PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The Nation: “Amazon’s many tentacles provide it with novel ways to strong-arm suppliers.”. percent of retail spend. By way of comparison, Amazon’s total sales for its highest spend category – electronics and appliances – were $71.6 In 2017, after the two co-branded cards debuted, it jumped to $11 billion, on its way to $27.4

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto. Physical Retail Stumbles Into 2020 . The year got off to something of a rocky start for physical retailers, as the recent spike in store closures carried on and even picked up strength.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The meal kit space has been crowded with an unending hit parade of “dinner delivered in a box” options for consumers served up by a host of startups, established brands and even celebrities looking to cash in on the trend. Goodfood boxes are big in Canada, though relatively unknown outside its home nation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. She believes lockdown orders created a loophole that allowed large chains that offer essential retail to continue selling non-essential goods like toys and electronics. billion in liquidity guarantees by the Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Through platforms such as Slice , small pizzerias can tap into technology that allows their customers to order pizza online for pickup or delivery — just like the larger national chains. By comparison, Sela said 60 percent of the big pizza chains’ business is digital, leaving room for small pizzerias to grow their digital order base.

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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. One of Amazon’s biggest grocery competitors will surely be Walmart, and price comparisons for the month of April so far showed Walmart beating Amazon on price.

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APRIL 29, 2019

For the first debate to be nationally televised, John F. Men, by comparison, spend next to nothing when it comes to cosmetic products over the course of a lifetime — unless one is willing to expand the definition to include products like soap, chapstick or toothpaste. Kennedy willingly put on makeup to be on camera. as of 2019.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

3), the numbers put up by the players on the field will pale in comparison to the dollars that advertisers, sports enthusiasts, snack food aficionados and brands will put up, just so they can be part of America’s largest television viewing event. The two brands first started working together in 2015. Snack Time. per person.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Amazon really has no close competitors in the space: Even the marketplace operated by retail rival Walmart does not offer any such services. 25) that Target wants to work with additional third-party sellers, and is inviting specialty and national brands alike to offer items online. FBA and Candles. News broke on Monday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Russia lacks any clever sayings, but there is a widespread national belief that leap years are associated with bad weather in general – and an increased likelihood of being struck by lightning in particular. Other brands are building their pricing around leap day and the number 29. carryout order from Olive Garden. We think not.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

According to a 2016 study by the National Kitchen & Bath Association , millennials outspent the $19,155 typically invested in a kitchen remodel by other age groups by 17.7 By comparison, All-Clad’s D5 15-piece set will run consumers roughly $1,300 to $1,600, depending on where they happen to buy their set. The brand grew 11.6

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Within the next week or so, CVS ’s planned acquisition of Aetna is expected to close, pairing the nation’s largest pharmacy chain and the nation’s fifth-largest health insurer under a single banner. billion acquisition of Coram, a retail pharmacy chain that specializes in infusion services in home-based and outpatient settings.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

One study, via the National Center for Biotechnology Information and authored by Jong-Wha Lee and Warwick J. And Yum China, which has closed some locations in the affected Wuhan city, as has Yum Brands, which gets roughly a quarter of KFC sales from China. On Monday alone, shares in Estee Lauder were down by more than 4 percent.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Once the 24 competitors (tributes) get to the games, they then battle to the death for a national audience that is required by law to watch the games. online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. According to the Harris Poll, Amazon is the most trusted U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2017

Easter attracts its share of unfavorable comparisons and jokes — it’s like Christmas without the gifts, it’s like Halloween without costumes — it’s a rare opportunity to combine hide-and-go-seek, eggs, chocolate, the resurrection of the savior and a giant rabbit into a single concept — but we at PYMNTS think Easter is highly underrated.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

By comparison, product orders dropped by 2 percent over the same time frame in 2017. But this week, his new multi-year contract gives him a coveted spot as a headliner on one of Nike’s “Just Do It” ad campaigns, as well as a branded line of Kaepernick shoes and apparel.

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CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

” For example, the rise of “athleisure” brands like Lululemon and Athleta has been attributed to millennials’ search for clothing options that let them easily transition from the yoga studio to the office. Savvy marketers at struggling cereal brands may be able to reverse their fortunes with the millennial set.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

But the French flight-sharing startup Wingly very much looks to avoid that comparison. Part of that, says Founder Emeric de Waziers, is the basic desire to distinguish their brand. The Uber of apartments, the Uber of childcare, the Uber of dinner – this list goes on and on. But the more important part of the issue is a legal one.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

Of course, that’s not an entirely fair comparison, since Amazon’s empire includes its massive AWS cash machine. But with its roughly 50 percent share of all online retail, its $13 billion acquisition of Whole Foods and the expansion of its cashless convenience stores, Amazon is a serious retail challenger.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

In China by comparison, mobile payments are increasingly a baked-in part of the fabric of commerce — literally all of it, down to the street musicians of Shanghai and Beijing who put up boards with QR codes on them so passersby who no longer have cash and coins easily at hand can still pay them. “It Remarkable Dedication.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Over 1M millennial women are becoming mothers every year, meaning Gen Y now makes up the majority of annual births in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Many millennial consumers are looking beyond older, legacy coffee brands to blends from boutique “third-wave” coffee roasters.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Samsung SDS provides purpose-built solutions & services for secure mobility, digital identity and authentication, advanced analytics and retail experience in a diverse range of industries including financial services, government, and retail. We license the technology to HW vendors and brands. Presenters: Majd Maksad.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2017

Dear Retailer: As tradition has it, the outgoing president of the United States, Barack Obama, will leave a note for the incoming president, Donald Trump, in the drawer of the president’s desk in the Oval Office. The parallels to physical retail, you have to admit, are pretty similar. RETAIL’S BIG SHOW. THE CENSUS DATA BOO-BOO.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

May flowers did not appear for retail earnings, unless you consider a bouquet of stinkweed a blanket of blossoms. And given the fact that last year Chinese tourists traveling abroad spent $261 billion (according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization), a fair slice of that spend could wind up in U.S. businesses’ coffers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

Politics and retail usually mix like oil and water. Hipmunk released data last week that showed bookings to Trump Hotels have suffered a marked decline ever since their namesake’s political campaign has been an issue in the national consciousness. Bookings at lodgings under the Trump banner have fallen an average of 59.3

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