PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

One of the overlooked elements from the retail earnings reports of recent weeks is inventory levels. But several reports are pointing to healthy inventory positions as a point of optimism in retailing’s comeback progress. Its latest monthly retailer inventory-to-sales ratio report for June indicates a significant drop — from 1.35

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission stock registration statement, as cited by CNBC , the online mattress retailer said it lost $73.4 The mattress market, however, has blossomed with new entrants, with the inclusion of Nectar , Tuft & Needle , Leesa, and Purple. million in 2017 and $92.1 million in 2018.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. We want our users to see themselves in our marketing materials and identify with those people.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

market with three billboards in Times Square. The company refers to itself as an activ(ist)wear leisure brand, applying its #standforsomething mission to all of its marketing. That said, we dig deep into any and all data we can get our hands on from the various tools in our marketing stack.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

It seems like a year ago, but it was actually only March 8 when discount retailer Burlington announced that it was abandoning its admittedly watered-down eCommerce offering. On one hand, the best way to get people in stores and avoid the fate of other brick-and-mortar retailers was to make online sales the only option.

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PYMNTS

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. Dollar General , Dollar Tree , Big Lots, Ross Stores and other deep discounters are in the class Boss refers to. Nordstrom Inc.,

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PYMNTS

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. Festival and club clothes comprised a rather niche market in 2011 when the brand first began advertising their products.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

A good product at a good price: that used to be the recipe for a good brand. But a third ingredient in retail is quickly overshadowing those bastions of success, and that is customer service. Brand value. DR: Mobile payment technologies are bringing brands closer to their customers than ever before.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Two tech companies and a food brand have teamed up to develop a virtual reality (VR) headset that uses eye-tracking tech to determine the best way that retailers should stock products on shelves, according to a report by VentureBeat. Accenture, Qualcomm and Kellogg collaborated on the venture. That is our goal for this year.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

On Perennial’s website, the company seeks to make its brand purpose front and center. The Adult Nutrition Market. However, Perennial claims only 10 percent of marketing dollars and 1 percent of global innovation is geared toward this age group. While there has been some innovation in cleaner label brands in non-dairy milk (e.g.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retail oftentimes gets a bad rap in 2018. Last year saw store closures spike 200 percent to 7,000 — the worst retail bloodletting since the dark days of the 2008 recession. The widely shared consensus is that this could all get quite a bit worse for physical retail before it gets better.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

As the results from the nation’s most prominent names in retail came rolling in for Q2, one could not help but think back to high school and recall what is probably the best-known start to a novel in the English language: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Winner’s Circle — And How They Got There .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

According to Venmo’s Head of Marketing, Kasia Leyden, the idea is to put users’ stories front and center, making the money transfer company the only brand that can fill the blank in whatever occasion they’re sharing. The company is referring to it as a creative campaign rather than an ad campaign, and that’s deliberate.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

And if Pokémon GO’s hordes of circumambulating players aren’t a fad, retailers are eager, to say the least, to get a chance to turn some of that foot traffic into sales. The concept of partnerships between retail entities and Niantic , the developer studio behind Pokémon GO, seemed an intuitive one earlier in the week.

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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

MARCH 4, 2016

References, huh? How many retail moguls made Forbes ’ The World’s Billionaires List this year? Of the 1,810 billionaires named to the list, 345 of them earned their fortunes (or at least part of them) in retail. Along with fast fashion, luxury retail executives also claimed their fair share of spots on the list.

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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. Technical workshops – Interviews, white board sessions & reference architecture discussions. Improved Reference Architecture. Let us now walk the above with a Marketing use case.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Amazon has launched a diaper brand called Earth + Eden , a premium brand that reportedly will compete with similar products from the likes of The Honest Company. Amazons said Earth + Eden is an “exclusive” brand for the eCommerce operator — and not a private brand from Amazon. each (size 1) to $0.51

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

When most people hear the words “skincare products” their assumption is likely to be that the reference is products for women. While two women starting a beauty and wellness brand has not been unheard of in the last decade, Duchnowski and Cox have raised some eyebrows since founding the firm. He is getting rid of his Ikea furniture.

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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

JUNE 18, 2018

Becoming an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of JD Sports , Finish Line has completed its merger with the European retailer. As a result of the merger, Finish Line and JD Sports will create a multi-channel, multi-brand retailer “with expanded global scope,” according to Finish Line in an announcement. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

It is among the reasons why the holiday is most commonly referred to in the U.S. Brands have responded avidly. Since late-September, retailers all over the world have been rolling out campaigns and seasonal merchandise, aimed at capturing the $150 billion-plus in consumer spend up for grabs in 2020. as the Chinese New Year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

If every new thing out there promises consumers a toxic-free, all-natural skin care regimen, it quickly becomes almost meaningless as a differentiator from a branding standpoint. This has more to do with the health of the skin organ itself, and the support of the all-important acid mantle — skin’s first line of defense,” she said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The Olsen twins’ fashion empire has had a rather twisty and turny path through the world of retail apparel. The Row’s most beloved item of 2011, for example, was an alligator handbag that promptly sold out – even though its retail price was $39,000. ” Will it work?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

"If I had to offer a projection, I’d say [this year's Singles’ Day will generate] about $45 billion for the entire shopping festival," Kevin Carter , founder of the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF, told The Street.com. The name “Singles’ Day” refers to the date’s four 1s (or singles). The unofficial holiday falls on Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Marijuana retail company MedMen is in the midst of a cash crunch in the industry, and it has been offering its vendors shares in the company in lieu of payment, according to a report Thursday (Jan. We’ve never denied those emails. . “… we stopped payments to certain vendors as would be commonplace in the restructuring of a retailer.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

But the real story is a complete and radical repositioning of one of the world’s leading brands toward Digital 3.0. During this difficult time, Nike has inspired and offered hope, and as a result, worldwide affinity for our brand deepened during COVID-19 with our You Can’t Stop Us campaign receiving more than 2 billion impressions to-date.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a certain push toward perfectionism in athletic wear — some of that Nike “Just do it” ethos tends to permeate the market segment in a way that can feel a bit like pressure to all but the most seasoned athletes. I started Outdoor Voices because I wanted an activewear brand that really celebrated approaching activity lightheartedly.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Eisen noted that Afterpay was founded upon a rather novel idea: Offering “ buy now, pay later” as a financing product to be monetized actually provides no benefit to retailers, and works to alienate consumers. That means the platform refers a substantial amount of business to the retailers with which it works. 1, 2020.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

CNBC reported that Amazon has recently been telling more vendors, as well as brand owners who sell their products wholesale, that if the eCommerce giant can’t sell their items at a profit, the merchants can no longer pay to promote them. An Amazon spokesperson defended the move, saying it has been a common practice for retailers for decades.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2017

When asked which social media app had the biggest influence on their shopping routines, 50 percent of respondents pointed to Instagram, 23 percent said Facebook, 22 percent referred to Pinterest , 3 percent pointed at Twitter and the remaining 1 percent cited Snapchat. How Does This Trend Shape Retail? Capturing Gen Z.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The funding will be used to expand in Lookiero’s main markets of Spain, France and the U.K. Lookiero’s inventory includes more than 150 European brands, with the platform shipping more than three million items of clothing this year to seven European countries. The customer then decides which items to keep or return.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Banking leaders looking for the next wave of growth need to think differently about marketing to half the population. This means a significant contribution in terms of budget and resources from the marketing department. The neobanking application with 15 million users reportedly spent $80 million on marketing in 2021.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

is taking a dual approach to margin repair, shuttering 104 more stores and also selling its Craftsman tools unit, a top brand for the company. As reported via chainstoreage.com , the retailer is selling Craftsman to Stanley Black & Decker for about $900 million, which takes into account royalty payments. Sears Holding Corp.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Following a year characterized by the disruption of the retail landscape, the growth of digital payments, and significant mergers and acquisitions, 2018 began with many observers expecting to see the downfall of brick-and-mortar in favor of eCommerce, further technological enhancements to digital payments and additional market consolidation.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2021, Facebook became Meta, NFTs came to dominate media discussion, and companies increasingly adopted omnichannel marketing models. The Creator Economy Market Map. Here’s Why Brands And Retailers Need It. Here’s Why Brands And Retailers Need It. MARKETING TECH. DIGITAL CONTENT.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

But for an everyday person to find the best gear and vet all the brands, “You have to be really in the know or spend a lot of time researching and reading reviews,” he told PYMNTS in an interview. His company ships out themed monthly boxes packed with the “latest and greatest gear” from “top-notch” outdoor brands.

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