PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The eCommerce giant was already planning an expansion strategy, which the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated heavily. CoStar consultant Juan Arias told the Financial Times the pandemic had made it hard for companies to hire people in fast-growing cargo handling regions. The pandemic did enable Amazon to boost its workforce even more.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Rapid consolidation in the banking industry is creating a growing band of regional banks that find themselves stuck in a solution provider market that isn’t fully capable of serving them. FIS has captured a dominant share in the regional banking space with its IBS core platform (formerly Metavante).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. Retailers can engage with an “AI lite” strategy that produces lookalike customer data and a level of predictive analytics. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

As such, the European Banking Authority (EBA) has announced extensions for retailers that may require more time to comply. These extensions will only be granted to a select few retailers, however. Deep Dive: Retailers Brace For SCA’s Downsides. The company will address these allegations in Austrian court. About the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, David Weidner, senior director of Pelion Market Development at Arm , said that that data combined with machine learning (ML) is the key for retailers to build personalized shopping experiences across physical and online settings.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

“A lot of brands are having a hard time keeping up with the pace of consumer changes,” StyleSage ’s Director of Marketing and Digital Strategy Elizabeth Shobert told PYMNTS in an interview. Historically, large retailers tend to move more slowly. Brands and retailers work on a global scale, after all. Fashion Analytics.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Investing in digital ordering experiences is now a core part of the company’s business model, according to Nicole West, Chipotle’s vice president of digital strategy and product. She added that AI enables Chipotle to provide more convenient experiences, which are central to its digital ordering strategy.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

As we enter budgeting season, the answers might be found in a mix of strategies. Consider your branch strategy. Recruiting is easier in some regions than others. If you average five people to a retail branch and one person has COVID, then the other four need to quarantine.”. By Elizabeth Judd. Connors, Jr.,

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 26, 2015

One of the major themes will be regional integration, which is another way of saying the development of cross-border markets. In insurance, the continued development of regional markets. It’s 2015, the mid-point of the decade and a good time to start looking at major trends in Asian financial services over the next five to ten years.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

As it sets a new strategy into motion to drive growth amid its presence in markets around the world, Mondel?z 30) that he shared a long-term strategy in September to refocus the company toward sustainable top-line growth, which he noted was a “natural evolution” from a more cost- and margin-oriented strategy of the prior five years.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Walmart recently announced it would be using WeChat Pay at all of its stores in China’s western region. Semir will stock the 300 Children’s Place locations with apparel, footwear and accessories and operate the brand’s regional eCommerce business.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

As it slowly starts to recover from the devastating losses of the restaurant business during the early days of the pandemic, shellfishing companies in the region are now trying to find new ways to get their product to market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s impossible to predict the effects the hurricane will have on retail, a review of the damage from previous storms can shed some light on how hurricanes have historically affected retail businesses. When Hurricane Matthew hit the east coast last year, retail sales at clothing stores fell by 6.8 Of that, $32.1

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Okay, that’s not the best joke ever from the PYMNTS Bureau of Stand-Up Comedy, but the point is that the popularity of pizza constitutes a driving force for ongoing retail innovation – and we have proof. We used to just have a digital punch card,” said Kevin Blesy, head of strategy for &pizza. Let’s take the Washington, D.C.-based

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Anthony Englund, director of digital strategy at MSPC, the content marketing agency in St. That client targeted specific parameters like its servicing region, an essential consideration for community banks. Paid social represents one component of a digital marketing strategy. Paul, Minn., DIY vs. partnering.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

It’s been a week of experimentation in retail, with many big names opening new types of stores to — as the saying goes — see what sticks. It seems more likely that these brands will uncover their key rather than some universal master retail key that can solve the brick-and-mortar challenge across the board.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

The advent of generative artificial intelligence is about to shift branch strategy again to re-raise the question – how can we get the most out of our branches? As such, banks should use the branch purposefully, leveraging a specific strategy built around human interaction. Strategy drives tactics, and tactics can drive success.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Patrik Frisk, president and CEO of Under Armour, told The Baltimore Sun that the company is focused on returning to profitability and is planning to invest in eCommerce and company-owned retail outlets. . The Asia-Pacific region saw a 15 percent jump in sales.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

When McClure first started her company, she went to many shows to pitch the concept and to get to know people, while also talking about the brand and its marketing strategy. That strategy expands the reach of its suppliers through what McClure calls “an exponential communication vehicle.”. The Brands.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Iconic American retailers that have been around more than 100 years are creating new concepts for the new era of retail. Boutros continued, “We are here to serve these communities and this is part of our strategy to maintain a presence in markets where we have right-sized our footprint.”. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics has released a report stating that global smartphone shipments dropped 38 percent year on year in February of 2020. Smartphone demand collapsed in Asia last month due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and this dragged down shipments across the world,” said Linda Sui, director at Strategy Analytics.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces — Tencent and JD.com. Walmart , for example, brought a small-format supermarket to the city of Shenzhen as the popularity of “small retail” grows in China. The result?

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Bank Innovation

JULY 24, 2019

based regional bank with $28 billion in assets, is growing its human-digital strategy through its Go-To app. Umpqua Bank, the Portland, Ore.-based Through the mobile digital platform, the bank is putting customers directly in touch with a personal banker who customers can text.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 24, 2019

based regional bank with $28 billion in assets, is growing its human-digital strategy through its Go-To app. Umpqua Bank, the Portland, Ore.-based Through the mobile digital platform, the bank is putting customers directly in touch with a personal banker who customers can text.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Among the latest is a report from the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, or BEIS for short, that shows continued impact on smaller firms. Among the names cited in the report, retailers WHSmith has payment terms that have stretched between 90 days to 120 days, and Boots has terms that range from 75 days to 120 days.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Further, the competition is not just another bank that might make a loan or take a deposit, but it could be a credit union, insurance company, retail store, or a fintech. Traditionally, community banks would compare their financial performance and health to similar-sized banks in their region.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

It’s not uncommon for online brands to open brick-and-mortar stores, and it seems that Google may be the latest digitally native brand to take the plunge into offline retail. In the past, the Chicago Tribune noted that retail and technology experts had thought Google would build stores to create a place to highlight its electronics.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Just because a retailer was created for the internet doesn’t mean it has to stay on the internet. Digitally-native retailers, such as thredUP , are turning to brick-and-mortar stores to reach consumers, too. thredUP, though, works a little differently from traditional retailers. by the end of 2018, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

Consumers value seamless, personalized checkout experiences, which means retailers who wish to earn their business must accommodate their various preferred payment methods. Deep Dive: How Comprehensive Cross-Border Payments Strategies Can Optimize UX. About The Playbook.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Overall, the number of live-sales in the region increased nearly 67 percent, thanks to the heaviest usage among shoppers in Singapore and Thailand. For retailers, the opportunities are apparent, but to truly succeed they must find ways to make the shopping experience live, interactive and seamless,” said iKala CEO and Co-Founder Sega Cheng.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

This year has been big for retail — big on change, innovation and some surprises along the way. Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The decision to sell UPS Freight aligns with the company’s “better, not bigger” strategy that followed an examination of its business and portfolio. for 85 years, it has offered a full range of regional and long-haul solutions, along with an on-time delivery guarantee for LTL shipments. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Nike showed in its latest earnings report that the sportswear giant is “just doing it” when it comes to three of the COVID-19 era’s hottest retail trends – digital-first shopping, direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales and building a killer loyalty/rewards program. This is the sharp point of our strategy. A Booming Loyalty/Rewards Program .

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NCR

MAY 4, 2017

As I explore in this whitepaper , there are six key areas I believe retail banks should be concentrating on to develop a comprehensive omni-channel strategy, in order to maximize value delivered to the bank and its customers. The opportunities in omni-channel. Challenges to overcome. Introducing the Omni-Channel Wheel of Fortune.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The world is obviously a very different and much more digital place than it was in October 2014, and capturing customers requires new strategies and an eye toward building scale. But as potent as the progress has been, the pace hasn’t always been even by region or by institution when it comes to jumping the digital divide.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Innovation is at the heart of the strategy and differentiation as a trailblazing direct-to-consumer brand, according to the announcement. A number of contact lens consumers turned to 1-800 Contacts instead of traditional physical retailers as those in the U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

We build a strategy that is more often than not preaching differentiation versus cost advantage. So our accountabilities fall on the same old things that are not particularly in alignment with our strategy and likely have unintended consequences that hold us back. That's our strategy. It's an unsustainable strategy.

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