PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. billion fine onto Google, claiming that their product carousel ads created an unfair advantage to small guy retailers who didn’t have the money to advertise. I’ll point out that those retailers did, apparently, have the money to hire lawyers. Investors put $2.65

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Make room for more contextual commerce and more retail innovation in the travel sector. That’s the view from one of Google’s latest retail-associated launches, an airfare insight and travel recommendations offering. The travel industry also is the site of recent retail-oriented innovation. Contextual Commerce.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

As Recurly Senior Vice President Emma Clark told PYMNTS in a recent conversation, that means the landscape for subscription retail players has radically shifted in recent weeks. There is a whole host of tactics that subscription retailers should make to adjust to the immediate reality of a COVID-19 world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

But many luxury trips can run aground without effective and innovative payment solutions to help travelers meet and manage associated costs. And a significant share of luxury travelers express high levels of interest in using innovative payment solutions to fund their future vacations. Millennials make up about a third of the U.S.

Payments 125

Payments Los Angeles Innovation Millennials 125

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

And then there were the little Walt Disney Read-Along Books and Records, first released in 1965. Each book ran a tight 24 pages and came with a 7-inch record that read the story to its young owner. But though the Disney Read-Along Books and Records burned bright in consumer affections, they burned short.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2018

However, for SSENSE (pronounced essence), at its first retail location, the Canadian eCommerce brand turned physical retailer has opted for a slightly different flavor. The goal, according to its founder, is to find showcase designers who have different perspectives and who “aren’t playing by the book.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2019

The intersection of those two trends provides a business opportunity, as discussed in a recent PYMNTS interview with Gideon Silverman, CEO at Awayco , a company that enables the rental of such gear as surfboards, snowboards and bikes at retail and affiliate locations around the world.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A bit younger than their millennial siblings and cousins, they’ve grown up totally mobile, and have idiosyncrasies that make them unique. Perhaps more than millennial cohorts, Gen Z is having a hot love affair with eCommerce and sharing platforms that specialize in and cater to their digital lifestyles. “I

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The youngest of the bridge millennials – those 30- to 40-year-olds who today represent the first generation of connected consumers with spending power – will be having their mid-life crises at the age of 50. In a world where, as the Census says, 90 percent of retail sales still happen in the physical store, cards rule. The Big Shift.

Online 197

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. Most of the company’s revenue comes from fee-paying franchisees and bookings. Retail Influences.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Older customers might prefer human interaction and want nothing to do with automated help , while millennials or Gen Z might want to solve their issues through chat windows powered by AI. It’s not just traditional retail models that are getting makeovers. The hospitality industry is also undergoing a transformation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2019

Better algorithms , visual search tools and concierge services are just a handful of the ways retailers young and old are attempting to ensure customers get the “right” products. If Mercury is in retrograde, should we let that affect our retail choices? But are they really the right products? Not All Horoscopes Are Good Horoscopes.

Millennials 136

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A lifestyle brand for millennial buyers with an eye for design – but perhaps not the pocketbook for designer prices – the watch and accessories startup MVMT started on its path in 2013. “I had goals just in terms of being successful, and I was sitting in a classroom essentially being asked to do a book report.

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social media Branding Millennials Groups 101

PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Fortunately, it appears the recreational market is getting some much-needed innovation to help organizations and associations process payments and participant registration. One company that is innovating in the sports and recreation industry is Amilia, an online registration and membership management platform.

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Marketing Payments Community Millennials 115

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

Millennials and Generation Y have grown up with cybercrime, the executive stated, and parents must have “another type of talk” with their kids: the online safety and security talk, as Volmar termed it. When asked what innovation he expected but had not yet seen, Volmar replied, “I would have thought that there would have been U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

Marketplaces such as Glamping Hub see that glamping is popular with two segments in particular: baby boomers and millennials. Another segment, millennials, are looking for unique destinations that can lend themselves to Instagram and other social media channels. The Great Outdoors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2019

As the retail run-up to the 2019 main event comes closer, there is every reason to think that estimate might be due for an upward revision. Star Wars’ nearly five-decade legacy among fans isn’t entirely due to the innovations Lucas brought to the screen – like the Millennium Falcon, lightsabers and Stormtroopers, memorable though they are.

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Maine Retail Innovation Millennials 170

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The day after Halloween marks the 60-day sprint to the end of the year – a year in which the pace of innovation has accelerated materially. The shifts associated with that innovation are beginning to take root, and those impacts are beginning to be felt. In fact, according to our recent study, they come in dead last.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 24, 2017

Millennials this…”, “Small businesses that…”, Community banks are…”. Samuel Arbesman argues for a shrinking half-life of facts in his book, The Half-Life of Facts. I saw this up close and personal as part of a research effort exploring the current and likely evolution of retail delivery channel technology.

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CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

Every few weeks, another story about the dreaded generation surfaces: millennials are killing casual dining; millennials are killing breakfast cereal; millennials are killing home ownership. Millennials aren’t shunning luxury goods; they’re just renting them instead of buying. Millennials are in debt.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers. His aim is to change the way that the thousands of cases of retail goods are stored, handled and hauled. But it’s not just the retailers trying to cut costs who are embracing technology.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

So, Amazon hasn’t just benefited its customers: It has forced retailers to lower prices and increase their levels of service. Consumers today can use Alexa to order food, book an Uber and do their banking – and they do. own voice-activated speakers, as do more than a third of the 30- to 40-year-old bridge millennials.

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Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

But like the shift from physical to online retail, online ordering is a space that’s growing rapidly, driven by the consumer’s desire for convenience — regardless of whether that online order is delivered or picked up and taken out of the restaurant to eat somewhere else.

Online 125

Online Branding Mobile Millennials 125

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

(ARC), which says it “provides channel-agnostic tools and insights to help the global travel community connect, grow and thrive,” had taken a majority stake in nuTravel, described as a “leading developer of applications that provide airlines with online retailing solutions with enhanced features to support travel agency services.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Talking cars that drive themselves and disembodied digital butlers are the stuff of sci-fi sitcoms and comic book movie franchises. As the report highlights, the trend is also visible among surveyed bridge millennial consumers, more than half of whom travel to and from work each day. Or at least they were. Voice Technology Accelerates.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

I was reminded of this phenomenon recently after scanning a bunch of stories that described a variety of “disruptive” innovations in payments. Books and articles today abound about how platforms are the slick new models that will rule the world — tempting businesses with a “winning” formula for devising new and disruptive businesses.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Hi everyone! Astrologists say that people born on Mondays have the psychic ability to understand others — making them better able to see what’s next. Executive coaches say Monday is the most productive day of the week, since it represents a fresh start and an opportunity to set and achieve new goals.

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Payments Data Millennials Maine 168

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

This innovation ushered in a sea change for consumers, content producers and content distributors. Millennials loved it even more: Only 57 percent reported watching primetime TV live that year, opting instead to watch prerecorded and/or streaming video or to play video games. From Time Shifting to Place Shifting.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

It’s a big market today (which will be an exponentially bigger market tomorrow), one that innovators from all over technology, retail, payments and financial services are rushing to get in on at the ground floor, even though that ground floor itself is being built underneath them. So, where to look to understand what’s next?

Marketing 100

Marketing Millennials Google Mobile 100

PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

The intent of the regulation is to level the playing field for innovators by offering consumers an expanded number of point solutions that are different than what’s offered now by their existing bank. In the book, he describes going into the store and giving a salesperson his measurements. Television programming is being unbundled.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So many miles to go, retail bankers! It is an innovator with tech (e.g., In a mature credit cycle with a tough yield cure, Chase is still growing retail revenue a 7+% and mobile banking users by 12+%. The workplace a millennial will most confuse with Silicon Valley – Live Oak Bank in North Carolina. Might be time to.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2017

At this point in time,” he said, “almost everybody — and certainly all millennials — use these companies to book travel … [those companies could] scale fairly rapidly in terms of acquiring customers on the demand side and then aggregating hotel accommodations on the supply side.”. For WEX, said Pratt, admiration is cast Amazon’s way.

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Payments Cards Examples Online 121

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Electricity would also give innovators their own superpower, an incentive to design and manufacture a whole range of electric-powered appliances – irons, refrigerators, dryers, ovens, stoves, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers – that would do more than save women time “doing chores.”. Home Is Where the Economic Production Is.

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Innovation Millennials Retail Study 292

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

Yet, that’s the claim being made by Scott Galloway — serial entrepreneur and adjunct faculty member at the Stern School of Business who wrote a book , participated in numerous TV interviews and composed a 7,000-word article in Esquire saying just that. About 50 percent of items sold on Amazon now are from sellers just like him.

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Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

CB Insights

JULY 20, 2017

This post will dive into innovation across beauty and grooming, focusing on the following areas: Startup investment trends. Tied for third, Brazilian direct sales essential oils startup Aloha Oils raised a $6M angel round, and UAE-based beauty booking platform Shedul raised a $6M Series A. . Corporate activity and patents.

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