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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

And according to experts, the impacts from the storm will likely be felt throughout the end of 2018 and perhaps into 2019. Industrial production also took a big hit last September before surging in October, largely driven by Houston’s petro-chemical industry surging back online. According to Planalytics, roughly $2.75

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Retailers are aiming to help consumers manage chronic diseases as well as their overall health and wellness through new brick-and-mortar experiences. Through HealthHUBs, consumers are at the center of an unmatched retail health experience. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. cities by the end of 2019. 5G Potential. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. The company said in the announcement that the service will be available in over 1,600 stores and over 50 percent of the country by the close of 2019. And it noted that the membership has a free trial of 15 days.

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MAY 8, 2020

The Houston-based company reported that total revenues fell by 4 percent to $306.6 million compared to Q1 in 2019. . Cardtronics , which calls itself the world’s largest ATM owner-operator, disclosed its first-quarter results on Friday (May 8), which reflected lower revenues due to lockdowns and some location closures. .

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JANUARY 9, 2019

The three telecoms — SK Telecom, LG Uplus and KT — launched 5G last month, though, according to one report , “they currently provide access with mobile 5G routers since 5G phones aren’t set to come out until March of 2019.” A big part of the 5G pitch involves its retail capabilities. In the U.S., Next up for AT&T’s 5G?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

AT&T has announced that it will be offering a 5G smartphone from Samsung in the first half of 2019. “5G 5G phones with Samsung — also in the first half of 2019. Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., 5G is going to be about more than just a network. Louisville, Ky., Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Raleigh, N.C.,

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

But that doesn’t mean the money doesn’t flow during the baseball playoffs – evidence of that comes from Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner known as “ Mattress Mack ,” who just put $3.5 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. Payments Innovation. has added to that pressure.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Its fourth-quarter earnings report, released at the end of February, showed a revenue jump of 88 percent from 2019 to $1.1 billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750. Ontario (L.A.),

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JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% It includes Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which is moving its headquarters to the Houston area. billion to the state’s GDP in 2019, according to state records.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

The need for food delivery keeps pushing the edge of retail innovation – and could even lead to crowding on sidewalks and competing for room with pedestrians and rented scooters – as Postmates plans to test delivery robots in San Francisco. Intense Focus.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Grocery retailers are opening new stores in cities that aren’t only designed as places for consumers to pick up their weekly groceries: They’re turning them into culinary destinations with eateries as well as features designed for city living. Luxury retailers usually have that type of glass installed, and it’s easier to see inside.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Sometimes even the fastest runners need to take a break, and after the 16-week continuous retail sprint that is the annual holiday shopping rush, it is no great surprise that both Amazon and Walmart were relatively quiet in the first week of the new decade. Many patent applications never materialize into actual technology.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Indeed, new evidence recently emerged about the deployment of the latest generation of mobile technology – one that promises to bring significant changes to retail and payments thanks to bandwidth expansion and faster processing, along with new challenges and questions as early 5G case studies loom. cities by the end of 2019.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

While the worst fears haven’t been realized — the NFL opened its 2020 season in September with a showdown between (Super Bowl champs) the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans — the outlook across the pantheon of live sports is anything but settled as November 2020 begins. It’s certainly not anything that anyone could plan for.

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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. After two years at the world’s largest retailer, Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn is leaving Walmart in early 2020, Reuters reported on Thursday (Dec.

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JUNE 17, 2019

To bring autonomous pizza delivery to Houston, Domino’s Pizza and robotics company Nuro are teaming up to use a custom unmanned vehicle dubbed R2 later in 2019. The fleet from Nuro will serve certain Domino’s customers in Houston who place their orders online, the company said in an announcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

BNPL is a thoroughly mobile experience that completes the retail trifecta: less expensive, easy to use and totally portable. That last part is important, as nearly 80 percent of users of the BNPL service Afterpay used a mobile phone for their transaction during the 2019 shopping season. Sneakers, Makeup and Money. The concept has legs.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2020

The hospitality group behind Ruth’s Chris Steak House — operator or franchiser of 159 restaurants — showed a profit of $42 million on $468 million in revenue in 2019 and a workforce topping 5,000, according to The Wall Street Journal. Shake Shack, which made $595 million in sales with a $20 million net profit in 2019, got $10 million.

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