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OCTOBER 1, 2020

New York City's shelter-in-place measures profoundly challenged rotating retail concept store Showfields , a business offering an immersive shopping experience for digital-first and digital-only retailers. Translating a Brick-and-Mortar Experience to the Online Realm. Merging Physical and Digital Commerce for Reopening.

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MARCH 6, 2020

Real-time payments are imperative for running successful operations in today’s global ecosystem. Tools that can fill specific business needs and features beyond more than just real-time speeds are beginning to grow more important, propelling development and innovation in this area.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Selling fast food these days is not exactly for the faint of heart, given how the industry faces extreme — and increasingly online — competition for the consumer dollar. Those competitive pressures have led to a host of new tools, features and offerings. QSR Innovation. The latest? Combining cannabis culture with hamburgers.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2018

By the time the API-powered recommendation platform company Even Financial announced this month that JPMorgan Chase executive Nadine Murray joined the team as senior vice president of strategy, it merely capped off a year of big moves for the New York City-based fintech. The […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

LevelUp has announced a new partnership. Going forward, the restaurant mobile payments and loyalty firm will tie in with Smarter Takeout, an online and mobile ordering specialist. We’re all about simplifying operations for restaurants, and this partnership will do so across a number of diverse restaurant concepts.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Mediaocean is continuing to innovate with partners like Amino Payments to empower marketers and agencies to plan, execute and measure global cross-media advertising,” said Ramsey McGrory, CRO of Mediaocean. It combines blockchain, advertising and payment technologies to enforce transparency in online advertising.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It’s an ongoing effort that has probably seen more failures than success stories, but that’s certainly not keeping people from betting on new innovations. They check the prices of what they want (showrooming), then buy the item online because it’s cheaper there. You can shop live with consumers,” Levene said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

The drop was tied to closings at its two New York City physical locations and reduced supply for its consignment business model in New York and Los Angeles. The RealReal operates four stores, two in New York and one each in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

No less than Sam’s Club, Starbucks and fashion high-flyer Zara have made adjustments to online ordering and purchasing. The announcement comes after Inditex saw a 95 percent surge in online sales for the month of April alone. The answer: fewer stores and a more concerted push online.”. Zara’s announcement was the most dramatic.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Extending that idea even further are the “ ghost kitchens ” popping up in American cities, which have no seating, signage or public-facing accommodations. One example is the online-only sensation Zoku Sushi , which is profiled in the OTE Tracker. They exist solely to feed the insatiable appetite for OTE. The Shape of Eats to Come.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. Since the pandemic started, Crowe says, more customers are opening online or mobile accounts and making remote payments. Online U.S. By Elizabeth Judd.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

This has been a challenge especially in urban areas like London, Montreal and New York City. Keeping pace with parking payments and innovation. It is mainly active in Canadian cities like Calgary, Montreal and Toronto, though it plans to expand to the U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 28, 2016

In opening its latest Bluemix Garage in New York City , IBM continues to put its money where the developers, software designers and others are. The New York City location will be IBM’s sixth, with garages currently in operation in San Francisco, Toronto, London, Nice, and Tokyo.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

Even though its business model was centered around food discovery and the novel experience of shopping at new locations, Pop Up Grocer also has the digital shift covered. For a business built on a nomadic and innovative business model, the two-year-old firm has reacted quickly and expertly to an unforeseen crisis by pushing into eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Diners, as it stands, spend more via online channels or mobile than when buying in person, which makes delivery rewarding for restaurants and moves them to encourage ordering through those channels. From McDonald’s to Starbucks , quick-service innovators are expanding their mobile ordering efforts with the inclusion of delivery.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

restaurants have permanently shuttered operations, and more than 110,000 anticipated closing their doors in April, according to recent estimates from the National Restaurant Association. Many eateries are thus reimagining their operations to offer guests touch-free ordering and payment experiences. Approximately 30,000 U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The clock is ticking — holiday shipping deadlines are approaching and the last of the holiday shopping procrastinators are either rushing to order online or resigning themselves to a last-minute trip to a crowded mall or shopping center to tough it out in line with all the other procrastinators. said in the release.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Find out how grocers are tackling omnichannel options in the digital age with the following roundup: Ninety percent of customers shop and purchase groceries in a physical store: Online sales may be skyrocketing, but eCommerce is still just scratching the surface when it comes to groceries. purchased groceries online at least once a month.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The combination of Service Cloud Voice and the Amazon Connect solution aim to speed up call resolution while streamlining operations, allowing businesses to provide a powerful customer experience. The new services were announced at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference Nov. 19-22 in San Francisco and New York City.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

One would expect that a event called the Retail Innovation Conference (RIC) would be a veritable brainstorm of big ideas as to how to improve the woeful retail space in the U.S.: mobile payments , beacons , online-to-offline and so forth. Retail operations are important. But logistics are important. Supply chain is important.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Many municipalities are looking to help by proposing new uses for vacant retail sites, including a citywide initiative in Fairfax, Virginia called Activate Fairfax , where the Department of Economic Initiative is soliciting requests for interest in an abandoned Container Store location.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Austin residents officially went online with Amazon Fresh this week, meaning Amazon Prime members can get free two-hour grocery delivery on orders of $35 or more and one-hour delivery for $4.99. Walmart didn’t have much in the way of new rollouts – but they did announce a pretty substantial re-org. 1,” Furner concluded in the memo.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

These new models are attempting to adapt to changes in consumer behavior. At the same time, online food delivery increased nearly 15 percent between 2018 and 2019. A new study also found that 34 percent of consumers used delivery more than they did a year ago. Drive-Thrus are Getting Digital Makeovers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Starbucks has been forced to radically adapt its operations to remain relevant in a landscape that’s looking increasingly like it will be forever altered. It also had plans to bring 300 new stores online in the current fiscal 2020, although that was about half the number planned at the year’s start. Riding the Roller Coaster.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

That’s essentially the thinking behind a new online-focused company called Drum , designed as a souped-up affiliate marketing and networking service via which businesses, no matter how small or large, can essentially crowdsource a solid salesforce. One can count on more attempts at innovation in this space in the years to come.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City flagship: that is, the customer payment and shopping experience in the new space is powered by mobile technology. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Sales of things like personal care products, cosmetics and various other household goods have been slipping, as consumers are increasingly stocking up online or at alternative retail venues like dollar stores for those types of items. The first six of those stores will open just in time for the holiday season in December of this year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Martin Chikilian, vice president of talent operations for freelancing marketplace Toptal , observed that many software developers in Córdoba, Argentina, where he lives, work remotely for Silicon Valley and New York City technology firms, for example.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

With Uber, for example, cars must have four doors and be newer than 15 years old to operate on their platform. Lyft has similar requirements, too, although cars must be no older than 12 years on its platform, unless a driver operates in certain coverage areas. Many, but not all, cars meet Uber and Lyft’s standards.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Innovation in the renewable energy and clean-tech industry has established Toronto as a dynamic hub of activity for the space. Putting Canadian Innovation On The Map. Without the burden of paying for health care, startups can operate more leanly and reinvest those dollars into growing their businesses.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

As Judge explained, Mastercard had determined that there was enough time, in lanes where there were 30 or fewer people (but always the potential looms for overcrowding), that there would be enough time for authentication via cryptogram but no real time to perform online authorization.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Currently in beta, the program allows consumers to use their Venmo debit cards in stores, online or as part of a mobile wallet. “We Later in the week, the company underscored its mobile commerce ambitions with the news that going forward, its users will be able to use the card to pay for purchases at Williams-Sonoma.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

Bicycles in their modern form became common in the early 20th century, making them a brilliant innovation that had the misfortune of showing up on the scene shortly before a slightly better one rolled out: the automobile. They have yet to crack the New York City market, where they have not been legal. and Sacramento.

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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. Funding and investor information is as of 9/6/17.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. Founded: 2015.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

We were thrilled to report that the health of those businesses that line the side streets and main streets of Any Town, USA are not only healthy and growing but making the local economies in which they operate healthy, too. And, that’s not all the good news. Big Retail’s Online Checkout Conversions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 27, 2016

That’s the goal of SaleMove , the company that has built a platform that enables businesses that sell services – banking, mortgage, insurance – to provide an online user experience that exceeds the in-person version. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Estonia and Irvine, California.

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