PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

Designer Brands Inc. The company operates almost 1,000 retail stores under names like DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company. percent for the first quarter of 2020, in comparison to a 3 percent rise in the same quarter of fiscal 2019, according to an announcement. In separate news, retailer Express Inc.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That’s the current state of play in Southeast Asia where social commerce is growing rapidly as brands try to find new ways to sell during the pandemic. According to research from solutions provider iKala , social commerce orders in the first half of 2020 more than doubled, while gross merchandise value (GMV) grew three-fold compared to 2019.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

More than a store or a brand, The Sharper Image was the traditional mecca of the husbands, fathers and boyfriends along for mall trips they didn’t really want to be on, offering consolation in the form of a session in the vibro-massaging leather recliner and the opportunity to touch a plasma globe.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. And retailers that deploy experiential tactics drive repeat purchases at rates nearly twice those who don’t.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Digital sports entertainment and gaming industry platform DraftKings — known for its top-rated daily fantasy sports and mobile sports betting apps — today announced an agreement with InComm Payments , a global leading payments technology company, to launch an industry-first retail gift card. . DraftKings reported on Friday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Amazon is taking a new approach to its brands, extending beyond its AmazonBasics and other private-label lines: The retailer is rolling out brands that are exclusive to the site, but are not actually owned by the company. At the same time, Perrigo also owns a brand called GoodSense.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

retailers during the holiday shopping season, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The shortages come from an unexpected surge of customer demand, which took retailers by surprise after they had cut orders for new merchandise in the spring as countrywide lockdowns were starting and the job market was bottoming out. in the spring.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Benetton Group is teaming once more with EDITED, while CarLotz Inc. Benetton Group Teams With Retail Intelligence Firm EDITED. European fashion firm Benetton Group is collaborating once more with EDITED, the retail market intelligence company, as a “necessary platform” for its future three-year plan.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. They also create repeat visits to the DSW brand, where an exciting footwear assortment awaits.”. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. per share.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Anyone who works at fashion brand Bella+Canvas is familiar with the quote. Bella+Canvas is a California-based activewear brand with a unique mix of business models. Most recently, Bella+Canvas has opened a retail business, distributing its products through Nordstrom and other department stores. Its tagline: “Be different.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

banks accounted for 81 of the 500 most valuable and strongest bank brands around the world on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2019 list, released this week. Led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s most valuable banking brand (at $79.8

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Brands Inc. , Are among retailers throughout the globe who are seeking flexibility from landlords over a time they bring in little or no sales, which makes for a challenging situation for real estate companies and financial institutions. South African attire retailer The Foschini Group Ltd. Wheatley and Yum!

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The dramatic consumer shift to Digital 3.0 — predicted months ago by the PYMNTS COVID-19 tracker work — is accounting for almost half of the retail growth in the US. It found that eCommerce growth as of May 1 was up 68 percent, surpassing 40 percent of total retail sales. Overall Chinese retail sales of consumer goods dropped 2.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

The firm monitors the list of more than 120 private label Amazon brand products that now includes kitchen goods, clothing, batteries, and electronics. The mattress marks the first time Amazon sold a branded Amazon mattress, noted the report, citing TJI. For Amazon, Wall Street is bullish on its prospects.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Younger consumers expect instant gratification and affordable ways to obtain the goods they desire, prompting more retailers to adopt buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment services. In fact, the data has shown that the [BNPL] brands that have some maturity to them [have] actually brought in younger customers.”.

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Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Credit card volume and receivables continue to grow amongst the top issuing banks for the first quarter of 2019; however, the growth rate of each has been slowing compared to prior years. Industry statistics (based on non-retail card issuers in scorecard section). Issuer scorecard ($billions)—Q1 2019. Partnership developments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

20 for its Special K brand. The flavors were “inspired” by Twitter conversations the brand had with consumers. Its Objective wellness brand, according to the website Glossy , is being redesigned and rebranded about a year after it was first introduced. The promotion started Sept. Another marketing move can be seen from Clorox.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The vicious cycle of physical retail is meeting the virtuous cycle of digital, at a time when companies are aiming to chart a course toward a future that is without precedent. In retail, merchants need to enter a new kind of gig economy that can be called “gig retailing.” All this, Today in Data. Data: .

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. It reportedly purchased this digital upstart — one with a reported (and very small) $3.9

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Hot on the heels of its close cousin, augmented reality (AR), more retailers are using immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences to entice customers through the doors of physical storefronts. While many retailers are using the technology to create tailored experiences for their brands, it may well become a new way for customers to shop, too.

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Retail Branding Online Report 171

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

And in retail, Essentia is ready for its un-Casper-like closeup. The sleep brand ’s locations are thriving, and a few more are planned for this year. meal delivery market controlled by DoorDash in October of 2019. meal delivery market controlled by DoorDash in October of 2019. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

One of the overlooked elements from the retail earnings reports of recent weeks is inventory levels. But several reports are pointing to healthy inventory positions as a point of optimism in retailing’s comeback progress. Its latest monthly retailer inventory-to-sales ratio report for June indicates a significant drop — from 1.35

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

For retailers, it’s better to be hot in 2020 than top. The National Retail Federation (NRF) said on its blog this week that the Hot 100 Retailers, while vulnerable to mergers and acquisitions, as a group is more stable than the Top 100 Retailers ranking, as stores are impacted by the unpredictability of COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The world’s second biggest fashion retail firm, H&M, is shuttering its independent brand Cheap Monday, the company said on Tuesday (Nov. The brand had been owned by H&M through its 2008 acquisition of Fabric Scandinavien AB, which was the owner of Cheap Monday. 27), as reported by Reuters.

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

Industry statistics (based on non-retail card issuers in scorecard section). Issuer scorecard ($billions)—Q2 2019. Retail Card, Payment Solutions, and CareCredit). Retail Card, Payment Solutions, and CareCredit). Retail Card accounts for ~70% of total receivables. Mobile & tech. Click/tap to view larger.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

Iconic brick-and-mortar retailers are sometimes reinvented, and return to the world of retail with smaller-format concepts. The parent of the Toys R Us brand, Tru Kids , plans to bring stores under the legendary name to the United States for the 2019 holiday season. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

Retail 150

Retail US New York United States 150

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Nike ’s digital sales surged in Q1, while the sportswear brand also saw an uptick in its connected fitness business. 80K: Number of global regulatory updates in 2019 with which banks must comply to avoid fines. 22%: Rise in identity thefts targeting seniors between 2018 and 2019. 6.7B: Amount U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

As it does during the first week of every month of the pandemic, attention turns to retail leases. This week found that one of the crisis’ most troubled retailers — Nordstrom — will only pay half of its rent for the balance of 2020. Retail Properties of America, Inc. It, along with Authentic Brands Group owns SPARC Group.

Retail 150

Retail New York City Branding Groups 150

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Retailers are facing a personalization paradox. Fifty-three percent of consumers want retailers to respect their anonymity in 2020; at the same time 61 percent want more personalization in marketing, messaging and promotions. That’s where brands can use the entire data stream, those digital footprints that their customers are leaving.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Despite the fact that many retailers are creating their own versions of Black Friday, the traditional one that happens the day after Thanksgiving will still occur as a retail event. That’s the take from Edited , a retail tracking platform that advises brands on pricing and merchandising strategies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

is comprising nearly half of the retail growth in the U.S. 15,000: Minimum count of merchants or brands that are offering or plan to offer BNPL. 85%: Proportion of retail sales that stores accounted for as of 2019. 16%: Percentage by which Chinese online retail sales are projected to rise for the year as a whole.

Retail 130

Retail Data Branding Online 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

The COVID-19 crisis and the digital shift that it accelerated are making five lessons clear that tradition brick-and-mortar retailers must heed if they want to survive, according to Karen Webster. percent of the market for online furniture and household accessories in 2019 — a market share traditional furniture merchants would kill for.

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Retail Branding Analysis Online 179

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. When Indochino made the transition from a digital-only to an omnichannel retailer, it chose to open smaller stores called showrooms. Greenwich, Conn.; Manhasset, N.Y.; and Paramus, N.J.; Brooklyn will launch first on Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Dollar Shave Club (DSC)’s board of directors have named a new CEO for the brand, while Albertsons Companies registered a digital sales growth spike in its third quarter fiscal 2020 results. percent Q3 fiscal 2019, while interest expense was $115.9 million in Q3 fiscal 2019.

Retail 145

Retail Branding Study Management 145

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Amazon’s relationships with big brands on their platform is looking quite a bit less healthy than it once was, while Walmart has seen grocery services lose some ground in terms of consumer appreciation, according to a recently released ranking. Big News of the Week: Another Big Brand Break-Up. Another one bites the dust. online spend.

Branding 139

Branding Retail Meeting Report 139