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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The apparel retailer reported that Aerie digital demand jumped 113 percent and AE rose 21 percent, according to an announcement. “In American Eagle Outfitters concluded Q2 with $899 million in cash and short-term investments, marking a rise from $317 million in 2019, after generating $173 million in operating cash flow in Q2.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Developments From The World Of Digital Fraud.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

Credit unions (CUs) are combining resources to offer better products and services their members crave, while car manufacturers are increasingly working with retailers to unlock new connected car buying experiences. as of April 2019. 64 million: Number of connected cars expected to be on the road by the end of 2019.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Meanwhile, although many products around the world bear the “Made in China” stamp, that doesn’t necessarily mean Chinese brands have had an easy time setting up shop away from home. Historically speaking, it has not been easy for U.S. For the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

billion merger deal with Switzerland’s tourism shopping tax refund company Global Blue , earning it a listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the companies announced Thursday (Jan. Global Blue runs airport kiosks and storefronts that enable shoppers to get sales tax refunds when they return home.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

The retailer said that it marked a goodwill impairment charge of $2.73 In 2015, the retailer bought the Family Dollar chain for almost $9 billion in stock as well as cash. As it stands, Dollar Tree plans to convert roughly 200 of those stores to its eponymous brand, while closing as many as 390 locations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

tax code will help it post a profit in the not-too-distant future. Sears’ namesake brick-and-mortar brand led the declines, with same-store sales down 18.1 billion the retailer reported a year ago. Sixty-four of them will be Kmart stores, and 39 are Sears-branded. percent during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Specifically, Global Blue focuses on tourists spending abroad, and offers products that help capitalize on tax-free shopping as they buy luxury goods. Global Blue handled 64 million transactions for 29 million international shoppers in the fiscal year ending March 2019. Retail sales were up 3.6 percent for the entirety of 2019.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

million pre-tax loss for the first half of this year. After acquiring the pan-Asian restaurant Wagamama , earnings took a dive, in part due to a £102 million impairment charge for its leisure businesses, located in cinemas, retail parks and shopping centers. Another seven Wagamama locations are planned for 2020.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto. Physical Retail Stumbles Into 2020 . The year got off to something of a rocky start for physical retailers, as the recent spike in store closures carried on and even picked up strength.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The coming holiday season — so important to retailers — promises to bring quicker deliveries to more consumers, more commerce-enabled homes and less revenue than expected for Amazon. The eCommerce operator released its third quarter 2019 financials on Thursday afternoon (Oct. billion — analysts had expected Q4 revenue to hit $87.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. The move comes as cities and states are passing bans on cashless retail establishments, on the argument that such retail discriminates against unbanked consumers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. The tax, technically known as “Tax Deducted at Source” (TDS), is sent directly to an account held by the central government.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

And they have a big job ahead of them in 2019 — with expectations they will drop off roughly 275 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, more than double last year’s number. Amazon said it is taking the space in the property, which is being redeveloped, without any of the special tax credits it had been offered previously.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1789 that the only certainty in life was death and taxes. Instead of sitting on hold to make an airline or hotel reservation, consumers can use online travel aggregators or branded apps to book and confirm their arrangements. PYMNTS.com 2020 SOURCE: 2019 How We Will Pay Study. Maybe even spendable.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. percent of all retail sales to 6.4 percent of retail sales and 50 percent of all eCommerce sales.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

If they can get it under control quickly, it will even then have an impact on GDP and the hundreds of brands that are in the Wuhan region. This is not the same as eCommerce putting pressure on traditional retail because banking is a very different animal obviously.”. It depends a little on how this plays out.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Even so, September 2020 was one of the strongest months for IPOs since Uber went public in May 2019. Investment banking revenues hit a 13-year-low in 2019. Biotech firms saw most of the best IPO performances in 2019, but conditions appear to be favoring large software platforms and tech companies once again in 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Around the middle of the twentieth century, there was what The Atlantic called a “Cambrian explosion” of brands. Tide, Crest, Band-Aid, Lipton, and other branded packaged goods — and the conglomerates that manufactured them — reigned. Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Why the shift?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The initiative got a lot of attention, sold a lot of T-shirts and managed to become, if not exactly a trend, at least something of an inspiration to other brands. The packaging is also a red rectangle, iconic to the brand, with Supreme’s logo printed across the wrapper, along with Oreo’s signature. Explaining the Madness.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. In September 2015, Quirky finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

For physical retail, the pandemic was simply the force that accelerated a decline that had started in 2014 — one that inertia had masked for all of the years up until now. This data came on the heels of a holiday shopping season that was strong, but weaker than retail analysts had expected. A Long Time Ago … In January 2020.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In 2016, Goldman Sachs introduced its own online bank offering, Marcus, with an aesthetic and brand promise very similar to challenger banks. It had over 2M users as of July 2019. In June 2019, the company announced that it had raised $110M to introduce complete banking services to its customers. users avoid unnecessary fees.

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MAY 23, 2019

The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. Liberty pled not guilty to 10 separate federal fraud charges in March 2019, and could face up to 20 years in prison. His trial is expected to commence in February 2020. Total Funding: $240M.

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FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

In September 2019, Fico and Visma announced their partnership to Offer SaaS Anti Financial Crime Solutions in Western Europe. We serve corporates, insurance companies, and banks – be it a retail, private, wealth management, automotive or telecom bank, tier 1 or tier 3 bank. billion in 2019. However, this has changed over time.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

For many retailers, especially those focused on eCommerce, the next several weeks are crucial. Clearbanc , which provides growth capital for online brands, said on Wednesday (Nov. Clearbanc (@clearbanc) November 13, 2019. That’s because the ongoing uncertainty over tariffs between the U.S. China trade dispute.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

People can say what they will about the wisdom of legal retail sales of marijuana (we here at PYMNTS take no position), but the payments knot that the cash-dominated industry is dealing with is leading to some improvisation, and even government-backed experimentation. 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023. and Canada.

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