PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Even now that its stores are open, the retailer has discovered that its eCommerce, curbside pickup and virtual fitting services remain popular with customers.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 30, 2018

Citigroup has a digital-heavy, branch-light business approach that extends beyond its National Digital Bank platform (announced in March and currently in testing phase), according to Stephen Bird, CEO of Citi’s Global Consumer Banking.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

The retail industry is facing its first sales event of the pandemic with the coming of back-to-school sales. The projections were led by the National Retail Federation (NRF) this week, as it foresees record sales for back to school. Second, are retailers removing friction from the buying process?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The dreaded returns season has hit retail with a predictable but painful thud. In fact, forward-thinking retailers are looking at the return process as a chance to create a positive customer experience. In fact, forward-thinking retailers are looking at the return process as a chance to create a positive customer experience.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Out of the haze of uncertainty emerged a new mobile network, and from the new mobile network came new retail applications and experiences, all taking advantage of the faster speed of the technology, and the potential to reduce friction. 5G Retail Deal. 5G Retail Deal. VR Retail Growth. A new report also says the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Applebee’s has announced that it has partnered with DoorDash for national delivery, the company said in a press release. This latest Applebee’s Delivery innovation allows our neighbors to enjoy their favorite Applebee’s dishes wherever they are,” said Scott Gladstone, vice president of strategy, off-premise and development at Applebee’s.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

All four companies — as well as other retailers — are fitting into the framework of a platform PYMNTS calls Digital 3.0 So far, retailers have done a decent job here. The retailers mentioned at the beginning of this piece have taken a stance on health that should have been taken by federal and local governments.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

The race to 5G retail is on. Recent news out of Asia serves as solid foreshadowing of how 5G could enhance retail in the coming few years. 5G Retail Plans. South Korea’s SK Telecom and retail conglomerate Shinsegae Group have joined forces on 5G retail, for instance. Even so by the latter part of 2019, the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Marc Butterfield, senior vice president of digital and payments solutions at First National Bank of Omaha, will speak at Bank Innovation Build. He will discuss selling innovation internally, in a panel that focuses on pitching, budgets and bridging disparate interests.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

New evidence of that — part of the broader trend of the existential changes in the world of brick-and-mortar retail, changes that are gaining more focus this month — comes from reports that stationery chain Papyrus is closing up shop. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Total retail growth was 3.8

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BankInovation

DECEMBER 2, 2022

National Bank of Canada (NBC) is set to continue its digital innovation strategy through hiring technology-focused talent. “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

Recovery has been slow for the national grocer since prices fell in February. Meanwhile, international retail food group Ahold Delhaize (AD) saw shares fall some more, not benefiting from the same springtime boost grocery and other stocks have seen. CVS’ strategy is also to boost the health of its sales and foot traffic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

But as of now, the USDA [has] deemed shellfish farmers ineligible for that money, arguing that they instead would receive aid from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.”. The Paycheck Protection Program ( PPP ), which is slated to run out at the end of July, has helped some, according to Rivara.

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Payments Source

JULY 6, 2016

Seven months after revealing its branded mobile payment app, Walmart is making Walmart Pay available in more than 4,600 of its stores throughout the U.S., with early figures indicating consumers approve of its "connected" app model.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2017

This national holiday has thus turned into a time where the retail industry provides discounts on products and services to help drive up business profits. At a rate of one-third of the amount of discounts as Black Friday, our nation’s birthday actually is trending upward, with a 15.5 What does this research mean for retailers?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

European, and Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Hong Kong Department of Health, the Government of Canada and China’s National Health Commission have all worked with the project. It encompasses 8,000 integrated retailers that have adopted crypto payments as valid.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. With the advent of connected devices in the palm of almost every consumer’s hand, the retail ecosystem has certainly seen a shift. Through this omnichannel experience, retailers have more ways to connect with consumers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Not only is it a big time for retail but, in a sense, a kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming all all-important holiday shopping season. Retail back-to-school spending for families will hit an average of $696.70 last year, according to the National Retail Federation , a trade group. this year, up from $684.79

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Ouai , a hair and body care brand founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, will roll out some of its merchandise in 1,200 Ulta Beauty locations in addition to the retailer’s website on Sunday (Jan. The retailer wrote in a tweet , “We’re starting off the decade with a big announcement: “@theouai by Jen Atkin is launching at Ulta Beauty!”

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The country recently announced that it will no longer process checks on its national payment system. Truckers play an important role in shuttling deliveries across country to retailers and merchants, handling 71 percent of the freight tonnage moved in America in 2017. Find all the latest headlines in the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

An inherent truth of the retail industry — that consumers, at the end of the day, wield the ultimate power in determining what products and companies succeed — can even be applied to entire business models.

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JUNE 14, 2019

However, in the 2019 Retail Banking Report, a study by Reputation.com that analyzed online data relating to retail banking locations for 23 major U.S. At a high level, retail banking didn’t score as well as other industries with a 341, 174 points lower than retail’s 515.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

NCR, meanwhile, makes ATMs and also does point-of-sale systems for retailers and restaurants, among other types of businesses. NCR was formerly known as National Cash Register and was once owned by AT&T. PYMNTS pointed out earlier this month that NCR's bid for Cardtronics shows the allure the ATM business has.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Sometimes all it takes is a new way of looking at things to open up a world of possibilities — at least, that’s what retailers investing in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) believe. Meanwhile, other industry projections show that more than 800 million AR apps for retailers will be downloaded by consumers by 2019.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest merchants to test out the brick-and-mortar waters. The wedding retailer opened a store in New York City’s Flatiron District that is billed as a “one-stop-shop for wedding planning.”.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Royal Bank of Canada plans to launch a direct-to-consumer bank in the U.S. in hopes of reaching affluent consumers. You’ll see us likely launch a direct-to-consumer bank in the United States sometime at the end of this year or early next year, really focused on a higher net worth customer, not dissimilar to some of […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Pundits prophesy a cashless society — and indeed, vast swaths of consumers are migrating to digital and mobile channels for many of their banking needs, as shown by a decline in the number of brick-and-mortar retail bank branches. The Omni Strategy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It could boost transparency for corporates and give a bankable identity to unbanked distributors and retailers. The micropayments gateway, she said, will expand to bulk, retail and push payments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

Inmar Intelligence , one of the leaders in digital couponing, reported last week that enrollment in digital coupon programs among the top 30 percent of national grocery chains has grown 93 percent year over year since March 1. Now is not the time for CPGs and food retailers to back away from promotional activity.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The Chinese retail economy is on the comeback trail, lending optimism to the thinking that the U.S. Earlier this week the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced that August retail sales rose for the first time this year by 0.5 That’s stacked up against the first eight months of the year when retail sales slid 8.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Mall of the Emirates retailers are set to accept WeChat Pay in the U.A.E. , Yooz Director Magali Michel said, according to reports, “With Yooz, AP automation becomes an easily achievable strategy for businesses to significantly boost efficiency and keep one step ahead of the market. And, in the U.A.E.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Immediacy in retail is no small advantage. While being invisible is something of an odd goal in retail — as it’s hard to sell one’s goods and services if consumers don’t know you exist — Darkstore, as its name implies, is a bit different. Brands and retailers that don’t have a local foothold for their inventory now get one.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Santa: The Original Experiential Retail Strategy. Santa showing up in retail marketing, as far as historians can tell, dates back to the 1840s when some stores went as far as putting up life-sized models of jolly old St. And while much has changed in retail, Santa’s popularity has not. In fact, it is growing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Go Global Retail announced its plans to acquire the assets of ModCloth from Walmart. ModCloth offers exclusive indie and vintage-inspired women’s clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories for 18- to 35-year-old women, while Go Global Retail is a brand investment platform for strategic investors in the consumer sector.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 7, 2019

Peer-to-peer lending program LendingClub is exploring the possibility of obtaining a national bank charter as it adjusts its strategy following a $10.6 million loss in the second quarter. “To

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

As the nation faces gradual reopenings in all 50 states over the next few weeks, U.S. This is just speeding up the significant change the retail industry was already undergoing.”. The acquisition of Jet.com nearly four years ago was critical to accelerating our omni strategy.”. Withdrawal of the Week: Walmart Grounds Jet.com .

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