PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers’ increasingly digital preferences. Merchants are optimizing their eCommerce operations, but this is posing challenges for some, including luxury merchants. This is partly due to the growing participation of luxury retailers that have signed onto the platform.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Consumers shopping in droves via eCommerce channels is hardly a piece of breaking news — for the better part of a decade, that has been obvious to anyone watching the retail space. They are, Fiserv Senior Vice President of Retail Solutions John Nicola told Karen Webster in a recent conversation — and in great numbers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

Retailers trying to bridge the growing gap between the shopping trends of Baby Boomers, Generation Z and every demographic in between may think they have the different generations figured out, but in some cases, operating on assumptions can lead to missed sales. Millennials. Baby Boomers. was home to 81.3 was home to 81.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2017

It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms. Now that seems to be true even in fashion.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Retail merchandising was, at best, a hit-or-miss system in its heyday, Nextail CEO and Co-Founder Joaquin Villalba told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s. Role of Data.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2018

However, for SSENSE (pronounced essence), at its first retail location, the Canadian eCommerce brand turned physical retailer has opted for a slightly different flavor. And it is an idea from which bigger brands are beginning to borrow. SSENSE has a really great mix of high-end, contemporary and emerging designers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

The latest to report, Wine.com – which bills itself as the nation’s leading online wine retailer – earned $165 million in revenue and saw 25 percent growth for fiscal 2020, ending March 31. Revenue from millennials and younger age groups topped $50 million, an increase of 77 percent. out of 10 on “likelihood to recommend.”. “How

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

We have a deep dive into Colorado’s digital driver’s license effort and news on Alphabet’s new CEO, as well as data on millennial Black Friday spending. operations. Millennials Were Black Friday’s Big Spenders in 2019. Millennials were the big Black Friday spenders , shelling out an average of $509.50 Top News .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

So-called fast fashion has been a big player in retail for years, but that part of the commerce-and-apparel world is facing some serious challenges. The bankruptcy filing was a dim commentary on a trend that largely appealed to young women, and which has sat high in the world of retail for a good decade or more.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. The pilot store will be operating on extended hours, opening four hours earlier at 7 a.m. ” Hang out they’ll have to.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Go Global Retail announced its plans to acquire the assets of ModCloth from Walmart. ModCloth offers exclusive indie and vintage-inspired women’s clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories for 18- to 35-year-old women, while Go Global Retail is a brand investment platform for strategic investors in the consumer sector.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. While BJ’s doesn’t have quite the scale, scope or name recognition of its rivals Costco and Sam’s Club, among the wholesale shoppers of the northeastern United States, the brand maintains a fairly devout following.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. stores with the innovation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. The chain, which operates both the Sears and Kmart brands, reported a loss of $580 million in the quarter ending Jan.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

“Improving engagement” has become just another platitude in retailers’ back pockets as they figure out which channel of the increasingly fragmented online world they should focus on, but Nordstrom may have struck gold with a new Snapchat-centered production. The final video was seen 6.7

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MAY 24, 2018

Some landlords announced new deals for residential uses, while retailers and real estate owners in general seemed to be collaborating more closely to keep shopping centers alive. You don’t have to fill retail with retail anymore,” remarked Greg Maloney, head of JLL’s America retail business, at the event.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. Rewards can help lure customers to a brand and keep them there. I think merchants and issuers alike see the value of rewards in creating a storyline for customers, enhancing the relationship with the brand and driving stronger loyalty,” he added.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Macy’s is partnering with the female-led millennial venture capital fund SoGal Ventures to launch an in-store initiative focused on women-owned businesses, Macy’s said in a press release on Thursday (Dec. The retailer is opening SoGifted shops in its flagship Manhattan store and six other locations. Lauderdale.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

29) that it has inked a long-term partnership with Fanatics, the sports fan brand that makes team and player merchandise and operates NFLShop.com, NBAStore.com and MLBShop.com. A few months back, Walmart inked a deal with Lord & Taylor in which the department store operator sells its apparel on Walmart.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

It was a record-breaking first quarter for retailers in the U.S. According to a report issued by Moody’s earlier this week, the retail sector managed to notch a record number of defaults during Q1 2013, with nine retailers defaulting on their debt. As a result of the series of retail fails, the default rate of high-risk U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

With the retail industry sliding into Mother’s Day in just a week, the return issue is bound to raise its head. Some stats around the issue show just how substantial it is for retailers. And if a retailer charges too much (or charges at all) 57 percent of millennials will bail on future business. Now add a pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

But direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail is undergoing some significant changes, which could help strengthen DTC activities for years to come. Personalization is among the trends gaining fuel in the DTC world, reflecting larger changes in the retail world. Don’t call it a makeover, not yet. DTC Analytics. The company has raised $5.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Following in the footsteps of Target, West Elm and Pottery Barn, big-box retailer Walmart will be releasing its own line of home goods, mattresses and bedding. The design-centric, digitally focused brand is called Allswell, and it aims to deliver a greater assortment of goods paired with a more convenient shopping experience.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers. The reach is considerable, touching 335,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) across 3,200 brands. We are redefining how fashion is bought and sold through technology, data and innovation.”.

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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. 25 percent is the projected percentage of customer service operations that will use chatbots by 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

In the 1930s, in the era of the Great Depression, when consumers had little extra cash, retailers nationwide came up with an innovation to make it easier for people to shop without having to pony up cash right away. but after almost 50 years, it began to fade out in the 80s, disrupted by the emergence of store-branded credit cards.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Wainwright noted that the first step in automating its inbound operations involved pricing. Wainwright noted that the company expects to see steady increases in the share of items that have automated copy and retouching, which will support improvements in inbound operations unit cost and increase the scalability of its operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Earlier this week, Hong Kong-listed luxury cosmetics firm L’Occitane International SA announced its intended $900 million acquisition of British beauty and skincare brand Elemis. The deal is the latest in a spate of acquisitions of high-end skincare brands. There are also the efforts of mass market retailers. billion).

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JUNE 29, 2016

Coming of age during the last recession and being subjected to the barrage of headlines about financial executives misbehaving, many Millennials are distrustful of established financial brands and institutions. are in the bottom 10 of the least loved brands by Millennials. Source: The Millennial Disruption Index.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. 21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The company owns 458 stores in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

For at least two generations, Walmart has stood for more than just retail. Rather, recent news from the land of Walmart has provided an opportunity to take a step back and consider all the things that one of the world’s most important retailers has become. Jet.com continues to operate as a separate website from Walmart.com.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The program is operable immediately. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

These are particularly popular among Gen Zers, the up-and-coming generation that is starting to nudge millennials out of the headlines. As a brand, they understand that this isn’t casual for many gamers – this is a big deal, and they’re stepping up in a big way to give students even more reasons to compete.”.

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APRIL 19, 2018

The storied department store is a bit more than a brand at this point. At 159 years old, it officially counts as a retail institution — one that hasn’t spent much of the last few years looking too healthy. In retail as in sailing, the bigger the boat, the harder it is to change direction. The explanations given for why vary.

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