PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

In an effort to extend its brand beyond fabrics, Jo-Ann Stores has shortened the name of its brick-and-mortar stores. The locations, which were previously branded as Jo-Ann Fabrics, are now known as JOANN, AdWeek reported. “We Jo-Ann Stores has made strides over the last few years to help elevate its digital offerings.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing convenience store designs that let consumers skip the checkout line and pay for their purchases with their mobile phones. 7-Eleven President and CEO Joe DePinto said in an announcement , “Retail technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and customer expectations are driving the evolution.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

FinTech payments disruptor Klarna has announced the start of its “No drama, just Klarna” retail campaign in partnership with 13 brands in the U.K., shoppers downloaded the Klarna app. The “No drama, just Klarna” campaign features retail-branded artwork on buses, billboards and screens. billion post-money valuation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

It’s defining that “need and want” that will determine how eCommerce retailers go to market and will predict what level of spend they expect to see. At least 90 non-essential nationwide retailers have temporarily gone dark , and most of them are trying to get consumers to go online to shop. have temporarily shut their doors.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

Koupon is a mobile offer platform and redemption network, powering offers for over 43,000 retailers and the world’s largest CPG brands. Its reach, patented offer delivery and security technology, Koupon helps brands and retailers drive sales by targeting consumers and delivering offers when consumers are ready to buy.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

RIP retail. In a recent whitepaper, the firm noted that brick-and-mortar retailers face — and certainly feel — more pressure than ever to keep stores humming as centers of commerce. After all, over 90 percent of retail sales are still done in physical stores. Where Amazon treads, retailers tremble. Or, maybe not.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The sale of shoes online has come a long way since the dawn of eCommerce – and footwear continues to help drive innovation in the retail space. The importance of this area of retail was recently underscored by a move involving a Google veteran. Look for more innovation and disruption in this area of retail in the months to come.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

So, how can you get your hands on the newest and hottest pair of Warby Parker shades — a “head-turning Haskell in Crystal, now with new silver mirrored lenses” that’s retailing for $95? Nope, you won’t be able to purchase them at WarbyParker.com or anywhere on the hip eyewear purveyor’s burgeoning list of brick-and-mortar retail stores.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

“For us, the revolution starts with the market,” said Co-founder and CEO Joshua Silberstein. The market is fundamentally changing, and as the market changes, so do the sources of competitive advantage. We do a complete marketing overhaul,” Silberstein explained. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

It’s the digital shift taking place among retailers who are trying to play catch up with consumers by pulling resources away from brick-and-mortar investments and stacking them against digital infrastructure and capabilities. For the best example of retail’s digital shift, look to Inditex and its key brand Zara.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Consumers are using installment payments to purchase everything from clothing to cosmetics, and the race to see which BNPL provider will dominate in which market is on. Both payment providers and retailers must come up with new ways to engineer the loyalty of shoppers, with multiple options and ways to interact with brands.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Consumers download an app to start their shopping experience, which Hertel said was built to make it “super fun, easy and simple to buy glasses” for families. The Custom Eyeglass Market. Beyond Fitz Frames, King Children is another player looking to serve the market with custom glasses.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2016

There once was a time when recurring charges for a regular retail purchase were only copacetic in consumers’ eyes as a way to pay down a big-ticket item over time or the accepted retainer for high-priced fashion and design consultants. Now, however, the subscription model for retail is as normal as the one-off transaction.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

28, rose 77 percent across all of the company’s brands, including 94 percent growth at its flagship Bed Bath & Beyond chain. Executives said the Bed Bath & Beyond brand added 2.2 With COVID as a headwind to our store traffic, we have stepped up our strategy as an omni-always [retailer],” Masood said. “We billion.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 2, 2019

Whether you’re looking for the hottest new snacking startups, the biggest retail blockchain initiatives, or the AI platforms helping retailers survive, we’ve got you covered. We’ve created a guide below to help you access our most relevant research in CPG and retail from 2018. Robots in your supermarket?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

According to Mobile Marketer , the home improvement retailer has updated its loyalty program, giving members of its Pro Xtra program a cleaner integration for earning points for shopping at Home Depot and redeem perks through its app. According to the company’s Aug.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Competition is heating up in the furniture space, and retailers are already feeling the pressure. Furniture retailer Heritage Home filed for bankruptcy last month, while Mattress Firm — the largest US mattress retailer — could be considering a similar path, according to recent reports. Download the entire free report to see how.

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Perficient

JULY 15, 2020

Various Enterprise clients across different verticals like Healthcare, High tech, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain etc. Functional – their journey entails shoring up data to the C Suite who can make better decisions towards product adoption, improved sales, forecasting, outreach, better marketing campaign.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

“We wanted to bring a simplified shopping experience that brings products to Mashable’s passionate audience rather than expect them to come to us,” Dan Burdett, head of eBay EMEA Marketing Lab, said in announcement. As eCommerce retailers like eBay seek to grow different channels for sales, what’s next after shoppable images?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

percent of consumers, this customer base may represent a marketing opportunity for C-stores. According to Thorntons, the ability to provide consumers with a loyalty-focused mobile solution has “changed the game for our marketing efforts.”. While apps are used for gas station payments by only 4.5 Almost half – or 49.4

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 12, 2019

The Royal Bank of Canada is giving its app a millennial makeover and branding the new offering RBC Mobile Student Edition. For customers under 22 years of age, they can opt to download a student version of the app with an interface designed for younger customers. The new app features include financial literacy tools and […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Wendy’s , for example, planned to roll out self-ordering kiosks at about 1,000 of its retail locations by the end of 2017 in an attempt to both lure younger customers and to battle long lines at peak dining hours. billion is the projected size of the interactive kiosk market by 2023. Consumers want their orders faster than ever before.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

A world without checkout lines and a farewell to the fat wallet were just some of the tantalizing outcomes foreseen as mPOS devices started to make their way into retail stores years ago. Alas, consumers and merchants are still awaiting the realization of the envisioned blissful, wait-free retail utopia that was envisioned a while back.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) adoption is becoming increasingly high on retailers’ to-do lists. In the March mPOS Tracker , PYMNTS explores the new mPOS uptake, as well as how mPOS providers are launching solutions into new markets, boosting their presence where they already operate and partnering to expand their reaches.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Now that Walmart is officially enjoined in a bid for TikTok with the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, the jury is not out on whether the deal can actually happen, the jury is out on whether Walmart can make TikTok fit into its digital retailing needs. According to Sensor Tower, TikTok was the top non-game app downloaded in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Super Chewer — a D2C dog chew toy brand under parent company Bark — saw enrollments grow during the beginning of the pandemic, for instance. Some D2C brands are facing struggles distinguishing themselves from the pack. Some instead are now looking to host popups to gain brand awareness while avoiding major real estate investments.

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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. And the market is showing interest — and investing —in improved mobile tech.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

The digital shift is coming late to Dunkin’ Brands. He also pointed out that the company has added approximately 400,000 members to its loyalty program and has seen unspecified success for its app downloads. Hoffmann also said Dunkin’ has committed to an increase in digital marketing as more of its restaurants open. “We

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

At the same time, Covid-19 presents opportunities for business leaders in the banking industry and beyond to develop strategies and branding that will define their future, as distinct market forces and customer behaviors will certainly emerge in the “new normal.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2016

In some corners of the retail world, the mere utterance of the word “automation” conjures up images of Amazon fulfillment centers buzzing with self-sufficient robots, personal assistant androids that follow shoppers through stores and increasingly sophisticated self-checkout counters. Or so automation pundits thought.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

The video game industry has been steadily changing from a physical disc business into a download-type service, with the proliferation of faster online download speeds. 7), the eCommerce giant passed Microsoft as the largest company by market value, according to reports. This would let gamers use simpler devices. On Monday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

Between 2018 and 2019, there was a 162 percent increase in buy now, pay later (BNPL) downloads – rising to roughly six million – of the most popular new “layaway” apps by the close of last year. Consumers love the delayed payment options and so do retailers, but the BNPL players themselves are loving their business model, too.

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CB Insights

APRIL 11, 2019

A host of new players — from big-box retailers to drugstores — are looking to wellness to boost their bottom line. Download the free report to learn about the biggest emerging trends in wellness and strategies to watch for 2019. Wellness goes mass market. Everyone is trying to tap into the $4.2T wellness economy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Payments 2016: The Year Of An Incredible Shift In Retailer And Consumer Expectations. 2016 in payments was the year of an incredible shift in not only retailers’, but also consumers’ expectations and behavior regarding payments. Download the eBook. My company is in loyalty, or behavior incentivization.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

Connecting with today’s shopper is something that most every retailer has been evolving their approach to over the last decade. JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores has shared its new mobile app with consumers which will allow people to interact with the brand on a more convenient digital level.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This year, retailers from Kroger to Whole Foods Market brought new offerings ranging from cashierless checkout to personal shopping services to their stores. In August, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced the rollout of a curbside pickup service for groceries in Virginia Beach and Sacramento. Personal Shopping Services.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The integration allows restaurant brands to push personalized coupons and to provide seamless loyalty and promotional offerings within customers’ digital wallets. Founded in 2000, Fishbowl began as a first-generation marketing company focused primarily on email and email-related services, said Kiran.

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