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Lowe’s Builds New Image At New York Fashion Week

PYMNTS

There’s a lot that’s new and digital about New York Fashion Week. In fact everything is new from the virtual runways to the individual shows getting precedence over the more general events. Even the sponsorships are new, including home improvement retailer Lowe’s. which helps brands finance shipments to stores.

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Beautycounter Embraces D2C Innovation With Purpose

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No matter how innovative they are, companies still need to get paid. And not many companies this year have combined business model creativity with payments innovation more than Beautycounter. While all the innovations and the business awards are nice to have, Renfrew is most proud of her work as a beauty industry activist.

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Goldman Sachs Will Expand Its Retail Banking Brand Marcus to the U.K.

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New-York based bank Goldman Sachs is planning to launch an online deposit service in the United Kingdom by mid-2018, a retail service that will be provided under the bank’s year-old ‘Marcus’ brand.

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Barneys New York Looks To VR To Carry Spring Collection

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While some see it as a fad or a gimmick, Barneys New York has become the latest to take the tech very, very seriously and turn it into a force for good. Brands such as Kellogg’s and Coca-Cola are taking the same approach to discover the optimal placement of their products within stores like Walgreens and Safeway.

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QSRs Provide Fresh Look At Retail Innovation Trends

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For a glimpse at how innovation is playing out in the retail world, it always helps to take a look at recent developments in the world of quick-service restaurants, or QSRs. And things are getting much more mobile and digital – a trend that promises to play out in the new decade. For instance, Yum! Recipe for Success.

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Mastercard On Helping Retailers Strike The Right Innovation Balance

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The question for the 2020s, and the focus of her remarks at the big show in New York last week, is about innovations itself — what is truly leading in innovation and what constitutes being a laggard? The latter is innovative; the former is, well, just a tweak. Testing Innovation .

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How J.Crew, H&M, Others Push Hard On Payments Innovation, Loyalty

PYMNTS

In a bid to increase loyalty, merchants are driving innovations in their stores. Retailers are taking new approaches to the way they attract customers. J.Crew , for instance, has a new loyalty program that offers standard perks such as a store credit when customers hit a certain spending threshold.