PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sometimes innovation in the commerce and payments space is a matter of a new technology or a new process. That might not sound like such a big deal, but it really is – at least when it comes to Amazon and retail fulfillment in the U.S. That’s the story involving Amazon (and, it seems, The Home Depot as well).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. NEW DATA: Five Payments Innovations for Winning the Digital-First Shopper. From Online Ordering to Cupcake ATMs: How Sprinkles Prepared for the Pandemic. From Online Ordering to Cupcake ATMs: How Sprinkles Prepared for the Pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. It reportedly purchased this digital upstart — one with a reported (and very small) $3.9

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Washington Privacy Act (WPA) and other new privacy and online transaction standards are changing how businesses interact with consumers’ data in the U.S. retailer trade group, Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ), told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

POWDR chose to partner with Square because they help elevate the guest experience from enabling fast, secure, contactless payments to integrated online-ordering solutions,” Justin Sibley , co-president of POWDR, said in the release. Ski resorts are like small cities, with restaurants, retail shops, ticketing and hospitality.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

billion to acquire Zoox , the Foster City, California self-driving technology company, the Financial Times (FT) reported. . The source said Amazon would collaborate with Zoox to create a ride-hailing fleet, taking on Waymo Co, the California-based self-driving industry leader backed by Alphabet, Google’s parent company.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2016

Oddly enough, that’s where Nordstrom finds itself in regards to its online sales growth. The Motley Fool has a breakdown of the roller coaster ride Nordstrom’s eCommerce sales have ridden since the early 2000s, when online generated just 5 percent of sales, to 2015, which brought in 20 percent. percent last quarter.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends. Pop-Up Costs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Then, companies working to develop the technological means for cars to drive themselves have levied more than a few criticisms against proposed regulation changes in the state of California. Apple, for one, is hoping that California will work to toughen some of its current self-driving road test policies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

FIs and FinTechs are promoting social distancing by providing online card applications and virtual payment cards to help customers avoid using cash or visiting bank branches. Indian FI Paytm launched virtual and contactless plastic debit cards to help customers circumvent using cash or having to hand over physical cards to retailers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

One of the unintended consequences in the rise of eCommerce is a related rise in cyberfraud attacks on online shoppers. Since its founding, Shape Security’s clients — which count among them two of the world’s top airlines, both the world’s largest banking and hotel chains, one of the top 10 retailers in the world and “one of the largest U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

How cumbersome and annoying do you find the return process for items that you ordered online? The growth of online commerce continues at a rapid pace. The online shopping experience gets better every day. All online returns today are some version of ‘put in mail.’ shopping malls. One area has lagged behind — returns.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

Retailer Kohl’s will boost both its brick-and-mortar and eCommerce capabilities this year by adding four small-format, brick-and-mortar locations to its roster of stores and a fifth eCommerce fulfillment center. The Plainfield facility will join existing eCommerce locations in California, Maryland, Ohio and Texas.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

Following the state’s new law allowing autonomous vehicles, Palo Alto, California-based Gatik was approved by the Arkansas Highway Commissioner to launch a commercial service with Walmart, Walmart said in a press release. . with California autonomous car startup company Udelv. said in a news release. . said in a news release. . “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

In the digital age of shopping for clothes and accessories, modern-day consumers don’t want retailers to entertain them: Instead, they want these merchants to bring them an easy experience, offering seamless shopping in store and online. Just under 15 percent – or 14.3

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

Following the state’s new law allowing autonomous vehicles, Palo Alto, California-based Gatik was approved by the Arkansas Highway Commissioner to launch a commercial service with Walmart, Walmart said in a press release. . with California autonomous car startup company Udelv. said in a news release. . said in a news release. . “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Most online merchants rely solely on SSL/TLS to encrypt the data being sent from their websites. New York-headquartered PAAY, a consumer authentication innovator co-founded in 2011 by James Ruffer and Yitz Mendlowitz, has a new security solution that aims to obliterate hacking and fraud threats.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., Another one seems ready to bite the dust. Larger Trends.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2021

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced last week that it has entered into a consent order with Lambda, Inc., Lambda offers California students the option to defer tuition through income-based retail installment contracts. Non-California students may enter into income share agreements.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2017

When mPOS solutions started to roll out in retail locations about a decade ago, many predicted a futuristic utopia devoid of long lines and bulging wallets. Even retailers equipped with mPOS terminals opt not to accept mobile payment, and consumer adoption continues to lag. . But these days, that fantasy is still far from reality.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The holidays are approaching, and that means a big retail boost for video games during that all-important shopping season. Indeed, video games are helping to drive innovation when it comes to commerce and payments. billion gamers worldwide, and consumers are demanding more content, options and perks in their online subscriptions.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2017

EXLUSIVE – Payment protection company Earny will soon add Visa to its list of partners in the next two to four weeks, Bank Innovation has learned. Based in California, Earny files payment protection claims on […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The partnership has produced an online shop dedicated to Gucci items that have been certified by members of The RealReal's team of 150 validation experts. 7) include a printed V-neck sweater listed for $2,295 instead of its reported retail price of $3,300 and a canvas belt bag listed at $695. the average for items sold on the platform.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Our fully compliant solution allows businesses to feature a state-of-the-art retail customer experience for both in-store and delivery, while also providing in-depth business analytics and increased revenues for businesses.”. billion by 2020 — the industry is largely cash-based.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Business Advantage 360 can now integrate data from QuickBooks Online, RUN Powered by ADP, Google Analytics and G Suite by Google Cloud. In separate news, OneWest Bank , CIT’s Southern California branch network, unveiled a new mobile app to help small businesses meet their financial goals.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Each country has put a unique twist on SCA, which means PSPs are now juggling fraud developments, individual regulatory concerns, protection needs and unsuspecting consumers and retailers in each European market. One-third (32 percent) have not taken action compared to 82 percent of retailers in France, Spain and the U.K.

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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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NCR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Some businesses might view investing in modernization and innovation as a risk. But in industries like retail banking, where technology is at the heart of change, staying still is more likely to be one of the biggest risks a financial institution (FI) could take, such is the anticipated pace of change in the next few years.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

“Retail isn’t dead; it needs a revival.”. With a list of bankruptcies growing ever longer, suburbs hosting the carcasses of scores of dead and dying shopping malls and foot traffic on an ever-falling curve, it’s not hard to draw the conclusion that retail — or, at least, the brick-and-mortar version of it — is dead.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

A few months after Nordstrom rolled out its Nordstrom Local concept in West Hollywood, the retailer is planning on adding two more locations in Southern California. The company is also open to bringing the concept to other cities, retail news source Chain Store Age reported. The 3,000-square-foot store boasts multiple features.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

The term eSports can refer to a wide range of games in the competitive space, but in general the most popular ones are in the first-person shooter or multi-player online battle arena genres. The lifestyle retailer will donate $10,000 to HSEL’s scholarship prize pool. In-store sales, notably, is where the retailer needs to see growth.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Areas in California and New York are expected to be affected the most by the ban. The traditional “peak” retail season is giving way to “mini peaks,” spurred by eCommerce promotional events. This week’s merger between eCommerce site search players Searchspring and Nextopia aims to help online retailers stand out against Amazon.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The online marketplace sold more than two million watches last year; 54 percent of the inventory is pre-owned. eBay was founded in 1995 in San Jose, California by Pierre Omidyar , who became a billionaire at the age 31 when the marketplace went public in 1998. Rolex accounts for 40 percent of luxury watch sales on eBay.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today, the “membership has its privileges” mantra is at the core of the latest face-off between the two retail behemoths vying for an increasing portion of consumer spend: Walmart and Amazon. The Prime, Plus Membership Face-off: In-store Versus Online. A PYMNTS study of a census-balanced sample of 2,165 consumers conducted Oct.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

As the digital economy grows, you can bet that crowdsourcing will become an even bigger part of innovation and disruption, along with hiring and investment — all of which will serve to help build only new companies but vital digital infrastructure. One big recent example in favor of such points comes from Goldman Sachs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

card issuers, online retailers, payment providers and other businesses using Socure solutions today, the company said the investment will propel its U.S. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. growth trajectory, particularly in the healthcare and public sectors. Splice Machine.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

Those who love to work out must then avoid gyms and fitness facilities, hurting companies that typically depend on membership subscriptions, retail sales and training revenues. As it stands, consumers are still hunkering down in their residences to stay safe amid the COVID-19 health crisis.

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