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100 Billion : Amount of online retail sales brought in during 2017. 25 : The number of nations in which Taxify operates. $1 In addition, ridesharing companies are embracing electric scooters en masse, but it remains to be seen if consumers will be enthused. 1 : Cost per minute talking to a live person vs. about $.10

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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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MARCH 8, 2019

National Bank Financial, JPMorgan Chase & Co. however, “has seen its market share shrink by about two thirds since its 2017 debut,” according to the outlet. The company’s Lightspeed platform, as it stood, already served small to medium-sized retailers. Lightspeed’s shares finished up trading at C$19, up 19 percent.

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s license to operate. ALDI is taking another large step into the world of online shopping as COVID-19 reshapes the retail landscape globally. Following an experimental effort at one British store, ALDI said it intends to grow its “click-and-collect” eCommerce grocery pickup offering to 15 stores throughout the nation.

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MAY 31, 2019

Louis test market reportedly saw foot traffic that exceeded the national average by 18.5 Kumar served as a corporate vice president of cloud infrastructure and operations at Microsoft; he also worked at Amazon for 15 years in various senior positions. retailers so far in 2019, compared to the 5,524 store closures for all of last year.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Walmart-owned men’s retailer Bonobos laid off staff on Monday (Oct. Walmart bought Bonobos for $310 million in 2017. In 2017, the retail giant bought ModCloth and Moosejaw, and outdoor retail company. Modcloth was recently sold as well, to Go Global Retail.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. GONZOBANKER’S ROCK RIP LIST – 2017.

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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.

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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. Macy’s announced the planned move last week at an event in Shanghai. Chinese consumers want to know many details, while U.S consumers only want to check out quickly,” Jones said. “We

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The new license from the nation’s central bank will let it have independence in making and directly operating financial services there, along with accessing new kinds of financing. MercadoLibre’s credit division MercadoCredito was started in 2017 in Brazil. More than 3 million retailers harness its technology.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities. percent of card-present transactions within the nation were conducted via EMV card between July 2018 and June 2019.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

As retail shifts further into online spaces, the pressure is on for traditional stores to integrate digital features into their physical spaces to keep consumers interested. Samsung’s booth at the NRF Big Show 2017 showcases a retail journey from beginning to end using the company’s innovations.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

So where to next for the omnichannel retail giant? The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Its small size makes establishing an operation simple. Singapore, it turns out.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

Several new innovations that change the way retailers manage inventory and consumers purchase products were on display at the National Retail Federation’s annual trade show, The New York Times reported. During the three-day event, retail industry leaders discussed artificial intelligence, Big Data and automation.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

billion in financing, a big vote of investor confidence for the toy and game retail brand which had recently declared bankruptcy. 18, 2017, with an overall goal of restructuring its operations and substantial outstanding debt, Chain Store Age reports. Toys“R”Us has just managed to secure $3.1

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percent – of commuters – who did the same in 2017. From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. company-operated transactions. Retailers are tapping into buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) offerings for consumers.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Since the “Trump Bump” lifted the market early in 2017, mid-size banks have held on to nice stock price appreciation with continued solid profitability. Balance sheet growth from larger commercial clients does not consume the same headcount and resources that the retail business requires.

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JUNE 19, 2020

In October 2017, then relatively new Target CEO Brian Cornell announced a decision that even by his own estimation caused some head-scratching. percent were shaking their heads,” Cornell told an NRF (National Retail Federation) webinar on Thursday. I would say 99.9 We’re taking a very different approach,” he said.

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6) it reached an agreement with China National Accord Medicines to invest in its unit, Sinopharm Holding GuoDa Drugstores Co. The unit operates retail pharmacies around China and also franchises the drug stores. What’s more, an expanded retail footprint would be a cheap way to have more distribution centers and in-store clinics.

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MAY 22, 2019

The deal comes after a possible merger between Flipkart and Snapdeal fell through in 2017. The online retailer has already been looking to raise capital at a valuation of about $2 billion, and the acquisition of ShopClues could help its funding efforts. As of 2018, Snapdeal had a market share of 1.9 percent.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Retailer JCPenney has decided to end a clothing subscription service as it continues to struggle financially, according to a report by Reuters. JCPenney started the menswear subscription service in 2017 with Bombfell.com. The department store chain relied on Bombfell to handle the logistics of the operation. .

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JULY 1, 2021

The DFS asserted that the practice of allowing dealer “discretion” in setting retail interest rates resulted in statistically significant differences in pricing, disadvantaging Hispanic and African-American consumers, with differences ranging from 20 to 59 basis points.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers.

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MAY 28, 2019

So much starts with coffee – mornings, political ads, artistic movements, advances in QSR retail – and that dictum could hold true with robots, at least the next generation of robots that promise to be powered by 5G technology. That 5G technology is key to the robot’s operations and worth, the report added. Robots and Coffee.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While much of physical retail struggled in 2017 from rapidly realigning consumer shopping habits, the team at Home Depot had an incredibly solid year, with same-store sales growing each quarter and a stock price that surged 42 percent. Despite retail’s slump, the stock market did well in 2017.

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JUNE 19, 2018

The average Restaurant Readiness Index score in Q4 2017 was only 38.7 Fifty-five percent of surveyed consumers in Q4 of 2017 said the most important reason they prefer their merchant was a third-party aggregator app. Introduced in 2014, alongside a handful of other experimental services, UberEATS operates worldwide in 29 countries.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after weeks of seeking to avoid national shutdown in favor of local tiered limitations, has imposed another strict national lockdown aimed at halting the coronavirus’ spread. Consumers aren’t going into a commerce coma, as retail experts around the world seem to fear. In the U.K.,

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MAY 10, 2017

Burger King , the fast-food chain operator, has a leg up on McDonald’s when it comes to letting customers order and pay for their food with their mobile phones, reported Bloomberg. He wouldn’t provide an exact date for the national rollout of the mobile payment app.

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APRIL 15, 2019

To help build customer loyalty, eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailers have a myriad of tools on hand: Cashiers can sign customers up for loyalty cards at brick-and-mortar stores, and eCommerce sites can send customers special offers and coupons by email. Europe’s 2017 share of the coin-operated vending machine production market is 30.3

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JULY 30, 2018

Blue Apron’s 2017 IPO largely flopped on Wall Street, and the company made a number of high profile changes like expanding into Costco. Blue Apron opened up an experiential pop-up retail location in New York City, which featured cooking classes and celebrity chefs. Eventually, rivals like Hello Fresh began to outpace the growth curve.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

The first thing was that getting “buy-online, pickup-in-store” (BIPOS) right was going to be the sink-or-swim capability for brick-and-mortar retailers. We saw it as an opportunity to leverage our national service footprint to help retailers build out a capability to buy online and pick up somewhere in their stores.”.

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APRIL 21, 2017

Walmart is gearing up to square off with Amazon across all retail fronts — and European price cutters like Aldi on the grocery front, where it has been heavily investing in lowering prices. Grocers nationally are feeling the bite — operating profits for U.S. percent lower than the average in the greater Philadelphia area.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Investment in Intelligence of Things (IoT) is expected to surge in the coming years, with companies projected to increase spending on the design, creation and operation of IoT solutions from $186.1 billion in 2017 to a grand total of $434.9 billion by 2023. government, meanwhile, is rallying to promote better cybersecurity.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The Vitamin Shoppe is one of the heavy hitters in its field, with over 700 retail locations around the nation. The nutritional supplement retailer made strides in the subscription area with the launch of a replenishment-by-mail program in 2017, and the recent debut of a personalized daily vitamin pack program.

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We’ll see how the online retail giant fares for certain later this week. In late March, the company hired some 100 employees in logistics, IT and security roles in Sydney, signaling the online retailer was opening warehouses. The next step is to bring a retail offering to Australia,” Amazon wrote in a statement. “We

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MAY 9, 2017

Likewise, earnings per share (EPS) and net income hit well above expectations, with the online retail giant raking in $1.48 The online retail giant is already a major contender in online apparel sales among millennials. For the quarter, Amazon reported revenue of $35.7 EPS and netting $724 million, up 41 percent year on year.

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JUNE 1, 2017

At the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Cicely Simpson, the organization’s executive vice president of government affairs and policy, and the Texas Restaurant Association’s vice president of marketing and innovation, Anna Tauzin, discussed the digitalization of the restaurant industry and its effect on delivery.

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