of all 989 commercial and tribal casino properties in the U.S. However, it can take a long time for online players to collect funds, unlike at casinos, where consumers can instantly collect winnings in cash. US Payments Are Playing Catch-Up.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

As much as a click from the Kardashians helped spread the brand awareness and jump-start his company, Molnar said, as a spending trend among young consumers set the stage for BNPL's success. The payments ecosystem, of course, is not and will not be immune to the seismic impact and aftershocks of the coronavirus. According to J.P.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Canadian global point-of-sale (POS) and eCommerce firm Lightspeed is teaming up with Silicon Valley payments platform Stripe to advance in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the U.S. Restaurants and retailers will be able to process in-store payments and personalize readers with their own branding. .

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Open Payments, Open Payments , the Stockholm-based FinTech, has raised a €3M ($3.5M) seed round, according to a report from the magazine EU-Startups. The funds, according to the report, will be used to "to continue to grow the team and establish the platform in the Nordic and European market.".

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