PYMNTS
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. Amazon , in one case, has added a suburban Boston location to its roster of Amazon 4-star stores, marking the fifth location of its type in the United States.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 9, 2017
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. People aren’t [going] online anymore — they’re online all day,” Schambach said.
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PYMNTS
APRIL 11, 2016
As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. However, of late, its expansion has been rapid, and it is now in 17 major metro markets. And quickly.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, Austin, Boston and Chicago. Amazon is opening a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in metro Detroit and plans to hire 1,000 employees to fill it. Township leaders are ecstatic, yet some fear the company could kill more jobs than it creates because of its threat to the retail sector.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
has an updated look and a new focus: the shopping needs of major metro consumers, particularly around grocery. Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. The world’s largest retailer announced it has acquired the crowdsourced, on-demand delivery marketplace Cornershop for $225 million. percent during the second quarter.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 16, 2019
s two resident retail superpowers’ race for the consumer’s whole paycheck this week. The world’s largest physical retailer, Walmart, spent much of its earnings call with analysts discussing its digital commerce victories and expansion. economics, told CNBC that she expects retail sales — excluding autos — to have risen by 0.6
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 3, 2018
The game will be the main event for most people, particularly for fans in Boston and Philadelphia, as both cities are known for being ever so slightly fanatical about their sports teams. [GO Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets in which Postmates currently operates. The Dog Bowl.
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