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Security/Biometric Payments With the widespread popularity of digital payments continuing to grow, security remains at the forefront of concern for payment companies and their vendor partners. For example, many companies have reaped the benefits of using Instagram’s shopping capabilities. million this year and 94.4 million in 2024.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Google Cloud is rolling out Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, a new suite of services that will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help eCommerce firms deliver personalized consumer experiences during a shopping journey’s initial phase. "As

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MAY 16, 2018

Perusing through social media platforms like Instagram, Jessie Zeng came to a realization: Followers wanted to know where they could buy the clothing worn by their favorite celebrities or influencers, but their requests often went unanswered. The experiment was a success and served as an “aha” moment for the soon-to-launch company.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Social media is taking a lot of fire these days, whether the issue is “fake news” or data privacy or just the time-wasting tendencies of many users. But social media is also driving retail innovation, and those trends are going to help shape commerce in the all-important fourth quarter and beyond into the 2020s.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. But […].

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

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. . The company’s collections by Riccardo Tisci, however, have boosted sales.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the highly connected digital age, consumers are interacting with a multitude of social media sites as well as apps and connected devices. During this time, retailers and tech companies are bringing integrated shopping experiences into the sites and apps where consumers spend the most time. Nearly 60 percent of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Meet Shark Wheel, a company that has literally invented a wheel that’s not round and added some innovation to the eCommerce space by partnering with a new one-click checkout system. It makes skateboards, contributed new wheel designs to farming, printing, luggage companies and the U.S. Talk about reinventing the wheel.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Luxury and upscale retail are undergoing some significant changes as the holiday shopping season kicks off and a new decade approaches. The retailer recently delivered earnings that beat analysts’ expectations for the recently completed financial quarter, even as its net sales declined year over year. Social Retail.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Pet retail is having a moment, with innovation and other efforts helping merchants better reach owners of dogs, cats and other household animals. One of the latest developments comes from a company called Pawscout. Online pet pharmacies also are pulling greater weight in pet retail. Better Pet Tag. Pet Medicine.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in apparel retail. Or, perhaps more accurately, through tactics that are so traditional they are surprising to see in a modern retail context.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Fitness and wellness are helping to change the face of retail in 2020. Furthermore, consumers are always looking for variety, and for community — something a digital operation like ClassPass can help build in almost a social media-like way. Innovation is also taking place within retail brick-and-mortar pharmacies.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

However, 8 percent of Cyber Monday visits did originate from social media, an increase of 17.5 It comes from WBR Insights , which credits customer engagement via social media. Brand advertisers, it says, need to justify social media ROI. percent from the prior year. Savvy Brands.

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JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. The company was founded in 2016. As it stands, the company rolled out Prime services in the country in 2016.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And it might not go so far in payments and commerce in the coming decade, at least going by the results of a new Mastercard collaboration with Harvard Business Review Analytics on what really works when it comes to innovation, companies and executives. 2020 Innovation Sparks. The report, released Tuesday (Nov.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

And retail and commerce-related payments are certainly a big part of that trend. It’s not just the direct selling of products to consumers that matters when it comes to cross-border retail. Several retail and retail-related trends are at play with this funding announcement. Importance of Logistics and Payments.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 15, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Welcome BMO Bolt, Bank of Montreal’s virtual assistant on social media platform Facebook Messenger. The bot, announced today, was created in partnership with conversational banking technology company Finn.AI. This chatbot provides only unauthenticated information,Read More.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Innovation has been a welcome development for retailers in the pandemic. Pivoting business models have been the hallmark of some major changes, including the complete reconfiguring of companies such as Zara and Nike and luxury brands like Ferragamo and Moncler. Now, Burberry is continuing its status as an innovator.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been to reformat existing stores. From there, we look at where the people who are interested in us are coming from, based on social media and traditional media.”.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

If there’s one social platform out there that just might be able to steal e-commerce business away from Amazon, it’s Instagram–a visual, highly interactive and personalized platform that just added the ability for users to shop.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

But these restaurants are not innovating all that fast — even with all sorts of new technologies hitting the market. But customer adoption isn’t behind the slow adoption of QSR innovations — in fact, 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit QSRs in the future.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

While the shift to the online space is often seen as the great game-changer in retail, Loren Padelford, vice president and general manager of Shopify Plus , said that the change is actually to something more fundamental. A lot of traditional merchants and retailers are struggling with that change. How do you sell on Facebook?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine and newspaper advertisement from, say, before the 1960s can be fun and illuminating. Already, retailers, telecoms and others are mapping out that 5G AR future (and beyond). The Rise Of AR.

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JUNE 21, 2017

To say that the retail industry is going through a minor transformation right now would be an understatement. While several store closings and bankruptcy filings have been reported over the past year, the retail news cycle hasn’t exactly painted an inspiring image for the future of retail.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Earlier this month, Saks Fifth Avenue President Marc Metrick told CNBC that the luxury retailer didn’t need fancy artificial intelligence (AI) to help it succeed in the industry, despite the tectonic shift thrusting every other retailer into reliance on such technologies. Some luxury retailers are starting to offer such experiences.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Retailers are dutifully speaking with their payment service providers (PSPs) and industry partners to adhere to these shifts, but they must also keep their customers’ experiences in mind. retailer trade group, Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ), told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Retailers And Data’s Role .

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APRIL 12, 2018

Tech companies are spending big on research and development (R&D). tech companies invested a total of $76 billion in the field last year, Recode reported. The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. Amazon spent $22.6 Nougat and above.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Still, that seems so old-fashioned in this digital age — at least according to Andrea Chavez, Founder of Pawscout , a company whose signature product is a Bluetooth-enabled tag that not only helps pet owners find their wayward pets, but gives them access to other digital and mobile services. Social Media Aspect.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

We all know — and keep hearing almost ad nauseam — all about how the rise of online shopping is changing the very face of the retail industry and consumer habits. But what is that “changing face of retail” actually going to look like in a few years? How influential will mobile and social media be to their purchasing habits?

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Social media image-sharing platform Pinterest is introducing an augmented reality (AR) try-on tool to help users assess and compare eyeshadow. . The company is also expanding product tagging beta and will soon give creators the opportunity to develop shoppable Story Pins and tag products. 22) press release.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

To serve a wide range of consumers in the digital age, innovators are rolling out subscription offerings ranging from news content to gaming. With subscriptions gaining ground in areas such as digital media and gaming, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker , telecom firms are capitalizing on the popularity of these offerings.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. Such offerings can help QSRs bring in customers: According to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index , 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit in the future.

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