PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. The report quoted Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s senior vice president of new media distribution, as saying, “The Base:Line playlist will have about 40 songs with a hip-hop vibe and will be refreshed weekly.”

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PYMNTS

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. Pawscout, as it turns out, just launched its $20 pet tags in Walmart — and is selling the product via other retailers, Chavez told PYMNTS. physical retail landscape. Better Pet Tag.

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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

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as Instagram to post promotions and product tutorials — or interact openly with consumers about their offerings. About the same share — or 60.9

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Fitness and wellness are helping to change the face of retail in 2020. In addition, data and tech are at such a point that offering digital and mobile alternatives, and options for fitness-related classes, can be done in a seamless way — a way that includes a seamless payments experience, too. One reason for all of that?

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JANUARY 20, 2020

That’s understandable, given how viciously email, texting and other forms of digital and mobile communication have displaced actual writing — which, of course, would seem to reduce the need for actual stationery products. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. None of that will save the Papyrus retail chain.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2019

BMO Harris Bank did itself a favor by being responsive to questions and criticism on social media from customers locked out of their digital accounts with the bank this past week, according to Adrenaline, an experience design company.

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PYMNTS

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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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Alibaba and Tencent , which are locked in a battle to win over consumers, have invested more than $10 billion in retailers since the beginning of 2017. As a result, retailers are taking sides, CNBC reported. As a result, the companies are rolling out mobile payments at even more physical stores. And, in the U.S.,

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 22, 2019

Neither video games nor dating nor shopping have a stronger pull, in terms of initial mobile app retention than financial apps, according to one report released by mobile app research firm Liftoff.

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PYMNTS

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

JANUARY 25, 2019

BMO Harris Bank is having technical difficulty with the rollout of its new mobile banking app, which is part of a digital revamp of Bank of Montreal’s U.S. operations.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Instagram , the photo and video sharing social media platform operator, is rolling out a trial of a new shopping program in which users can shop and check out within the app. based mobile users. Payment information entered on Instagram can be saved and orders can be managed from the app.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

The digital retail revolution is well underway. Fusing technology into in-store experiences has officially gone mainstream, and retailers are looking for ways to go beyond the traditional mobile app. How much has AI affected the digital retail revolution and what’s next for it?

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MARCH 16, 2017

Now while Facebook initially launched its Messenger chat service in 2011, it wasn’t a major hit right away and the social media giant continued to refine its offering. She said, “Our Facebook Messenger virtual agent experience is faster than any website or mobile app and easier to use than any online form.

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APRIL 18, 2017

It’s nearly impossible to find a day where money isn’t flowing between retailers and consumers. The retail industry is in the nascent stages of seeing the impact of what’s been dubbed “chat commerce.” The digital storefront has a lot of different paths for customers and how they connect to retailers.”.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2019

s robust marketing strategy for its retail bank has paid off, as the bank today reported that half of its new retail customers were millennials. Of Ally Financial’s 230,000 new retail deposit customers via its retail side, Ally Bank, 126,500 were millennials, according to bank’s earnings report released today.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Ant Financial, which operates Chinese internet giant Alibaba’s Alipay mobile payment app, just made two maneuvers to gain ground in its war against Tencent for dominance of the Chinese mobile payments market: one on the domestic front, and one on the international front.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2018

That according to new documents released yesterday by Congress that contain written responses from the social media company on its data and privacy […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Those who travel to some of the wealthier parts of the world, however, will discover the well-to-do have much more expensive unattended retail tastes. shoppers got their own taste of unattended luxury retail when vending machines dispensing caviar were installed in several Los Angeles-area malls. A few years ago, U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network operator owned by Facebook, has surpassed Snapchat as the most frequented social media platform among teenagers. YouTube was preferred by 33 percent of the survey respondents, noted CNBC.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Clienteling is familiar to any retailer who wants to stay in touch with their most valuable customers. Several companies rolled out social media connectivity apps to keep customer relationships alive for non-essential brick-and-mortar retail. But it too is now making the shift to Digital 3.0

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JUNE 20, 2016

And while its last earnings were probably not what they’d like, though notably better than Wall Street was expecting, there does seem to be at least some early evidence that reinvention of retail is offering Oracle an opportunity to reinvent itself a little bit too. Solving Their Problem By Solving Social Media’s Problem.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Wells Fargo customers nationwide are experiencing technical difficulty accessing the San Francisco-based bank’s online and mobile banking services.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

Put simply, social currency is anything that a consumer shares about themselves – be it online, via social media or in person – because they believe it will make others like them. Social currency can be a very important factor when it comes to consumers’ retail decisions.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. In some cases that data is based on mobile locations; in some its based on transaction patterns. Google is bringing it to the broader retail market this year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Tour operators who offer a wildlife adventure or a skydiving experience may face a common challenge: How can they market their activities to the right travelers? To reach those customers, some businesses are turning to social media networks designed around travel offer deals and reservations. The Market for Activities.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Apple reportedly said that the service will not allow advertisers to track what subscribers are reading, which means no targeted ads based on consumed news stories, as is the case with social media. As PYMNTS has regularly documented, subscription eCommerce is among the hottest areas of digital retail.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. 21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The company owns 458 stores in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

According to Zach Hensley, vice president of operations and guest experiences for the Seahawks and CenturyLink Field, these services are changing how fans experience live games and boosting their overall enjoyment. But it’s not just payments where the NFL and other sports can shine when it comes to digital and mobile technologies.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

Online and mobile shoppers may have a seemingly endless shopping mall at their fingertips, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy to buy. Retailers lose out on an estimated $236 billion worth of sales annually because they create difficult or frustrating shopping and checkout experiences. Source: Checkout Conversion Index.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

With India expected to be a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025, online retailers all want a piece of the action. based retailers to get a stronghold in India. While Amazon and Walmart are competing for eCommerce dominance in India, they might be overlooking a key rival in the country: Mukesh Ambani, the country’s richest man.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This is the problem that California startup FaceCake was founded to solve — leveraging augmented reality (AR) technology and a new cohort of early adopting, mobile-enthused shoppers. Most might assume the brand was some kind of social media experience for bakers, or perhaps an eCommerce venture built around vanity confections.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

From hardware to software, from cash registers to digital wallets, the way commerce is done at smaller firms (SMBs) is changing, especially as mobile makes inroads into the way we pay. The melding of apps in mobile devices has made them indispensable over the past decade or so. Laying The Groundwork. Ah, but how to get there?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

That’s reportedly the case when it comes to luxury retail brand Gucci. According to a new report in the Financial Times , Gucci plans to open six call centers, including in such cities as Florence and Shanghai, as the retailer chases consumer demand for smartphone-enabled commerce, especially among millennials in the hunt for luxury goods.

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Millennials New York City social media Branding 158

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to a report in Reuters , citing Dada-JD Daohjia, the company is partly owned by JD.com and operates two businesses: Dada, the delivery service that has a network of 5 million delivery men, and JD Daojia, which partners with retails stores to provide delivery services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

What this all means for brick-and-mortar operators is the big question as 2021 gets underway. To take the vaccine or not is a question many Americans are mulling, leading to the usual social media war of words, and a measure of confusion along with all of those immunizations. A Dose Of Shopper Confusion Along With Vaccines.

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