PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

29) that retail investors in mainland China made over $2.8 I’m all in with Ant,” said a manager at a company in China that placed an order in Hong Kong because he was worried about not getting shares in Shanghai. billion into Ant in the summer of 2018 as part of its third round of funding. Ant Group indicated on Thursday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Online retail has had a tremendous impact on logistics, further evidence of which emerged on Monday (June 3). and other retailers to fulfill orders from online shoppers.” As PYMNTS has covered , it’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out, as eCommerce merchants are on the hunt and signing large contracts.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the report, cybercrime touched nearly every sector throughout 2018, including those that may seem less obvious, like education or manufacturing — and for one obvious reason: the money. Facebook’s 2018 regarding the stewardship of user data and privacy was one it would like to soon forget. Department Store Hacks.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The rise of eCommerce has been an inexorable one, and the retail landscape has shifted for retailers. In a statement earlier in the week, Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette said there is a “clear vision” moving forward, as Macy’s seeks to “fit into retail today.” billion in 2018 to $3.3 On Tuesday (Feb. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The funds will be managed by Ron Bloom, managing partner and vice chairman of Brookfield’s private equity arm, who said the focus would be on helping small businesses get back on their feet. “We Brookfield has been moving in on mall-centric retail for some time, acquiring all of the stake for U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

A new study is predicting that Internet of Things (IoT) technologies will see a major boost in investment over the next five years, mostly due to projects in inventory and supply chain management. billion by 2023; and fleet management, which should hit $10.4 billion in 2017. The sector is expected to grow at 20.2 billion by 2023.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2020

Managed by Q co-founder Dan Teran was in talks to buy his company back from WeWork — which the office-sharing firm acquired in April 2019 — but those talks have apparently fallen apart, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb. WeWork reportedly paid $220 million for Managed by Q last year. 28), citing sources familiar with the matter. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). Not only have retail sales shifted online, but more consumers are buying more of what they want directly from the brand. Report: Helping Retailers Solve The Payments Piece Of The eCommerce Puzzle (Anatomy Of A Consumer Payment Playbook).

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

bobsguide brings you some of the asset management solutions to look out for this year. FinchTech is a white label platform from TAM Asset Management. It’s a non-advised digital asset management system, designed to engage dormant clients lost to the Retail Distribution Review, while.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Consumers are firing brick-and-mortar retailers from the jobs they held years and decades before. To get their shopping jobs done, consumers are now hiring retailers that make it convenient to do business – anywhere, anytime, through any channel and on their terms. But it’s more than that.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

And so, as 2018 begins, so does the Start Path class of 2018, which is accepting applications until Jan. We want to know a little about their business – what funding they’ve managed to pick up, what problem they are trying to solve, what types of products they’ve built.”. The Start Path Admissions Process.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. That smaller size opens up whole new markets, and gains access to spaces that have never had a retail experience [as] a part of it.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from cool concept toward everyday consumer reality, and signs of that innovation are increasingly appearing in the retail space. Take the issue of retail security as one example. Retail Trust and AI.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

retailers are warning of a bad holiday shopping season. Mike Ashley, head of the Sports Direct chain, warned that the situation is dire, with lackluster sales unexpected for many retailers. He said the environment is very bad for retailers and that it “will literally smash them to pieces.”

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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. According to the experts … sort of.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers have one key advantage in the competition against eCommerce: Only they can immediately provide physical products. Getting inventory levels right is challenging, particularly for grocery stores that must also manage sell-by dates. Other retailers have embraced robots to monitor product shortages.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

retailers this holiday season — the largest number since 2014. Retailers said they would add 704,000 jobs before the holiday shopping season, an increase of 1.2 Retailers said they would add 704,000 jobs before the holiday shopping season, an increase of 1.2 A new report says that more than 700,000 workers will be hired by U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Stocks are up modestly to start the year, but based on Thursday’s trading action, the retail sector is escaping investors’ favor (to put it mildly), as company after company is bringing dismal news to light. The culprit lies in a warning that holiday sales were weak and that 2018 results would be below expectations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Conventional wisdom insists that malls and other brick-and-mortar merchants are a doomed species of retail, given the increasing dominance of Amazon and the growing tendencies of consumers to shop via mobile devices and other computers. The second quarter of 2018 was kind to such retailers as Target , Macy’s , Walmart and Nordstrom.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Caught somewhere in the middle is a category that has had a tough run this lost summer of 2020: bridal retailers. A minimony , as the name suggests, is hardly as lucrative as its bigger cousin, matrimony – and that difference has taken a bite out of bridal retail. Smaller retailers are focused on safety as well as agility.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From kiosks to online ordering and drive-through lanes, these merchants sought to provide their customers with digital alternatives to ordering at the counter in 2018. The offerings come as managers of QSRs are seeing digital ordering options as a valuable offering. Pizza Hut noted that so far this year, about half of its U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2019

Walmart is the latest example of the power of pets in retail — a power that is having significant influence among various merchants competing for the loyalty and dollars of pet owners. As well, if done well, pet retail can serve to increase foot traffic into bricks-and-mortar stores at a time when it is dearly needed.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

But the same technology that enables those transactions also can bring the benefits of consumer intimacy to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that are often struggling to win more market share in a retail world dominated by the likes of Amazon, Walmart and other large retailers. That might sound obvious.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 25, 2021

Europe-based wealth tech companies are leveraging online platforms, software, and other tools to provide alternative ways for retail investors and advisors to invest or manage money. Although 2020 wealth tech funding in Europe dipped from the highs set in 2019, it outpaced 2018 levels by 20%. Want the full expert post?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The move comes after the general manager of that U.S.-based These moves come amid a push by China to encourage more cross-border commerce and retail. billion in 2018, noted the report. Earlier this month, Alibaba announced a deal to buy NetEase’s cross-border retail platform Kaola for $2 billion.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Consumer confidence seems to have returned in a big way in May as retail sales soared to their highest level since November 2017, according to news from The Wall Street Journal. Excluding auto sales, which have a tendency to bounce up and down frequently month to month, retail spending was up.9 Retail sales are up 5.9

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Insights on Business

MARCH 19, 2018

To a maximum capacity audience and kicking off an exciting week of IBM Think 2018 in Las Vegas, IBM VP Saket Sinha led the “Intelligent Automation in Financial Services” breakout session. In the diagram above, Mr. Sinha shows the need for Intelligent Automation solutions in his example of a retail bank.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Fitbit reportedly has cut its revenue forecast, one of the latest bits of news from the hot retail area of wearables. But there are other retail factors at play as well. percent increase from 2018, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). million units during Q1 of 2019, a 55.2

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FICO

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

For all the talk in the UK about disruptors and fintechs and new entrants to the credit market, and about how banks and card issuers need to manage customers in arrears, there’s one group that seems strangely absent from this focus: retailers. It is estimated over £200 billion of UK household debt is in unsecured retail credit.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In order to test out the market in certain areas, a growing number of retailers in Manhattan are opting for short-term leases before making a long-term commitment to a location. The retailer, which started online seven years ago, opened up a holiday pop-up store in 2016. That’s how we run our website.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out — eCommerce merchants are on the hunt and signing large contracts. According to a new report from CBRE Group , 56 of the largest 100 warehouse leases in the first half of 2018 were with eCommerce firms and third-party logistics providers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. billion as of 2018, but a sale now would likely reflect a reduced valuation due to the rough first half of 2020. “We Zoox was valued at $3.2 We believe $1.1

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

By 2022 online retail sales will go beyond $712 billion. According to news from Retail Dive , the study, released this week by Forrester Research, shows that 98 percent of American adults already go online at least once a day. retail market will be driven through digital touchpoints by the end of the year. trillion U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

Of course, in the past, these brick-and-mortar businesses weren’t really designed or conceived of as retail locations at all. Nor were they really located like retail locations, as anyone who has ever spent a half-hour navigating an industrial park looking for a Comcast location can gladly attest.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

To that end, Tuesday (1/29) we will get insight into how eBay is faring with its efforts to manage payments across its U.S. The company said in its third-quarter earnings report roughly three months ago that it intermediated $38 million of gross merchandise value in its first month of managed payments. marketplace.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In a press release , Postmates said the funding round was led by Tiger Global Management, and comes on the back of a record year of growth, market expansion and adoption of a subscription service. Postmates, the on-demand delivery company, announced on Tuesday (Sept. 18) that it has raised $300 million in venture funding.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

When SHOWFIELDS opened up in New York City a little under a year ago, just in time for the 2018 holiday season, it advertised its experiential retail concept as “the most interesting store in the world.” The SHOWFIELDS retail-tinged version starts participants off on the top of a black-and-white slide that descends into darkness.

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