PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Of course, large retailers, too, are continuing to invest in accelerating their investments in their digital experiences. Many of these smaller firms, he said, did not have individual, digitized payment experiences woven into their overall operating infrastructures before the pandemic hit.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

OfferUp Senior Manager of Business Development Daniel Azoulai said in an announcement for the partnership, “More than half of OfferUp’s 44 million annual users are millennials, and as our most engaged customers, are incredibly aware of their impact on the planet and the value of recommerce.” for sellers and buyers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

Online retail has taught merchant and consumer alike a pertinent lesson for the age of digital retail: Everything might have a price, but the quest for the ultimate bargain means it can always be lower. The story starts with a somewhat out-of-the-blue move from leading discount retailer Dollar General.

Millennials 100

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

For at least two generations, Walmart has stood for more than just retail. Rather, recent news from the land of Walmart has provided an opportunity to take a step back and consider all the things that one of the world’s most important retailers has become. Jet.com continues to operate as a separate website from Walmart.com.

Arkansas 108

Arkansas Branding Millennials Retail 108

NCR

JULY 12, 2016

Millennial customers are quickly becoming key to the growth strategy of financial institutions, particularly in hyper-competitive markets where customer churn remains high. While millennials tend to judge a bank on the basis of its digital capabilities, they still also expect a human connection to advise them.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

(ARC), which says it “provides channel-agnostic tools and insights to help the global travel community connect, grow and thrive,” had taken a majority stake in nuTravel, described as a “leading developer of applications that provide airlines with online retailing solutions with enhanced features to support travel agency services.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

How are CUs utilizing videoconferencing capabilities on interactive teller machines (ITMs) to maintain their branch operations during the pandemic, and how is biometric technology helping them offer more secure, quicker and touchless ATM services? Retailing 2020: Five Things To Watch. Retail Reopening Hinges On Dangerous Discounts.

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Maine ATM Innovation Millennials 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

communities. communities. And some of those areas and cities — Chattanooga, Tennessee stands as a good example — are striving to become more attractive to millennials and others, with better internet a big part of such efforts. The company said in its FCC filing that it will help serve communities in the U.S. “by

Payments 131

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Q3 operating profit hit $792 million, up from $254 million the previous year. The company further noted that it has made “continued investments to support and safeguard associates, customers and communities, nearly $1.3 Midwest retailer Meijer has signed on with the service to provide same-day delivery of groceries.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2016

While that may sound like a line from a self-help book, it’s actually a business strategy that more and more retailers are adopting. A concept that may not seem so novel is actually driving some impressive growth for retail chains across the country and around the globe. Stores within stores. As PYMNTS reported, on Jan.

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Retail New York City Strategy Millennials 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Facing a growing cash crunch — and trying to streamline its operation — Brandless laid off 13 percent of its staff last March.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 24, 2017

Millennials this…”, “Small businesses that…”, Community banks are…”. Among other things, this pleasant article states “Smaller community banks like Edison, which emphasize personal service, said they have no plans to scale back drive-through or other services at brick-and-mortar locations.” Let’s look at each one briefly….

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Ten years later, the company continues to disrupt the diamond mining and traditional jewelry retail space with its lab-grown diamonds — offering customers a diamond alternative they can truly feel good about buying. For diamond mining companies and many traditional jewelry retailers, this technology comes as a major threat.

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Portland Community Branding Retail 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Visa said Monday evening at a New York gathering in anticipation of the launch that events through a year-long campaign will include interactive workshops, tailored on a community-by-community basis. 30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally.

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Atlanta New York social media Community 189

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018. Mallzee created a digital mall where consumers can compare many different retail brands.

Apple 159

Apple Mobile Fraud Branding 159

PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Consumers – particularly millennials – are driving less and buying fewer cars; the age of the internal combustion engine is coming to an end in favor of electric vehicles; and, of course, vehicles as we know them are soon to be replaced by self-driving software platforms that we will call “cars” mostly out of nostalgia.

Millennials 101

Millennials Operations Mobile Cards 101

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

According to Supermarket News, Hy-Vee ranked 24 th among North American grocery retail providers in 2016. We are adapting to customers’ changing lifestyles and to meet their needs,” said Tara Deering-Hansen, group vice president of communications for Hy-Vee, when the retailer announced its new health-focused retail format in July.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and retail. It’s as if the retail world is really coming down to Walmart versus Amazon. makes it the largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue and number of employees. Walmart Vs. Amazon.

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Millennials Apple Retail Mobile 119

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. This is why ICBA and community banks must continue to push consistent regulation of bank and nonbank financial service providers. Siphoning customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

As of right now, some are lauding a successful retail Hail Mary, while others yawn at what they see as moderate gains (at best). But for a handful of retailers, the Black Friday returns are not a terribly important point of interest, because they decide to forfeit early in the race. Did It Work . I’m disappointed ModCloth.

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social media Branding Retail Millennials 101

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Not a tremendous sum — but enough seed money (pardon the pun) to get the business up and running as a bootstrapped operation. Flash forward to 2018, and the brand had successfully made that more consumer-centric push as more millennials discovered the joys of plant ownership. And the goal, with the now $7.8

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

The company operates on a “one-for-one” business model, which means that it donates one pair of shoes or glasses to communities in third-world countries for every pair sold to a first-world consumer. These donations often take the form of charitable community projects such as schools and other public works in the area.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

One where grocery stores, restaurants and eCommerce can deliver anything and everything to your home almost instantly by drone, payments are automatic, doctors do house calls, people communicate by FaceTime and most of the labor force works remotely. But it’s not just the retailers trying to cut costs who are embracing technology.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A consensus says that the future banking customer relationships—particularly for millennial consumers—will orbit to one degree or another around mobile technology. Tying community bank relationships with mobile banking is like peanut butter and jelly—it adds lots of stickiness and feeds the relationship.”. —Ed

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a nutshell, that’s what PayPal Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready said is both the problem with and the path forward for in-store mobile payments. And, he noted, doing all of that across operating systems and platforms — and, increasingly, connected devices. Those use cases, Ready noted, evolve as the needs of their users do.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise. I’ll point out that those retailers did, apparently, have the money to hire lawyers. Investors put $2.65

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 9, 2016

Statistics are especially compelling for those trying to attract and maintain the millennial segment. As a group, millennials switch from their primary bank at a pace nearly double the average of other age groups, and they point to high fees and poor loyalty programs as the top reasons why they are dissatisfied with their banks (3).

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Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

And at a micro level, how do community banks reach a generation overwhelmed with debt that inhibits wealth? A whopping 63 percent of millennials (ages 18 to 29) don’t have a credit card, according to a survey commissioned by Bankrate and compiled by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Get out of the office.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. So many miles to go, retail bankers!

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

That might not be a crazy assumption: Reports from Nielsen reveal that television viewership by that demographic has declined more than 40 percent since 2010 and is off 11 percent year over year for the older half of millennials aged 25 to 34. million visits, represent the seventh most-trafficked online retailer, ahead of Macy’s.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

One of the most significant: the health and importance of small businesses and, in particular, the “mom-and-pop” shops that line the Main Streets and side streets of our local communities. Read on for what they happen to say about the state of their businesses and the local economies in which they operate. Are SMBs Ready For EMV?

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Trends Retail Fraud Mobile 100

Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

That’s why digital capabilities have revolutionized every industry from retail and healthcare to banking—if the same services can be had from half a world away, and for a lower cost, why not avail of them? No one understands this trend better than those pesky millennials. Some online-only startup, with operations based overseas?

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Millennials Survey social media Online 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Last week, along with its launch of the new operating system iOS 11 , Apple rolled out a whole new design for the iOS App Store. smartphone owners now download a grand total of zero apps per month, and most new app downloads are (unsurprisingly) concentrated in the millennial demographic. All of the above are being tried….

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Google Apple Software blockchain 169

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. London transportation that accepts Oyster will support mobile payments of up to £30 only, and for larger amounts, users can use Vodafone Pay at retailers, which requires a PIN. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4 But In the U.S.,

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Mobile Payments Apple Samsung 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

According to recent industry research , consumers, particularly millennials that are accustomed to shopping on digital channels, expect merchants like supermarkets to offer technology that gives them more control over their shopping experiences. In today’s tech-driven world, attracting modern consumers can mean offering the latest technology.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

The Rumble In The Big Retail Jungle. Last week, the biggest retailer in the world by revenue, Walmart, made an announcement that made it clear that it’s really not that interested in ceding the title of world’s biggest retailer to a younger, and nimble challenger named Amazon. A Retailer On The Ropes?

Retail 100

Retail Online Training Innovation 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The wellness trends is affecting everything from the way gyms operate to how retailers design clothing to how smart cities are designed. Notably, millennials are more lifestyle-focused, placing a greater value on health and wellness over material goods than ever before. Gyms are also being leveraged as retail partners.

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