PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The holiday season is the time for nostalgia and tradition, and that is the case here at PYMNTS, where even amid our coverage of the newest retail trends, we sometimes get the warm-and-fuzzies. It led us to wonder, going into the heart of the fourth quarter and then into 2020, about the status of that old standby, the retail catalog.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

Perhaps the elusive Manhattan retail market. Earlier this week, outdoor apparel and gear company The North Face announced that it would be signing a lease on a 20,000-square-foot space at 510 Fifth Avenue at West 43rd Street in Midtown, according to a recent article from The Real Deal.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 17, 2024

In our last article ( HERE ), we highlighted the methodology around why banks should calculate and drive value through customer profitability and product profitability. In this article, we wanted a different approach to arrive at the same conclusion but in a slightly different context. The answer is – most likely.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2016

According to a recent article from USA Today , consumer spending continues to lag, despite several key indicators in the economy suggesting it should be picking up steam as the weather heats up. Some experts, including RBC Capital Markets, feel it may have dampened consumer confidence and derailed plans for spending.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

From lattes to lingerie to langoustines, retailers of every vertical and stripe are either starting to deliver to the home or are ramping up their capacity to do so. There’s not much that won’t be delivered to the home during this COVID-19 crisis.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

While some Asian country economies may be slowing down, the health of the online retail markets across the continent is booming. That same report goes on to detail how these five Asian online economies have already outpaced the combined online retail markets in the U.S. trillion by 2020.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. According to a new projection from National Retail Federation, retail sales are estimated to grow just 3.1

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2016

How many retail moguls made Forbes ’ The World’s Billionaires List this year? Of the 1,810 billionaires named to the list, 345 of them earned their fortunes (or at least part of them) in retail. If he were to oust Gates, as the Forbes article points out, he would be the first retailer to claim the number one position.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

The gap in the market, she believed, was between finding a product – via skincare articles, blog posts or influencers – and knowing whether or not they should spend the money to try it out. In Baalm’s approach to the market, the company is developing what they call a “50-state strategy.”

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American Banker

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An advocate for retail merchants takes issue with a BankThink article criticizing the Credit Card Competition Act.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 25, 2020

The inability to connect Marketing activities to the bottom line is what I frequently hear from bankers that think the Marketing Department is a cost center. Yet Marketing is frequently held to account for the ROI of the checking or home equity campaign. Which leads me to my second way to hold Marketing accountable.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

Over the past decade, foot traffic in retail outlets has seen a decline. Colliers’ national director of research, James Breeze, commented in a Wall Street Journal article on the future of warehouse market development. This is happening in markets where there is a continuing demand for new space …. percent, up from 7.5

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Accenture

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The credit card partnership market is off to an aggressive start in 2019, given issuers’ robust activity in the first half to try to fuel new growth amidst a leveling-off in receivables. As the competition remains fierce in general purpose bank cards, the partnership market provides an opportunity for new growth-inducing channels.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

If that consumer bought the tie, Mashable might get a portion of the sale: “If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission, which helps support our work,” reads a disclaimer on a Mashable article with eBay links. As eCommerce retailers like eBay seek to grow different channels for sales, what’s next after shoppable images?

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The real reason that this conference makes our favorites list is that this is one of the few conferences where we can learn what the largest and most progressive banks are doing in the market. Many banks expressed frustration over keeping small business banking housed within the retail bank channel.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 25, 2017

I really enjoyed a recent article on CGAP (the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor). Housed at the World Bank, CGAP’s mission is to improve the lives of poor people by spurring innovations and advancing knowledge and solutions that promote responsible, sustainable, inclusive financial markets. Then the internet happened.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The shift in consumer preference is altering the market, shifting valuations and creating entirely new species of demand in the shopping population. While still ongoing as of the wiring of this article, Cyber Monday is forecast to be the biggest digital shopping day ever in the U.S., Digital Sales Surge on Black Friday.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2016

According to DynamicAction’s Retail Index: Holiday 2016 , retailers have increasing their promotions and offers by 52 percent this holiday season. By analyzing more than $8 billion in consumer transactions globally, the index found that more retailers are turning to deals, discounts and rewards than in previous years.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Retailers are set to clean up this Halloween, as 2017 is looking to be a record-setter for consumer spending during the holiday. Increased millennial spending comes despite the fact that the demographic is the one that most needs to save money, CitiBank noted in the article. In fact, holiday spending is expected to hit $9.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

Is reading an article on a phone a better experience than reading it on a larger screen or (gasp) in print? But, while more consumers are heading to mobile retail channels, the personal experience and ability to touch and preview items in-person offered by physical stores still holds allure for roughly 70 percent of shoppers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The filing will allow the retailer to continue operating while it attempts to reorganize the business and return to profitability. It will continue operations in Mexico and Latin America, the article said. The used-fashion market in the U.S. Forever 21 plans to close up to 178 stores in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Or, as a recent CNBC article put it, quoting a source, “a mass extinction event.”. Among the latest chronicles of that struggle came this week via a CNBC article , which includes this quote from a 2016 McKinsey & Co. So far, at least, global banks are holding up, based on their most recent reporting periods,” the article says.

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Perficient

JUNE 24, 2023

However, many enterprise organizations face challenges when it comes to coordinating the rollout of new marketing technology products and achieving scalable growth. Overcoming Hurdles and Driving Results In this series of articles, we will explore how Optimizely tools can help businesses overcome these hurdles and drive results.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2017

According to the Reuters article, Amazon has approached several French supermarket operators with interest in distribution deals or acquisitions within the country. In its first foray into grocery, the company purchased Whole Foods Market earlier this year for $13.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

These are amazing times to be a consumer who suffers from retail embarrassment. To point out the obvious, online retail sites and even some marketplaces have made the ability to buy such products as painless as the process can possibly be. Market research comes in handy when evaluating the profit potential of retail embarrassment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Retail email offers aren’t as effective as they should be, according to a Monday (Nov. 27) article published by the Wall Street Journal , and personalization is key to turning that around. The ugly truth is that most retailers haven’t done the unsexy work of understanding how to use the data.”. Adobe Systems Inc.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this article, we look at why getting clarity around your bank’s brand proposition is important and some ideas to consider. Harley Davidson became aligned with the criminal element in America and lost market share as it slid from almost 90% of the U.S. market at its peak to about 10% in 1990. The answer was a lifestyle.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This article uses data and machine learning to give banks three of the most critical lessons regarding deposit promotions. When media attention drives behavior, you want to run a deposit promotion to get the greatest return on your marketing investment. The same is true for deposit marketing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

27), Anthony Barzilay Freund, editorial director and director of fine art at the retailer of antique and modern furniture, jewelry, fashion and art, talked about the role content — even long-form articles — can play in eCommerce in 2019. According to the Data & Marketing Association , 9.8 Speaking to Audiences.

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Perficient

AUGUST 14, 2020

We identified Six Key Commitments, and here are the first , second , third , fourth , and fifth articles. This same shift has been occurring within retail for over a decade and has taken precedence over building storefronts. Today, we turn our attention to: The SIXTH COMMITMENT. It’s a shift towards digital networks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

upheld a 2018 ruling by a lower court, the Court of Appeal, that payments firms Visa and Mastercard had restricted competition for retailers by levying fees on transactions, known as multilateral interchange fees (MIF). The high court’s dismissal of Visa and Mastercard’s appeal paves the way for the retailers to seek compensation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

The coming ascendence of augmented reality and virtual reality have long been article fodder for tech enthusiasts, gamers and retail watchers alike. The problem is that these applications work more naturally in some places than in others – and retail presents the clearest possible example of why.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Those variations are often a good deal cheaper — and look at a quick glance quite a bit like the genuine Allbirds article — but reviews indicate the resemblance doesn’t get much past the surface. The retail expansion is part of it, as is international, but at the core for us, it’s about product and it’s about material innovation.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

Said simply, New Balance is rethinking athletic footwear retail — how to sells shoes, where to sell shoes and how to carry on its relationship with its customers across channels — and in between sneaker replacements. As of the writing of this article, there are three Run Hub shops across the country. We started in the U.S.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This article provides an update on pricing trends driven by our Loan Command aggregated community bank data and highlights some commercial loan insights that can improve bank performance. The Retail sector probabilities of default decreased as demand for space has increased against a backdrop of tight supply.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This article breaks down how data powers intelligence automation. It’s not new news and it doesn’t need to be complicated; it’s just a revolution of how we leverage data! Let’s take a quick dive into the data-driven universe of AI (i.e., intelligence automation).

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