PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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New York City New York Regional Colorado 153

PYMNTS

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. divisions, and nineteen regions.

Retail 101

Retail Washington Regional Report 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

In the United States, Shark vacuums run the market — it’s the top selling upright brand and owns 35 percent of the market. Not bad for a firm that in 2010 controlled only 1 percent of the market. and Europe over that last few years, and the firm “fully intend[s] to become UK market leader” in floor care. In the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

As they aim to fill eCommerce orders faster, supermarket retailers are piloting micro-fulfillment systems that can be positioned in the back of brick-and-mortar locations or in urban areas. grocery market at approximately 3.5 The project will be approximately 10,000 square feet and for an unidentified regional grocer.

Online 141

Online Regional New York Retail 141

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.

Retail 123

Retail Online Customer Experience Trends 123

PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Founded in 2010, Sightline has experienced 744 percent revenue growth since 2015. The card is reloadable and can be used on any service (gaming, hospitality, entertainment and ATMs) at the resort, in brick and mortar retail worldwide, and online. . There are more than 2.5 This group was anticipated to spend $152.1

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

With Amazon , Kroger and other large retailers in the grocery business introducing digital technology, such as mobile self-checkout, how do smaller regional grocers compete? In all, the company offers several modules that retailers can use depending on their needs. The Market. Mobile Self-Checkout.

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Retail Regional Mobile Seattle 147

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2016

The only way to predict what the emerging payments trends are for today is to seek out the one group of people who has the power to control the entire market: consumers. But, of course, no two consumers are exactly alike – especially when comparing consumers across different regions of the world. and German market.

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Regional Payments Study Cards 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

A movement by countries around the globe to embrace a cashless future is resulting in plastic payments (think credit and debit cards) to erode cash’s market share. That’s according to new data from Retail Banking Research , which it rolled out Wednesday (Jan. They now represent the largest share in all regions excluding Asia-Pacific.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2017

The number of Mastercard cards increased 6 percent in the Americas in 2015, which compares to a 4 percent increase for Visa, but Visa still holds the spot as the largest card scheme in the region, reported RBR. billion cards in circulation in 2015 compared to Mastercard, which had 26 percent market share. during 2015.

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America Cards Maine Regional 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

L’Occitane said the acquisition of the Elemis brand — which is popular with millennials and Generation X consumers — is intended to strengthen its global growth as it expands its market, particularly in Asia where high-end skincare is a rapidly growing area of interest and spend for consumers. billion-euro ($1.95 The firm reported 1.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

So what happened exactly — and why should everyone in physical retail care? But the broader picture — particularly of the how regulators and judges view and understand eCommerce — is a bit more eye-catching, and perhaps a bit more worrisome if one is in the physical retail game. Why The Judge Just Said No. Sales dropped 6.4

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Retail Marketing Regional Online 100

South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

Institutional and corporate money will go to higher returning alternatives such as money market funds. 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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

percent growth in 2015. We are quickly seeing this change in key growth markets like India where new operator Reliance Jio is aggressively trying to shake up the market by handing out free 4G SIM cards and launching own-branded low-cost 4G-enabled smartphones.” Mature 4G smartphone markets in the U.S.,

Regional 100

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets. Stripe’s market opportunity.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

“It is our strategic direction to enhance our digital technology capability, to deliver a better customer experience,” said Thanachart Bank EVP of Retail and Small Business Banking Anuwat Luengtawekul in a statement. Beehive first launched in 2015 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to link SMBs to its marketplace lending solution.

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Fintech Tools Customer Experience Regional 109

PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

In conversation with Cardtronics’ Brian Bailey, managing director for Global Financial Institutions, and Tom Pierce, chief marketing officer of the firm, Webster noted that even with the rallying cry of a war on cash in the digital economies — and in emerging markets — cash is alive, doing well and actually growing in terms of usage.

ATM 192

ATM Millennials United States Study 192

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Also in Europe, the European financial markets regulator has said that it wants to spend one million euros to promote market stability in the region as pertains to cryptocurrencies and FinTechs. That document focuses on budgets and regulatory efforts across the region. billion over the corresponding period.

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United States Regulation cryptocurrency Cleveland 174

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

A highly regional grocery store chain, it’s only known in the six states where it actually operates. In 2015, Safeway took over three Albertsons stores and poured $30 million in bringing the West Coast brand to Publix country. It didn’t work out so well, noted Jeff Green, a partner at retail real estate firm Hoffman Strategy Group.

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Florida South Carolina Tampa Regional 105

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

All told, Freshly has raised $107 million since its launch in 2015. Freshly currently serves markets on the West Coast and in the middle region of the country. Meal kits comprise less than 1 percent of all food and beverage retail sales in the U.S., It has been straining to keep up with increasing meal delivery demand.

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Capital Regional Google Retail 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In a survey of 20,000 internet users ages 18 and up from across the world, market researcher GfK found in August of this year that the world is split on the desirability of mobile pay options. respondents expressed concern about their personal information when using mobile pay apps — up from 52 percent in 2015.

Mobile 150

Mobile Regional America Survey 150

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

But he realized that there was something lacking in small markets like his at the time — big food delivery players such as Grubhub. Then he moved to another smaller market — Lake Charles, Louisiana — and realized there was a potential for food delivery outside big cities. In all, he identified 422 cities as potential markets.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2016

Amazon’s revenues in regions like the U.K. To close that gap, Amazon is looking to put more of its eggs into growing the Amazon Prime basket in its international markets. for 11 years, and more recently begun to focusing on growing its other markets. Amazon’s largest international markets are Germany, the U.K.

Regional 100

Regional Study Retail Course 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Founded over a decade ago, Groupon started its existence as one of a wave of flash sale sites that suddenly flooded that market in the early 2010s. A product of the time and place, the craze started and began peaking during the Great Recession when it filled a need for both sides of the market.

America 123

America Retail Marketing Maine 123

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

habitat by honestbee , which is an extension of a regional on-demand delivery service called honestbee, is a 60,000-square-foot space that is billed as both a grocery store and a dining destination. It allows them to fully immerse themselves into the retail space with convenience and efficiency.”. The Marketplace of Cashierless Ideas.

Seattle 152

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

In 2011, Visa invested in Square and in 2015, Stripe. Expansion regionally has been a focus, with the U.S. as a market entered as late as 2015. That comes against a backdrop where Klarna’s transactions grew more than 50 percent over 2015 and volume was up 44 percent in Europe, driven by mobile commerce.

Regional 100

Regional Mobile Cards Security 100

PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2018

There exists no indication that PayPal intends to introduce those glasses anytime soon, but the market for augmented reality in retail is coming together, according to some analyst reports. billion of retail annually by 2015, fueled by the shopping habits of some 32 million consumers.

Mobile 134

Mobile Retail Payments Branding 134

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Founded in 2015, Seattle-based Convoy is among the biggest operators of online marketplaces that match truckers with shippers needing to move cargo,” the report said. PYMNTS caught up with Yan as her company raised $97 million in Series C funding, money that will help the firm, founded in 2015, to expand its business model and offerings.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2016

Between security checks, harried boarding procedures and more fees than passengers can shake their wallets at, it doesn’t really seem like fertile ground for merchants to make the positive connections valued in contemporary retail. percent until 2019 – when the market is estimated to be worth $73.6 Because $37.6

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Retail Conference Groups Regional 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

We finally have a definitive answer to the mysterious, canary-yellow marketing campaign Snapchat launched earlier this year. Others referenced regional geotag text with which Snapchat allows users to overlay their photos. Sixty billboards went up in cities nationwide. Snapchat may just get the best of both worlds.

Millennials 143

Millennials Video Retail Regional 143

Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction Study from J.D. Or at least they should be. The 2016 U.S.

Regional 28

Regional Mobile Millennials Study 28

NCR

MARCH 22, 2017

According to Retail Banking Research (RBR), China and India are the largest contributors to the five percent worldwide growth in the number of ATMs in 2015. There were 24 billion withdrawals from ATMs across China in 2015, also according to recent figures from RBR. Cash and ATMs drive financial inclusion in China.

ATM 75

ATM Regional Innovation Marketing 75

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Bunnell recalled a 2015 instance in which a benevolent hacker demonstrated the ease of gaining access to a connected car, something that may have been of mild concern when the technology was relatively nascent three years ago. I think we’re rapidly approaching a world in which [regulations are] going to start happening more regularly.”.

Security 205

Security Data Regulation Washington 205

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While Black Friday gets all of the press, Super Saturday has been creeping up in recent years to become the holiday season’s secret second pole of retail action. Between 2014 and 2015, shopping on Black Friday was more or less flat, a trend that seems to have bled into 2016. So Why The Switch? Notable Changes.

Fort Worth 100

Fort Worth Los Angeles Millennials Retail 100

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

The April picture alone shows improvement over last year — a 7-percent drop in same-store sales instead of 2015’s 12 percent decrease — but when one is victorious in how little has been lost, improvement is obviously still needed.

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Branding Maine Regional America 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Unata, a digital solutions provider for grocery retailers, found there was a 19-fold increase in online grocery sales for regional U.S. grocery retailers compared to in-store sales during the Thanksgiving shopping period (defined as Nov. 11–28 of this year). Additionally, Unata found that stores saw an average increase of 22.6

Online 100

Online Colorado Retail Seattle 100