PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers.

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Online Retail Branding Data 101

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. WPP had purchased Triad for about $300 million in 2016 from Rockbridge Growth Equity, the private equity firm.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. Offline And Online Cozy Up.

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Retail United States Millennials Study 179

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Retail merchandising was, at best, a hit-or-miss system in its heyday, Nextail CEO and Co-Founder Joaquin Villalba told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s. Role of Data.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Walmart-owned men’s retailer Bonobos laid off staff on Monday (Oct. It started online and soon added stores where people could go and try on clothes and then place orders for them to be delivered. Walmart has a few eCommerce properties, like Jet.com, which it bought in 2016. Walmart bought Bonobos for $310 million in 2017.

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Online Retail Digital Strategies Branding 100

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. WPP had purchased Triad for about $300 million in 2016 from Rockbridge Growth Equity, the private equity firm.

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Retail Video Google Branding 139

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Target is reporting strong in-store and online holiday sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Target’s CEO, Brian Cornell, reported the company’s physical locations helped fulfill a plethora of online orders during the holiday shopping rush, particularly for toys like the Barbie Dreamhouse, L.O.L. The same segment saw a 1.3

Online 109

Online Retail Apple Strategy 109

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

Walmart is making some organizational adjustments with its executives to help better integrate its retail store and digital operations, according to a report by CNBC. The company has been pushing to better integrate its online and physical divisions ever since it acquired Jet.com in 2016.

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Retail US Google Strategy 146

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2017

There are rarely second acts in retail — particularly once bankruptcy is in play — but, every so often, the unexpected happens. Last week, footwear retail company Payless ShoeSource was one of those unexpected stories, a company pulled into the bankruptcy whirlpool but getting plucked out before being sucked all the way down to the bottom.

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Retail Kansas America Branding 153

PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Look to China, and look some more — that’s one of the main messages in mid-2019 for luxury retailers, at least for ones not based in the U.S. Luxury retail is a hot space in China. Online Push. The latest evidence of that comes from Louis Vuitton. JD is also one of Farfetch’s largest shareholders. Back in the U.S.,

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Retail New York City Branding New York 122

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

This holiday season, consumers are boosting their expectations when it comes to their eCommerce retail. Cloud-based operations solution provider Voxware released consumer survey data that points to the increased standards consumers are holding online retailers to during the 2016 holiday shopping season.

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Retail Survey Online Study 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The first were the Pepsis, Heinzes and Krafts that either didn’t like their retail distribution or saw a pandemic-driven opportunity to get new products in new configurations to the consumer. Formed in 2008, Green Goo is a women-owned, family-operated company that started out making skin products and first aid salves for friends and family.

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Branding Retail Philadelphia Marketing 162

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

A new index from The NPD Group’s Checkout Tracking SM shows that Walmart, McDonald’s and Target top the list of retailer and food service chains, with better than five out of six U.S. consumers shopping with them in 2016.

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Retail Study Groups Mobile 108

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

FinTech is no stranger to this pattern, and while venture capital levels have seemed to dwindled in certain markets (analysts found VC funding down by 29 percent in 2016 compared to last year), B2B startups remain the apple of many investors’ eyes. India saw a particularly lucrative year. Business Services. Logistics.

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Capital National Resources Apple 124

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In a sign of the times in consumer lending, Auto Finance News today announced the launch of Auto Finance Innovation 2016, a new industry forum to explore the fintech revolution and how it is reshaping automotive lending and leasing.

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Innovation Lending Fintech Industry 150

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

It’s becoming increasingly common for analysts to release less-than-encouraging reports on this or that brand’s online sales potential. So much so that these doom-and-gloom reports can be used to wallpaper the average retail executive’s office.

Online 100

Online Branding Retail Report 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2017

Investors aren’t an easy bunch to please these days, especially investors with retail holdings who’ve had a rough go of things lately. Case in point: Walmart beat on earnings and revenue, saw same-store sales grow and online sales explode. It’s hard to name many other mainstream retailers who can make that claim. percent from 5.1

Online 104

Online Retail United States Branding 104

PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2017

Despite years of revenue reports indicating that online stores had become vital lifelines for retailers in every segment from furniture to fashion — accounting for more than 10 percent of retail purchases, and bringing in more than $105 billion in the first quarter of 2017 alone — some businesses have resisted selling their inventory online.

Online 100

Online Retail Alabama United States 100

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

And to make sure that everyone starts off 2016, Part II on the same footing, we thought we would bring you a few of the top trending stories, as well as hot data/research topics, that will give you a head start on that all-important planning for 2016 and beyond. Online Checkout Conversion. Are SMBs Ready For EMV?

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Trends Retail Fraud Mobile 100

PYMNTS

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. This means that CFOs have to participate in the strategy and operations of some organizations, where they didn’t used to.

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Retail Industry Strategy Examples 108

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

The accepted wisdom of the current retail reality is that no formerly brick-and-mortar brand can operate in a vacuum from the destabilizing effects of online sales. It would seem as if the cosmetics industry has found a corner of the retail market that Amazon can’t touch – though it’s not for lack of trying.

Online 101

Online New York City Branding New York 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

To combat 2016’s considerable slowdown in the grocery market as sales continue to move online, many grocery stores have started introducing grocerants. Using DinnerCall’s solution, grocerants can make their prepared foods and meal kits available for online order and pickup.

Online 100

Online Millennials Analytics System 100

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

An initial explosion of online orders left Amazon overwhelmed, forcing the company to temporarily reprioritize its operation toward mostly delivering key household items. The pandemic has been a boost to online gaming, as consumers are both buying more games and subscribing to services more often to play together.

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Retail Online Video Branding 158

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The Sharper Image is dipping its toe back into physical retail, according to news from CNBC. This is the first time in ten years that The Sharper Image has opened a retail location. The retailer is best known for gizmos like massage chairs, talking bathroom scales and air purifiers. “We We like the extra space.”.

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Retail Branding Groups Operations 108

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Though the industry knew it was coming, the sharp migration of fraud from in-store to online channels with the growing adoption of EMV is still enough to keep any online merchant up at night. Not only is online fraud threat growing, but also it’s hitting merchants right where it hurts by putting a greater risk on digital transactions.

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Fraud Online United States Cyber Security 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

At the same time, traditional retail stores were warm … ish. eCommerce operators saw their largest Cyber Monday ever this year — sales surpassed $3.3 billion — and almost every day thereafter online retailers saw sales of more than $1 billion. The tech giant set a record season with its Echo sales alone.

Retail 101

Retail Mobile Online Operations 101

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Ask a brand, retailer or marketer, and they’ll all probably say the same thing: Brick-and-mortar retail stores are dying thanks to the rise of eCommerce and online shopping. And if brick-and-mortar retail really is dead or dying, then maybe somebody should tell that to the retailers themselves? And DSW’s U.S.

Retail 100

Retail Branding US Course 100

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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Retail Branding Company Operations 102

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

Innovation 150

Innovation Seattle Fintech Company 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

BOPIS – buying online and picking up in the store – is quick and easy for customers, offering the best of both worlds: They can browse to their heart’s content on the device of their choice, and then, instead of waiting five to seven days for shipping, they can pick up the purchase the same day. It has advantages for retailers, too.

Retail 111

Retail Data Online Management 111

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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Retail Branding Strategy Digital Strategies 129

PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2019

Earlier this month it was reported that the French retail giant was looking to fetch about $1 billion for the Chinese business. Carrefour opened its first supermarket in Beijing in 1995, and now operates stores in more than 70 cities in the country. The three companies planned to collaborate on data, mobile payments and smart retail.

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Retail Operations Online Report 134

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

EBay was one of the pioneers of online commerce in the early days of the Internet, provided through 30-day free installments from America Online. Fast forward to 2016, and eBay has carved out its own niche of sales in a crowded market. And it isn’t afraid to embrace new technologies to capture more.

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Retail America Software Online 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. The chain, which operates both the Sears and Kmart brands, reported a loss of $580 million in the quarter ending Jan.

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Retail Branding Taxes Operations 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

The goal for all retailers is, of course, to deliver an excellent experience, both online and in stores, and to find ways for those disparate experiences to mesh seamlessly with one another. The Swedish furniture retailer seems to be making the opposite transition. IKEA is slowing the growth pace it has sustained in the U.S.

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Retail Customer Experience Branding Comparison 122

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

As digital technology keeps bringing new efficiencies to transactions, and more consumers around the world turn to eCommerce for retail and other purchases, an accompanying trend is making life interesting for merchants and payment providers. Much of North America remains anchored to major-brand credit cards. The numbers back that up.

Retail 108

Retail Payments Cards United States 108