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DECEMBER 24, 2020

When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands drove into the pandemic and adapted to it to catch the digital shift. Adore Me, for example, was a thriving eCommerce brand before the pandemic.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Designer Brands Inc. The company operates almost 1,000 retail stores under names like DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company. ” Designer Brands said it has successfully opened roughly 90 percent of its overall store base, and it foresees having almost all of its North American locations open by the conclusion of June.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Four years and $35 million in venture capital funding later, Taylor’s company is expanding and simplifying the ability for eCommerce companies to build sophisticated yet simple web stores. Some retailers are just excellent about telling stories about themselves and about the products that they're selling,” Taylor told PYMNTS.

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JULY 28, 2020

Men’s Wearhouse owner Tailored Brands might seek bankruptcy in the third quarter of its fiscal year, according to a 10-Q regulatory filing with the U.S. Tailored Brands said the pandemic had a significant effect on its business, as has been the case with a number of merchants. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Prepare for a big week of retail data, all of it unprecedented in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting with the Commerce Department retail sales data on Wednesday, retailers will get a sense of how much consumers are spending and the retailers they are spending with. For retailers, there are no surprises from March.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. reported that its Retail Pharmacy USA segment had $27.2 Walgreens Retail Pharmacy USA Reports $27.2 reported as part of its Q1 fiscal 2021 earnings that its Retail Pharmacy USA segment had $27.2 Billion In Sales. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

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MAY 11, 2020

As retailers, especially those marked non-essential, move to digital commerce platforms they’re also finding new ways to stay in touch with customers during the pandemic. Our data also showed that shoppers are seeking new brands and ‘in-stock’ products when Amazon is out of stock or cannot fulfill the needs of consumers.”.

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JULY 3, 2020

Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. . John Donahoe, CEO, Nike.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Iain McNicoll , VP of Americas/SMB for payments platform Payoneer , recently told PYMNTS that eCommerce’s market share has risen to 27 percent from just 16 percent when the pandemic began. McNicoll said the quick gains aren’t surprising, as physical retail stores essentially closed down worldwide for months.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The David’s Bridal application was built by Vertebrae , a tech company that specializes in bringing real-world applications to retailing. Vince Cacace , CEO of Vertebrae, told PYMNTS that AR in 3D has become a high-demand technology for all kinds of products and retailers. “We How does it work on me? How does it work in my space?

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

That influx of users new to digital paths and processes has created pressure in the market for brands to leverage video content. Moreover, such personalization allows video to capitalize on one of its primary advantages when compared to text or even photos. It really gives that human connection and that brand affinity.

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JULY 7, 2020

To form a direct-to-consumer (DTC) online commerce strategy, Kidd & Company, LLC and T-street Capital, LLC have joined forces by creating a holding company focused on buying companies called Brand Holdings, LLC. In that role, he spearheaded the shift to a DTC online brand from a catalog company.

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JUNE 25, 2020

While the only thing that was temporarily put on hold was a search for scalable capital investment, Mullin is stepping forward with a new YouTube Channel that started on June 1, with three episodes each showing women in adventurous roles. Any brand that isn’t using it is making a big mistake. Video is critical,” Mullin noted.

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JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. That quarter, Nike CEO John Donahoe said that digital represented 30 percent of Nike’s sales.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, senior editor, and Angely Mercado, associate editor, discuss the following news developments: Corporate card and financial product startup Brex’s marketing strategy; Inspired Capital’s recent investment in business banking platform Rho; and […].

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JANUARY 12, 2021

As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan. 11) “bring together Walmart’s retail knowledge and scale with Ribbit’s FinTech expertise to deliver tech-driven financial experiences tailored to Walmart’s customers and associates.”.

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BankBazaar

APRIL 11, 2023

National, March 30, 2023: BankBazaar.com , India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online provider of free Credit Scores, closed FY23 with net revenue of ₹160 crore. There is a tremendous opportunity for profitable and sustainable digital businesses to capture market share.” Y-o-Y in January, according to RBI data.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

The company will partner with top fashion and beauty brands and retailers for the event, which offers its two million U.S. Discounts will be offered across retailers such as NARS Cosmetics, Schutz, APL, Steve Madden and more. market just over a year ago and is now signed with over 6,500 U.S. retail partners.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Capital One ’s domestic card loans increased 8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 , the bank said on Tuesday (Jan. billion, a jump Capital One said was mainly due to a 65 percent increase in marketing expenses. Capital One takes over for Synchrony Financial , which had a nearly 20-year relationship with the retail chain.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Walmart will no longer carry Danskin brand apparel products in its stores or on its website, according to New York Post reports from Tuesday (Oct. The retailer will remove the products from its shelves in 15 months. . Danskin is a 135-year-old brand owned by parent company Iconix Brand Group and generating $15.5

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This applies to candy or marketing for commercial loans in your market. How can a bank allocate and optimize its finite marketing and sales resources to get the loans it wants? These preferences break down as such: Bank A: Muni > Industrial Owner Occupied (OO) > Hospitality > Retail.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Gap Brand announced that its CEO Jeff Kirwan was leaving the company, just as the retailer gets ready to reveal its fourth-quarter results. Kirwan had been in charge of the Gap brand since December 2014. s head of Global Talent and Sustainability, will oversee the brand until a permanent replacement is found. “I

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MARCH 28, 2019

Kiosks are gaining more power in retail, especially as it becomes ever more obvious that consumers are not quite ready to cut ties with physical forms of buying, contrary to the early fever dreams of the eCommerce age. There are seven million family-run mom-and-pop stores that dominate retail outside big cities in China,” that analysis reads.

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MARCH 27, 2020

The divide between essential and non-essential retail grows bigger by the day as deep discounters and dollar stores continue to add stores, employees and revenue during the COVID-19 crisis. We’ve had pretty much 100 percent cancellation from all major retailers,” he said , naming Macy’s Inc., Nordstrom Inc., TJX Companies Inc.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Wool footwear brand Allbirds is wagering on physical retail stores despite the coronavirus. The firm recently closed a $100 million investment round that will partly back physical growth in international markets and bolster the size of its labor force, the Financial Times reported. billion, a bit higher than two years prior.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. Matt Taylor, co-founder and CEO of running apparel brand Tracksmith has found himself and his company a little slice of Boston’s running history. Taylor said marketing activities reflect his current scale as a small D2C brand.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. Indeed, in its recent U.S. has notched $300 million.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Within China, sales of brands from Gucci to Chanel, which have been sluggish for years, rose at the fastest pace in five years in 2016 and are positioned to consolidate those gains in 2018. 2017 saw a global recovery of the luxury retail market due to their affinity for high-end brands.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Retail messaging startup Attentive has announced it’s raised a $40 million Series B investment led by Sequoia. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Eniac Ventures and NextView Ventures, and new investors IVP and High Alpha also participated in the round. CRM is changing,” Long said.

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APRIL 17, 2019

In a press release , the company said the Series B round of funding was led by Craft Ventures, the venture capital fund co-founded by serial entrepreneur David Sacks. Returnly said it will use proceeds from the fundraising to help retailers compete against Amazon by growing its merchant services and expanding its product offering.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

These are the top stories in retail for Tuesday (Nov. The automotive market is surging during the pandemic, and companies like Carvana are reaping the benefits. The company reported a stellar third quarter as used cars and contactless delivery are driving the market. Wayfair, Home Furnishings Sector Looks Past COVID Winter.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market, it is safe to assume that “foxtail keychains” would not make the top 10. And they are looking to expand – fresh off a $40 million infusion of funds, care of a Series B round from Sequoia Capital.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. . However, the company hasn’t been immune from the same market conditions that sent Sears and Kmart into bankruptcy.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this case, it’s the gap between interest and intent, the chasm that lies between consumer awareness of unattended retail and actually taking the plunge in buying at the kiosk and vending machine. At a high level, according to PYMNTS data , unattended retail is reaching only one-tenth of its potential. Hurdles For Larger Merchants.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When Miami-based Retail e-Commerce Ventures (REV) recently announced that it purchased the remains of twice-bankrupt RadioShack , it wasn’t some one-off strategy to acquire distressed assets for pennies on the dollar. It’s a plan the company describes as “transforming well-known, distressed retail brands into eCommerce success stories.”

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