PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

CVS retail business, separate from its pharmacy operations, has had a difficult few years. Same-store sales have been falling, particularly as some staples that were once common drugstore sales have departed solidly online. But those general retail items will be reduced and restricted to make more room for healthcare-related services.

Retail 116

Retail Houston Texas Innovation 116

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.

Innovation 183

Innovation Mobile Branding Maryland 183

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio. The retailer, which has 1,143 stores globally, closes an average of around 15 stores annually.

Branding 129

Branding Retail Columbus Las Vegas 129

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Online grocery shopping went to the moon from March to May, with PYMNTS’ Navigating COVID-19 series recording a 400 percent increase, equating to $6.6 billion in online spend. Smaller independent grocers have been forced to scramble to ramp up their digital services as the grocery market migrates online, however.”.

Dallas 131

Dallas Innovation Online Texas 131

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Texas might be known for its BBQ, chicken-fried steak or chili, but food innovators in the Lone Star State are making their mark with meat-free products inspired by the local culinary landscape. The company uses the prickly pear because it is the Texas state plant.).

Texas 139

Texas New York City Denver social media 139

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“One thing is certain — consumers will continue to seek out digitally-driven experiences regardless of what the future holds,” said Jess Turner, executive vice president of Mastercard’s North America products and innovation, in the announcement. “We Florida; and Texas. and Canada, according to the announcement.

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Maryland Virginia Florida 151

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

percent of consumers were shopping for retail goods online as of May 23, up from the 32.5 percent increase of consumers who shopped online for retail goods on April 11 and 24.1 million consumers are now shopping online, compared to the 66.4 However, even the high end needs to be online. This is a 29.4

Retail 131

Retail Online Texas Comparison 131

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.

Retail 110

Retail Mobile Report Texas 110

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.

Rhode Island 100

Rhode Island Ohio Indiana New Jersey 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Digital disbursement innovation is picking up speed in certain states, luckily, as digital payment technology becomes more readily available and less costly. In the State And Local Disbursements Report , PYMNTS examines the current state of disbursement innovation and reform for U.S. government departments.

Idaho 130

Idaho Illinois Innovation Tennessee 130

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

As the company’s chief digital officer, Sethia and his team have built what is arguably the most valuable loyalty program in retail with more than 33 million members. Because it’s at the fuel pump that Sethia and his team have made their latest customer innovation. We were the first ones to have a gas station.”. Can we connect those?

Virginia 245

Virginia Florida Texas Retail 245

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. .

Ohio 116

Ohio Montana Wyoming Columbus 116

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Indeed, new evidence recently emerged about the deployment of the latest generation of mobile technology – one that promises to bring significant changes to retail and payments thanks to bandwidth expansion and faster processing, along with new challenges and questions as early 5G case studies loom. Biometric Innovation. 5G Expansion.

Mobile 123

Mobile North Carolina Texas San Antonio 123

PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Convenience stores (C-stores), overall, are in an innovation rut. It’s almost as if pay at the pump has become a pit stop for innovating and using IT to their advantage. It’s almost as if pay at the pump has become a pit stop for innovating and using IT to their advantage. When It Comes To C-Store Innovation, Size Matters.

Innovation 145

Innovation Retail Mobile Texas 145

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below).

Innovation 15

Innovation Fintech Online Mobile 15

Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2016

Austin, Texas-based Malauzai‘s online and mobile platforms will now include personal financial management tools. This means that before you pay that bill with a snap of your smartphone camera, you can check what other bills are coming due this week, and how much this will cut into your planned trip Read More.

Austin 150

Austin Texas Tools Online 150

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

The service, which is called Amazon Cash, allows Amazon customers in Mexico to deposit between 100 and 5,000 pesos ($5 through $260) per online transaction, with a daily limit of 10,000 pesos. The addition of jobs in Texas comes a few weeks after Amazon pulled out of creating its second headquarters, partly in New York City.

Austin 154

Austin New York City Texas Payments 154

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. At the time, it was noted that the Texas company would close 32 corporate-owned facilities for good and reorganize its balance sheet.

West Virginia 130

West Virginia Virginia Exercises Texas 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

“Following an assessment of our operational structure in light of this progress, we identified an opportunity to further optimize our processes by transferring a substantial portion of our production volume from our Arlington, Texas facility to our largest and most efficient facility in Linden, New Jersey.”.

Arlington 122

Arlington New Jersey Texas Trends 122

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Warehouse clubs may conjure up images of cavernous stores stocked high with merchandise as far as the eye can see, but Walmart ’s Sam’s Club is taking a different approach with a new store in Texas. The new brick-and-mortar location will come chock-full of new retail innovations, but the store won’t carry a plethora of items.

St. Louis 109

St. Louis Dallas Retail Innovation 109

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Mobile checkout is getting a boost from one of the largest retailers, further evidence of the technology’s continuous move deeper into the consumer mainstream. The new frictionless shopping experience is integrated into the 7Rewards loyalty program in the convenience retailer’s mobile app.

Mobile 128

Mobile New York City Retail Austin 128

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

FedEx is coming to Walmart in the form of internal shops that will help customers print, pack and ship out of 500 of the retailer’s locations nationwide. The tie-in will reduce some friction for both in handling the last-mile element of online sales. Retailers are looking at all the tools at their disposal,” Philips said.

South Carolina 140

South Carolina North Carolina Arkansas Colorado 140

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Texas-based national rent-to-own operator Rent-A-Center recently announced that it has nearly completed the nationwide rollout of an end-to-end eCommerce solution. In fact, more than 70 percent of our online customers are shoppers who are either new to Rent-A-Center or who have not done business with us in over one year.”.

Puerto Rico 100

Puerto Rico Samsung Texas Online 100

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

McDonald’s recently made a deal with DoorDash this month to deliver food from locations in Texas. That said, mobile order-ahead apps — as can be the case generally when comes to many types of retail innovations — have lower adoption among smaller QSRs. Previously, the company had an exclusive delivery arrangement with Uber.

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

The holiday season isn’t only about retail and payments. Even the humble board game couldn’t avoid its reach,” reads a treatment from PC World , “receiving an electronic computerized upgrade courtesy of inexpensive microcontrollers like the Texas Instruments TMS100, which first appeared in 1975.”. Yes, board games. The Future of Games.

Trends 211

Trends Texas Retail Groups 211

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

According to a press release, the Texas-based airline is launching what it calls “Flagship Cellars,” a joint venture with online wine retailer Vinesse that will offer home delivery of a specially curated menu of selections normally only sold to its super-premium Flagship passengers.

Comparison 147

Comparison Texas Operations Retail 147

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

The retailer could also provide fast payment options, such as self-checkout, Stewart Samuel, program director for IGD Services , told Reuters. The news comes as Amazon’s annual report shows that it’s thinking long term when it comes to Whole Foods, with the online retailer’s unconditional purchase obligations increasing to $24.2

Fort Worth 109

Fort Worth Los Angeles San Francisco Dallas 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

To help event organizers distribute tickets, online platforms are creating environments that efficiently work for buyers and sellers. The Austin, Texas-based company provides software to organizers of large and small events. “It Ticket Buying Innovation. It wasn’t leveraging the latest and greatest.”

Mobile 164

Mobile Austin Texas Apple 164

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Pine Labs , which started as an offline retail payment provider in 1998, has since evolved to become a payment acceptance, stored value and in-store customer credit company that enables consumers to opt into installment payments plans online or at the point of sale in a physical store. The Frictionless Flow .

Austin 186

Austin Cards Marketing Mobile 186

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

To help consumers rent clothing for a special occasion or everyday life, online platforms are connecting borrowers with those looking to rent out clothing through emerging peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. At the University of Texas at Austin campus, for instance, people can, say, meet at the library.

Austin 101

Austin Texas Retail Maine 101

CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. 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. Get the 54-page retail report.

Innovation 77

Innovation Retail Branding Technology 77

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Layer3 is betting big on basic and premium channel bundles, going against major players AT&T, HBO and CBS and others that have embraced online streaming via desktop and mobile apps to compete with the likes of Netflix and Hulu. and has since rolled out to Chicago.

Washington 100

Washington Colorado Illinois Boston 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Saladworks also plans to plant corporate stores in key markets in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas over the next six to 12 months. At fast casual Saladworks, he’ll be responsible for identifying and recruiting multi-unit franchisees who want to diversify their portfolio with a new growth vehicles.

Fort Worth 100

Fort Worth Dallas Georgia Atlanta 100

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

However, that doesn’t mean the art of selling fruits and veggies in a controlled environment in-store translates perfectly online. The mega-retailer announced last Tuesday (July 19) that it was launching a new initiative to get more imperfectly shaped fruits and vegetables onto store shelves. That’s not all, though.

Apple 100

Apple Online Florida Texas 100

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

times tangible book for the attractive geographic footprint of BBVA weeks before the COVID vaccine starts to ship should spell accretion and strong future strategic positioning for PNC, especially in Texas where a brain drain from California led by Elon Musk will continue. The Tiny Bank that Did It Award UBank of Texas.

Idaho 172

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 172

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

The Dash Wand retails for a very affordable $20, which nets zero for Amazon Prime members after rebates. A new study by Mintel showed that one in seven, or 14 percent, of Britons do all their grocery shopping online, avoiding the market altogether. 48 percent do at least some of their shopping online. The evidence? In the U.S.,

Company 129

Company Mobile Seattle Online 129

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

Up next are areas in Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and South Carolina. is beefing up its ecommerce capabilities with a $10 million investment in online meal kit retailer Chef’d. Instacart started in San Francisco but announced that it plans to launch in more than 100 new markets by the end of 2017. Finally, Campbell Soup Co.

South Carolina 121

South Carolina San Francisco Connecticut Utah 121