PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are joining forces with online reCommerce companies to bring pre-owned merchandise into their stores, adding to their sustainability efforts. They were to be available in some Chicago, Nashville, Austin and New York stores beginning on Oct. Madewell is no stranger to efforts in sustainability, however.

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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. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio. The retailer, which has 1,143 stores globally, closes an average of around 15 stores annually.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

The service, which is called Amazon Cash, allows Amazon customers in Mexico to deposit between 100 and 5,000 pesos ($5 through $260) per online transaction, with a daily limit of 10,000 pesos. In other Amazon news , the company announced on March 28 that it is expanding its Austin Tech Hub and will be creating 800 new tech jobs.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. and Bethesda, Maryland, that will work to mirror the company’s online experience. The 20 largest brands notched a 1.2 percent increase in U.S.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

BigCommerce , which works in software for online business operations, saw its value rise by 292 percent after an initial public offering (IPO) for $216 million was priced above a target range, according to a report by Bloomberg. exchange for a company raising at least $100 million, according to Bloomberg’s data. 4) for $24 each.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Online shopping technology provider BigCommerce Holdings is increasing its potential pricing and appended insider selling as it plans to go public, according to reports. BigCommerce Holdings, which was started in 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas, registered $120 million in revenue for the 12-month period that concluded on March 31.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. Those consist of Amazon Books, Amazon 4-Star (online goods in brick-and-mortar stores), Whole Foods Market and Amazon Go. Meanwhile, online grocer Instacart is going social.

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JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

The deal will give PayPal greater strength in eCommerce and online marketplaces, PayPal said in a statement. Marketplace sales accounted for 50 percent of all online sales in 2017, according to an estimate provided by PayPal. Hyperwallet has offices in Austin, London, San Francisco, Sydney and Vancouver.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2016

Austin, Texas-based Malauzai‘s online and mobile platforms will now include personal financial management tools. This means that before you pay that bill with a snap of your smartphone camera, you can check what other bills are coming due this week, and how much this will cut into your planned trip Read More.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. Online banking platforms are often basic, many have no mobile apps, and business platforms like treasury management are severely outdated.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The beauty brand has launched pop-up shops in cities such as Austin, Miami, Boston and London, but its success has primarily been in online sales of its lotions, lash products and soft, pink-colored lip balms since its 2014 inception. The department store retailer has also reportedly worked with Allbirds, Everlane and Away.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

With the newly launched partnership, retailers in the symbol group will have the ability to sign up for the delivery platform via the Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) after a pilot in stores throughout London and “the south east,” The Grocer reported. The function was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Dallas.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

The hardest-hit counties in the state were Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis, which include the state’s most populated cities, including Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin. However, other people likely plan to continue shopping online in lieu of physical spaces for the foreseeable future, the survey found.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Online meal delivery orders were down in March across the sector, prompting companies to look into new ways to generate revenue. In Britain, Uber Eats has nine networks of convenience stores and over 700 shops on its platform, and is in talks with other retailers and supermarket groups, Ficaja said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Consumers want everything these days, from online shopping with one-click ordering and fast delivery to an exciting and high-tech shopping experience at physical stores. Here’s an update on some of the recent casualties.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. The retailer combines the in-store and app experience to enhance the customer buying process. Banking Events Retail Banking American Banker ecommerce merchant-funded rewards mobile banking Omnichannel payments Trends'

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Austin-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform described Open Checkout in the release as an “open source extension of the platform’s native checkout” that will enable merchants, app developers and other partners to fully customize the checkout experience for their customers. BigCommerce on Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Walmart ‘s online home brand Allswell has announced the launch of its Tiny Home retail concept. Allswell is affiliated only with Walmart and not with its online counterpart Jet. Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee, Austin, Texas, Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, and Portland, Oregon.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Walmart acquired the online indie and vintage-inspired women’s apparel retailer in March 2017 for somewhere between $50 million and $75 million. and Austin. “At “I can confirm that Walmart has received outside interest from buyers for Modcloth,” Silvia Mazzucchelli, Modcloth’s CEO, told Glossy. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Mobile checkout is getting a boost from one of the largest retailers, further evidence of the technology’s continuous move deeper into the consumer mainstream. The new frictionless shopping experience is integrated into the 7Rewards loyalty program in the convenience retailer’s mobile app.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We’re building a new type of food company and a sustainable supply chain to challenge how we think about real food, explore innovative new retail formats, and elevate the consumer experience,” said Jonathan Neman, co-founder and CEO of sweetgreen. . The company has been disrupting the $800 billion U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Amazon is easily less than halfway through transforming retail by exploiting deep fulfillment moats established over many years,” said Canaccord Genuity Analyst Michael Graham. Nice review – particularly because it also noted that the eCommerce company still has a “size and capacity advantage,” before upping Amazon’s price target to $2,400.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Looking at the past several weeks of PYMNTS consumer survey data, four times more consumers are buying groceries online instead of going into the grocery store these days. Smith suffers from a chronic medical condition affecting her connective tissue and laments the fact that she can’t use her SNAP to easily shop online.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

After launching the service last month in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach, Amazon plans to expand the delivery option across the U.S. Prime members who order more than $35 of items can receive two-hour delivery for free, while one-hour delivery will cost them $7.99. throughout 2018.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

Based in Austin, Consero provides businesses with a Finance as a Service suite of solutions: outsourced CFO and bookkeeping services, combined with its financial management platform SIMPL. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week. Consero Global. OfBusiness.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, Austin, Boston and Chicago. Township leaders are ecstatic, yet some fear the company could kill more jobs than it creates because of its threat to the retail sector. Mexico presently has a $50 limit on online purchases that can be imported duty-free, but talks are ongoing with the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are rolling out omnichannel options. To that end, Home Depot has been installing lockers in many of its locations to allow customers who place online orders to easily pick up their merchandise at the store. Seven in ten — or 70 percent — of consumers have purchased packaged goods online.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. What will factor into any restaurant or restaurant group’s success in tomorrow’s online world are the numbers and demographics of just how tourist-traveled your city, town, or region is going forward.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

QuickBite Founder and CEO Richard Reedy worked for a company in East Austin and didn’t have a ton of time to get lunch. Reedy also noted that Austin, and East Austin in particular, has an abundance of food trucks , but not many of them had a way for consumers to place their orders online.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

The Austin-based company claims that its displays have proven to drive customer engagement and help increase in-store sales by as much as 38 percent. “This investment will also help us to more quickly add new retailers and brands who want to use eyeQ to reinvent the in-store shopping experience.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Pine Labs , which started as an offline retail payment provider in 1998, has since evolved to become a payment acceptance, stored value and in-store customer credit company that enables consumers to opt into installment payments plans online or at the point of sale in a physical store. The Frictionless Flow .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

But, following Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon started offering its own two-hour delivery from stores in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach in February. In March , it rolled out the service to Atlanta and San Francisco.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

With a happy medium in mind, Chakka and Gentchev identified an opportunity to work with local businesses that had free space, noticing there were many beautiful restaurants in Austin that were closed during the day. As these restaurants were created for community, they make ideal spaces for remote workers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

To help event organizers distribute tickets, online platforms are creating environments that efficiently work for buyers and sellers. The Austin, Texas-based company provides software to organizers of large and small events.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

According to Market Watch , the national grocer sent an email to members stating that the loyalty program will end, and all online accounts will be closed, on May 2. Stay tuned for additional announcements for Amazon Prime members,” reads the Whole Foods FAQ page focused on digital coupons, rewards and online accounts.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

To help consumers rent clothing for a special occasion or everyday life, online platforms are connecting borrowers with those looking to rent out clothing through emerging peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. At the University of Texas at Austin campus, for instance, people can, say, meet at the library.

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