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JANUARY 9, 2018

Target is reporting strong in-store and online holiday sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Economists predicted 2017 could be one of the best holiday seasons since 2011, largely because of low unemployment rates and rising wages. Same-store sales for locations that had been in operation for at least a year saw a 3.4

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Zara’s parent company, Inditex SA , said it would continue its plan to expand online as it reported positive first-half results. Chairman and CEO Pablo Isla added that the company’s recent announcement that it will sell products from all of its brands on the web won’t have a significant impact on costs. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

To bring higher-end products to its website, Walmart had courted brands like water-filtration company Katadyn for months. As part of its efforts, the retailer gave some brands the opportunity to determine how outside sellers on the its website price and display their products. These brands are objecting because of pricing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Amid growth in its eCommerce sales and online selections, Costco Wholesale Corporation beat analysts’ estimates for earnings , but fell short on top-line revenues for the second quarter. He also noted the company plans to offer the first of several Sony-branded products. The warehouse chain reported revenues of $35.4 billion and $1.69

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MAY 8, 2017

The UK’s top retailers are facing tough competition online from U.S.-based According to eMarketer , February 2017 data from comScore MMX shows Apple and Google Shopping placed fifth and sixth, respectively, among the U.K.’s s top 10 retail companies as ranked by unique visitors to their desktop brand sites.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Brands , moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in the quick service restaurant (QSR) space. Yum operates the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains, and the company’s fourth-quarter results, released Thursday (Feb. Delivery, kiosks and other digital efforts are taking more prominent roles at Yum! The goal for Yum?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Brooklyn, New York-based technology accessories eCommerce company Casely established charitable giving as part of its core mission when it was founded in 2017 with the launch of its Every Case Counts initiative, which donates 5 percent of proceeds to a designated charity organization each month.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Online payments firm Paysafe is nearing a deal with billionaire Bill Foley for a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, according to a Bloomberg report, intending for Paysafe to go public. It operates through brands like Income Access, Paysafecard, Skrill and Neteller, Bloomberg reported. II SPAC raised $1.47

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Automotive sales are increasing going digital — and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. Carro, which operates in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, said more than $500 million worth of vehicles were sold last year on its platform, up from $250 million in 2017 and $120 million the year before.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Despite the concern – and a corresponding 9 percent drop in Walmart’s stock price that shaved some $29 billion from its market cap – CEO Doug McMillon told analysts he remains confident that 2018 digital sales performance will be in parity to its 2017 performance. We had a few operational issues from an inventory replenishment perspective.”.

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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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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

In news that might please frat boys, fans of European beer and owners of man caves, Heineken has started online sales of its home tap machines and the two-liter kegs that work with it. But this is not Heineken’s first foray into online beer sales. Online alcohol sales in the United States reached $1.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Taco Bell is living más as it pulls ahead of Burger King as the fourth-largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand with new delivery options and, yes, nacho fries. percent in 2017, Taco Bell has been drawing in customers with new food items, a Live Más marketing campaign and new nacho fries for $1. But McDonald ’s Corp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Macy’s is going to China — digitally speaking — with the 2017 launch of a Chinese eCommerce portal in the largest eCommerce market in the world. Apart from offering desirable merchandise, Macy’s is increasingly connecting with young Chinese shoppers through online shows.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. The issue isn’t really about brand-new taxes, but is about enforcing existing tax laws and applying them to eSports. billion in 2022.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But the growing use of those brands to attract sales is also leading to more focus on potential challenges for online, private label retail over the next few years. Private brands, of course, are hardly new, and their use in retail predates the birth of eCommerce. Consumers can buy furniture anywhere. Private Label Impact.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

One might assume the hardest part of building a product to disrupt the traditional sunscreen industry would be actually formulating a new brand of sunscreen. Enough, in fact, that it propelled the firm’s second big pivot — bringing in Dior retail strategy veteran Amanda Baldwin to run the operations of the company as president.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

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. Walmart acquired the assets and operations of ModCloth in March 2017 for an undisclosed amount.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The company was founded by Portuguese fashion entrepreneur José Neves in 2008 with the goal of creating an online marketplace for luxury boutiques and brands. “We The average age of Farfetch’s luxury shopper is 36 — somewhat younger than usual, which explains why brands like Harvey Nichols were enthusiastic to sign on.

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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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Zara’s owner, and the world’s largest clothing retailer, Inditex , has announced that it will sell products from all of its brands on the web. “We The full online catalog will be operational by 2020. Online sales were up 41 percent in 2017 and represented 10 percent of Zara’s net sales.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The investment will also help further research into IoT operating systems, edge computing and natural language processing (NLP). . “By The Tmall Genie smart speakers were introduced by Alibaba three years ago and link to more than 270 million devices from 1,100 brands in China, according to Ku.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The website is a re-branding of Middle Eastern eCommerce site Souq.com , which was acquired by Amazon in 2017, PYMNTS reported. Last year, the company converted Souq’s website in the United Arab Emirates to an Amazon-branded one, amazon.ae. Bin Salman denied the claim, saying it was rogue operators who committed the crime.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

A security researcher notified Panera of the vulnerability in August of 2017, at which time the company acknowledged the issue, saying it was working on a fix; but eight months later, the flaws were still there, which is when the researcher took the information to Krebs. Some experts are saying the breach was ongoing for a year. Under Armour.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

There is no word on how much the retailer — which connects nearly 900 boutiques and luxury brands to 2 million affluent and luxury-enthused consumers — plans to raise, but it placed a $100 million marker in the filing. Revenue for 2017 was $386 million, a 59.4 percent increase over 2016, and its operating profit was $136.9

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JANUARY 17, 2020

CarGurus is a successful company that went public in 2017, and it’s going to keep Autolist as its own brand and website. Like CarGurus, Autolist is a tech-centric online auto shopping provider,” Jeremy Sacco, CarGurus’ director of B2B content and communications, wrote in a blog post.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video game manufacturers operated a different model of sorts: Create great games to get consumers to buy the hardware, then keep cranking out great games that would keep consumers on board and upgrading those devices. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2018

As restaurant operators seek to bolster sales in the face of weak traffic growth, Yum! Brands’ Pizza Hut is bringing beer delivery to approximately 100 of its restaurants in California and Arizona. The restaurant chain had begun testing the service in Phoenix back in December, Reuters reported. The news comes as Yum!

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JUNE 6, 2019

Luxury brands are selling more and more on Chinese eCommerce sites like JD.com and Alibaba, while still keeping their distance from Amazon, as PYMNTS has covered. The idea of being listed along with batteries and windshield wiper fluid is not one that attracts luxury brands, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online Push.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

In 2016, eGaming was a $493 million industry, and in 2017 (the last year for which data was available), that had jumped to $655 million. The term eSports can refer to a wide range of games in the competitive space, but in general the most popular ones are in the first-person shooter or multi-player online battle arena genres.

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MAY 15, 2017

is expanding in Chicago as it targets both brick-and-mortar and online expansion. The Vancouver, British Columbia–based company already operates a store in the Windy City, at Water Tower Place. At the end of its fiscal year 2017 (February 26, 2017), Aritzia operated 60 stores in Canada and 19 stores in the United States.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As digital and mobile technology changes the automotive market, vehicle subscription and online marketplace businesses are also growing, and undergoing changes. Automotive sales are increasing going digital — and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. Subscription Growth. Toyota’s Move.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

A number of customer experience submissions this year focus on building out separate digital subsidiary brands within traditional institutions. These brands are basically separate products that offer a digital-first experience to a certain demographic, but are closely tied to the main bank.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Under his leadership, the plan for the brand was to pivot into higher-margin, bigger ticket products such as CBD oil and move Brandless onto store shelves.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The company, which operates its own eCommerce marketplace, has built its own supply chain, according to reports, and has recently expanded into the Mumbai and Pune regions, with perishables delivered the same day. The startup also began operations in UAE recently. The total raised to date comes in at $33 million. million USD.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate. The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., Larger Trends.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

It also hosts several free online radio stations broadcasting 24 hours a day in more than 160 countries. While Apple will operate the playlist, a startup label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music. Since 2015, Apple has grown to more than 70 million subscribers , the website reported.

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