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JUNE 13, 2018

Amazon is replacing some of its retail veterans with software that predicts what shoppers want and how much merchants should charge for it. The shift to automating retail team jobs started several years ago with an initiative called “hands off the wheel.” Amazon is so cutthroat and crowded,” she says.

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JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. The eCommerce retailer is said to be working with Catamaran and has started hiring workers for the operation per unnamed sources, Reuters reported. The company was founded in 2016.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Semiconductor giant Intel has committed to invest more than $100 million over the course of the next five years in the retail industry to connect the physical and virtual components of retail operations. In retail, though, the advantages are especially profound.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Everyone needs shoes — and that need helps drive innovation in an important sector of retail. The most expensive $50 option takes off around $10 per pair of Nike shoes purchased (as the average retail price is $60). Marketplaces, too, are taking a role in footwear retail. Powerful Engine. Marketplace Push.

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MARCH 14, 2017

The report notes that the increasing popularity of mobile wallet payments, such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, will only serve to boost the mobile POS industry, especially in the retail sector.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Many retail companies rung in the new year with a new CFO. Or, at least, many retail companies wanted to. Turns out, at least 45 retail companies have had their CFO exit in the past year. As a result, recruitment for these positions goes outside of retail. And they’re not alone.

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Payments Dive

MARCH 1, 2016

Date: Tue, March 8, 2016 | Time: 2:00 PM | In 2015, retail sales increased by 3 percent while online stores sales increased by 9 percent. During the months of November and December, sales spiked dramatically – driving 30 percent more ecommerce revenue than during non-holiday months.

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JUNE 2, 2018

The phrase is also a familiar refrain in retail — sung by retailers when disappointing results come at the same time as a streak of unusual and unseasonable (aka lousy) weather. In Q1 of 2018, the cooler than usual spring/summer contributed to retailers posting less than stellar sales. According to the experts … sort of.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles. Retail Waste.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Retailers are tapping into voice technology to help consumers order their favorite products such as restaurant takeout as they expand their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. From 7-Eleven to Chipotle Mexican Grill, retailers are expanding their digital ordering strategy with the help of voice assistant technology. Kroger Co.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

As regular readers of our weekly bankruptcy tracker can attest, it has been a rough year for much of retail. There have been outliers — Walmart has managed a pretty good year among the carnage and Amazon is locked in on a solid growth path — but the general trend of the stories has not been overly hopeful. percent from a month earlier.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The retail game has evolved so much over the last half decade that, in some ways, it might be unrecognizable to a traveler who somehow found herself on the wrong side of a time warp and now entering 2018. Merchants are not experts in inventory management. Today, those questions have become more urgent.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

As the results from the nation’s most prominent names in retail came rolling in for Q2, one could not help but think back to high school and recall what is probably the best-known start to a novel in the English language: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Winner’s Circle — And How They Got There .

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APRIL 4, 2016

After years of slow growth brought on by the financial crisis, retail rents are recovering and are on the rise. The upward trend was notable in 2015, when asking and effective rents grew by 2 percent and 2.2 That serves as good news for landlords and developers, but not great news for shop owners. Supply is also an issue in Denver.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Those are the types of retailers that Bulletin, a retail tech firm looking to disrupt brick-and-mortar retail, wants to work with – because they are the brands that are most interested in offering the types of highly curated physical experiences that Branston’s company specializes in building. Offering Assortment-as-a-Service.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A good economy is good news for retailers in a variety of regards. But for retailers going into the holiday season 2016, a good economy is creating yet another headwind for physical retailers who’ve spent much of the year being buffeted constantly by market pressures. Employment, according to the latest figures, hit 4.9

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Mid-sized retailers are missing the mark when it comes to investing in their omnichannel initiatives, according to a new research report from Freestyle Solutions, a provider of order management software for retailers and brands. What’s more, less than half, 44 percent, had an in-store product locator.

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MAY 22, 2017

A new study has found that retail global expansion has lost some steam, and while the United States remains the most active, Europe is now the preferred spot for expanding retailers, according to Chain Store Age. The results found that retailers’ expansion into new markets increased by 2 percent in 2016, down from 3.1

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AUGUST 11, 2016

The term “ Internet of Things ” has become a big buzzword in business lately, but what exactly is it and why might it shape the future of the retail industry? It also offers tons of opportunities for retailers who know how to take advantage of it. But the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) is changing that.

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JUNE 1, 2016

It might have been enough for retailers to have come to a collective agreement last year that consumer demand for express delivery was here to stay, but the pressure of keeping shelves stocked has turned some old friends against each other. After all, it’s a dog eat dog world, and retailers are making sure their suppliers know it.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Koupon is a mobile offer platform and redemption network, powering offers for over 43,000 retailers and the world’s largest CPG brands. Its reach, patented offer delivery and security technology, Koupon helps brands and retailers drive sales by targeting consumers and delivering offers when consumers are ready to buy.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The app is a replacement for the previous eBay Motors app, which was discontinued in 2015, and it’s available in the U.S. The ways people search for and purchase a vehicle continue to change,” said Tom Lazenby, auto lending manager for Regions Bank. for both iOS and Android.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Retail is undergoing a reinvention with the rise of eCommerce, and merchants are trying new approaches to their brick-and-mortar stores. Overall, retailers such as Nordstrom are changing their models as an increasing amount of retail spend is now being completed away from physical retail stores. Retail spending saw a 1.6

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

billion, industry watchers are questioning whether this might prompt wealth management tech firm Envestnet to sell aggregator Yodlee, which it acquired in 2015 for $590 million. On the heels of Visa‘s acquisition of data aggregator Plaid for $5.3 14, a day […].

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MAY 11, 2016

Common sense isn’t so common when retail is still experiencing its fair share of upheavals from each new disruptor to make it to market, but the decade-plus of online and in-store retail operating side by side has established a few new ground rules that almost everyone can agree on.

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MAY 31, 2016

And while one could perhaps quibble with the exact phrasing there — misery probably, more accurately, likes company but would, on the whole, only love not being miserable anymore — the recent run of numbers in retail certainly brings the old adage to mind. Now is the change-or-die point in retail. Total revenues decreased 2.3

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Well, what do we say about 2015? And, give or take a stumble or two, we snuck through it and did a reasonable job on 2015 objectives, in our humble opinion. So, it seems we’re good with only one outstanding item—digest the 2015 GonzoBanker Awards! 2015 Executive Call-out. Bank project management offices.

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MAY 18, 2016

Well, there is some joy in retail’s Mudville, as TJX, the long-running champion of off-price sales, posted yet another quarter of solid results. Retail’s most beloved metric, same-store sales, were on the incline, up 7 percent over this time last year, and beating last year’s 5 percent Q1 growth.

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MARCH 9, 2016

Everybody likes to talk about the addiction that brick-and-mortar retailers have developed for deep, and often destabilizing, discounts, and they usually point to store closings and executive board shakeups at Macy’s and other chains as clear proof of these practices’ consequences. Still, the label indicates that the $99.99

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Unfortunately, sometimes things get a little out of whack , with customers going one way and retail managers going another. Observable particularly in physical retail and QSR dining, misaligned expectations have been popping up a lot lately. Data: 75 percent: Share of QSR managers that view Amazon Pay favorably.

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APRIL 12, 2018

The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. The startup raised more than $10 million through two investment rounds and saw $8 million in Series A funding in November 2015. Amazon spent the most on R&D by far.

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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. Founded: 2015.

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MAY 5, 2016

More than 26,000 companies bit the bullet in Q1 2015, giving pundits reasonable cause to worry about the future solvency of the organizations that remained. Absolutely no need to panic, then — unless the topic is retail bankruptcies , which increased year over year by 24 percent. This time last year, U.S. January — Wet Seal.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Founded 80 years ago, the Boise, Idaho, chain has been owned for the past 14 years by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to Supermarket News , which first reported the IPO in March. billion in an IPO, but backed off amid lackluster market conditions for retail stocks later that year.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

What are hiring managers doing, and how is it reflective of the broader economy? Retailers, health care and technology consultants enjoyed the largest employment gains, said analysts, while manufacturers saw a 4,000 cut in jobs last month. 2015, reports said. presidential election. 59% of U.S. The index also yielded a 0.22

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Li Ka-Shing, N26 launched its first products in 2015 and is among Europe’s most valuable non-listed FinTechs.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

Insight #1 – Deposit & Margin Management: Deposit runoff has started and will make it to community banks by October. For retail accounts, for the first time since the pre-pandemic era, spending growth has outstripped income growth. This will decrease savings levels and, in turn, retail deposit balances.

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