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

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

As technology reshapes the way buyers access goods and services, consumer expectations are moving targets, and merchants that hope to survive can’t afford to fall behind. From Reis & Irvy’s to Vengo , merchants and technology companies are reinventing the world of vending technology through smart devices.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing and help it court bigger investors and investments. New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). Goldman Sachs Eyes Creating $2B Tech Fund. Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. and abroad, companies such as McDonald’s are off to a positive start in 2018. billion, according to news from Retail Dive. Buoyed by strong consumer spending and its resilience in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

It has been a year of innovations for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), with chains rolling out new digital technologies to help diners order and pay for food without having to wait in line. These are just some examples of how restaurant technology innovations powered convenient restaurant experiences this year: Online Ordering Expansions.

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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. Walmart is one of the latest to bring this technology to its stores.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

During the holiday shopping season, countless consumers will use digital payments and commerce technology to buy gifts from distant companies — some overseas, some just in neighboring time zones — and have them shipped seamlessly to their destinations. The new Retail Innovation Readiness Index from PYMNTS, powered by AEVI, found that 65.4

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Insights on Business

MARCH 19, 2018

“Intelligent automation allows business and technology to function together for a common goal instead of against working against one another.”. 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.

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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

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

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

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. BMO on Taking a Digital-First Approach to Retail Banking. Bank client preferences have moved toward self-service technologies over branch visits in recent years because of ease of use and improved convenience.

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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

MARCH 8, 2019

Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS). Following that trend, Fast fashion apparel retailer rue21 recently announced it plans to bring the offering to more than 700 stores.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

The Indonesian eCommerce retailer backed by SoftBank Group Corp. ’s In 2018, SoftBank ’s Vision Fund and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese multinational technology company specializing in eCommerce, retail, Internet, and technology, led a $1.1 In 2018, SoftBank ’s Vision Fund and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,

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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. We want to be where customers shop.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

DoorDash’s technology advantages, exceptional management team and relentless merchant focus are reflected in their stunning growth and impressive unit economics,” Housenbold said. The company currently serves around 1,200 cities in Canada and the United States, and plans to add as many as 600 cities in 2018.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. Floravere Co-founder Denise Jin said in an announcement , “With our New York Flagship, we’ve created a retail experience that reflects how our bride actually shops: from IG to IRL.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Traditional retail is getting an upgrade. Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Cashier-less technology is one of the latest trends to dominate conversation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Retail is undergoing a reinvention with the rise of eCommerce, and merchants are trying new approaches to their brick-and-mortar stores. Overall, retailers such as Nordstrom are changing their models as an increasing amount of retail spend is now being completed away from physical retail stores. Retail spending saw a 1.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Macy’s managed to come out ahead of analyst expectations for the third time in a row during Q3 2018, with earnings and same-store sales all coming in front of earnings forecasts. The retailer expects to see $1 billion in mobile sales this year. Macy’s racked up earnings per share (EPS) of $.27 27 versus the $.14

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

That’s just one example of how POS innovation is filtering down to the world of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) everywhere — and how, in turn, better POS technology and deployment are making for richer consumer experiences. The average American ate out 185 times in 2018 — dropping from 216 times in 2000.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The term “thinking outside of the box” originates from advice that puzzle management consultants famously gave to clients in the 1970s and 1980s to encourage creative thinking. Retailers are where these consumers go to find these new products. That makes product discovery coupled with product innovation retail’s new playbook.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 21, 2019

The company made two major acquisitions in 2018: MainStreet Technologies (MST) and Sageworks Feature Financial Trends Retail Banking Technology Branch Technology/ATMs Tech Management Community Banking Feature3 Fintech.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound. Retail has had a rough couple of years, as most players that aren’t Amazon have struggled to cross the digital, omnichannel chasm. On the whole, with some notable exceptions, retail has landed on our Fizzle list more often than the Sizzle list in recent memory.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

JPMorgan plans to hire thousands of people for its technology and digital departments, in addition to an entry-level program to train and nurture young technologists. Autumn is upon us, trees are changing colors, and executives are changing jobs. The job market for digital banking is thriving.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

And as far as supply chains go, we’ll venture to say it could benefit from a technology upgrade. One firm, FoodLogiQ , a software as a service (SaaS) provider, seeks to boost transparency in the food supply chain, offering technology that improves traceability from end to end, with focus on compliance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

And, according to research inside the latest Omni Usage Index , mobile applications and features have become particularly crucial in the health and beauty retail business. But while health and beauty merchants are beginning to move into the technological age, the transition is not without some speed bumps. out of 100).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018. It is not an exaggeration to say that 2018 has been the summer of movie subscription service MoviePass ’ discontent.

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CB Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

From e-commerce to software to payments, several companies with $1B+ valuations exited in 2018. Using CB Insights data, we identified the startups with a $1B+ valuation that exited in 2018. We’ve also covered 2018’s 14 European unicorns , 37 Chinese unicorns , and 55 US unicorns.). Meituan Dianping.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

CB Insights unveiled the second annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the most promising private companies applying a mix of software and technology to transform the financial services industry. This year’s cohort has already seen more mega-rounds in 2018 YTD than 2017’s Fintech 250 list in all of 2017, with 23 mega-rounds investments.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Voice reads key and then can access the dashboard manager where you can then log into a variety of apps like Credit Karma, Amex, Bank, etc. VoiceBiometrics, Password Manager, voice driven payments, digitizes ID’s, (not a digital ID), They are an identity provider. ^DG. Fortress ID is a password manager. 09:34 am Cashoff.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Retailers in the U.S. can scale their businesses by merchandising select hemp or hemp-derived CBD products using the Shopify platform, which handles more than 800,000 retailers around the world. Retailers in the U.S. Shopify has been helping merchants sell CBD products in Canada since 2018.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

The greatest health crisis in a generation is poised to accelerate innovation at the intersection of healthcare , technology and payments as never before. We’re not in retail healthcare,” Walmart senior director of strategy and customer experience for health and wellness Matt Parry told MedCityNews. We’re in healthcare.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In 2018, the Postal Service piloted the FBI partership program at two post offices in Washington, D.C. At the General Services Administration ’s (GSA) Impact Summit Series on identity, Heather Dyer, the director of identity and access management at the U.S. It has grown since then and served more than 30,000 customers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Walmart has purchased a health services technology company that promises to manage prescription drugs for each family member, the Arkansas-based chain announced on Monday (June 15). CNBC reported the world’s largest retailer paid about $200 million for CareZone , the Seattle-based tech start up. million members.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The z15 increases security and compliance using Data Privacy Passports technology that clients can use to gain control over how data is stored and shared. With z15, clients can manage who gets access to data via policy-based controls, with an industry-first capability to revoke access to data across the hybrid cloud,” the company said.

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