PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Yotpo, the New York-based eCommerce marketing platform, has been selected as a partner by the UPS Customer Technology Program ( CTP ) that promises to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with access to customer reviews, visual marketing, loyalty and referrals, the company announced.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Online shopping software firm Easyship has become part of the Shopify Plus Technology Partner Program, which provides retailers with access to business solutions, according to a Thursday (Oct. As it stands, Easyship says that thousands of clients on Shopify and Shopify Plus have harnessed the Easyship connection to grow their operations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Shoppers who engage in social sharing gain recognition as micro-influencers for their favorite PowerBuy brands while viral sharing supports the merchant, increasing word of mouth and organic reach with new customers,” according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

the technology-driven startup, has filed an initial public offering (IPO), the company announced Monday (June 8). . If successful, the New York-based company will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LMND,” the firm said in a U.S. population.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The news comes as Farfetch announced in August that it was ready to go public. An F-1 form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that the company planned to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FTCH. percent increase over 2016, and its operating profit was $136.9 ”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

To help bring these options to more consumers, retailers and technology companies decided to join forces. It launched the expansion into San Francisco in January, with plans to extend the service into New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. and Chicago.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Location-based virtual reality (VR) startup The Void is partnering with mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to open 25 new entertainment outposts in the U.S. Four temporary pop-ups have opened and are opening in New York, San Diego, San Francisco and in the Las Angeles suburb Santa Anita, CNBC reports.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

includes (from left): Christina Johantgen (head of marketing and creative), Joe York (head of product), Kelsey Cahill (summer associate), Jackie Charron (chief operating officer and executive vice president), Debbie Morin (chief financial officer), and CEO Charley Cummings. Building a bank brand with impact.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

“With Aloha Essentials, NCR gives restaurants robust yet easy-to-use tools in a single, simplified package to run your operations, so you can focus on great food and customer experiences.”. There are also add-on tools to advance brand loyalty. We recently opened our first U.S.-based With NCR Aloha Essentials, it was all there.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Amazon has put some hiring on hold in its Alexa operation amid the pandemic, Bloomberg reported, citing two unnamed sources. In separate news, Amazon said it intends to grow its “ tech hubs ” in six cities and fill “3,500 new tech and corporate jobs” throughout the country, the company said on Tuesday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

And it noted that the deliveries “mark another milestone in a recently announced collaboration between UPS and CVS to develop a variety of drone delivery use cases, including business-to-consumer operating models.”. A remote operator monitored them and could step in if needed.) The store’s famous eatery, Fred’s, will also stay open.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

The highly regarded Fiserv brand and focus on growth will enable us to distribute premier products and services to our clients.”. We could not be more thrilled to join the Fiserv family.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

An F-1 form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FTCH. Farfetch was founded by Portuguese fashion entrepreneur José Neves in 2008 with the goal of creating an online marketplace for luxury boutiques and brands. “We

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AUGUST 23, 2019

And things are getting much more mobile and digital – a trend that promises to play out in the new decade. Brands, the owner of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, reported an overall year-to-year revenue gain in the second quarter of 2019 of about 10 percent, to $1.31 That includes not only operations in the U.S. For instance, Yum!

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit public transportation usage all over the world, with New York and London seeing ridership fall by 90 percent or more. More than just ensuring safety, this reduces [public transit operators’] operational costs incurred by their current ticketing systems.”. They can just tap and go.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The idea, as explained in a new PYMNTS interview with Adam Levene, founder of a retail technology company called Hero , is to plug the physical store, so to speak, into the larger digital and mobile worlds where consumers are increasingly operating. And retailers are making bigger bets on [ omnichannel ] technology.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

To roll out operations in the United States as it grows its supply chain business that links apparel brands with suppliers as well as factories, Singapore-based fashion technology firm Zilingo is designing a $100 million push. manufacturers and brands on its platform, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

The Walmart warehouse club brand has been piloting curbside pickup at 16 clubs. Sam’s Club members have been integrating technology into their shopping habits for a while with Scan & Go , samsclub.com and in-club pickup,” said Sam’s Club Chief Operating Officer Lance de la Rosa. “As The brand has about 15,000 U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The health crisis has forced the sector to hasten its use of technology to improve customers’ experiences at the drive-thru, to streamline curbside pickup orders and to cater to a limited number of dine-in patrons. . New York-based burger chain Shake Shack is no exception.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are opening smaller-scale locations packed with technology designed to meet the needs of shoppers in cities. Top-performing premium and specialist brands from the company’s supermarkets like Leon Grocery and Tony’s Chocolonely, along with fresh food and floral products, have been brought to the store’s shelves.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

eCommerce brands are opening up pop-up shops in cities to test out brick-and-mortar retail, and Recess is using this platform to highlight its hemp-extract beverages in a temporary space in New York City that is dubbed the Take A Recess IRL Pop-Up. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News. drugstore chain to use Alipay.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

It was a good day for Jumia Technologies on Friday (April 12) — and that’s a good signal about the future prospects of eCommerce in Africa, home to some 1.3 In March, the company filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. billion people, of whom at least 725 million have mobile devices.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

In the February 2020 Order to Eat Tracker ®, a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration, we explore the radical transformation that order-to-eat commerce is delivering to the restaurant sector, as well as the technology firms catering to it. At its heart, mobile ordering and delivery is part of a consistent, positive brand experience,” he noted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The popularity of ordering in is not a new trend, however, with the number of digital food orders rising 23 percent between 2015 and 2019 alone. Fast casuals, quick service restaurants (QSRs) and table service operations all have long been working to innovate their ordering services. Around The Order To Eat Landscape.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Local coffee shops had to close their doors due to shutdown orders and found that they needed to rethink their entire operational plans just to survive. Griffin noted that mom-and-pop coffee shops don’t usually have IT departments or teams of developers to build new digital features overnight. Keeping Independent Players in the Game.

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JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. These technologies bring more options for consumers to order and pay for their meals, such as kiosks and mobile ordering. In one new approach, some QSRs are offering delivery beyond the home and office.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

The online and mobile food ordering and delivery marketplace, as well as its Seamless brand, will be the national delivery partner of Shake Shack, with direct-to-POS integration for order submission as well as menu syncing, the burger chain said in an announcement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

After recently suspending its operations due to financial difficulties, meal kit company Chef’d has found a buyer. Chef’d has warehouses in New York and California, as well as supply deals with retailers and roughly 200 licensing partnerships with chefs and food brands.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

He added that he fully expects that “we’ll start to lap this,” and costs will become more efficient as volume grows, new routes are put into place and additional delivery technology is added into the mix. In other news, Amazon saw strong performance out of AWS, which brought in $9.95 The Allswell brand, however, seems safe.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

New York City fashion boutique Nili Lotan has a client list that reads like the front row at Fashion Week (back when such events were still held). With the pandemic, clienteling has gone decidedly upscale, with brands like Salvatore Ferragamo and Harrods kicking up new practices just over the past few weeks.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Brooklyn, New York-based technology accessories eCommerce company Casely established charitable giving as part of its core mission when it was founded in 2017 with the launch of its Every Case Counts initiative, which donates 5 percent of proceeds to a designated charity organization each month.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. The store was to feature the brand’s original mattress along with pillows, sheets, and, yes, a dog bed made for man’s best friend.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Grubhub’s “Just in Time” technology will allow restaurant operators to match order fulfillment with driver pickup, which will streamline in-store operations and ensure that delivery is fast and accurate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

Some of that was on display at the NRF retail show in New York City earlier this week. The technology was secretly being piloted at a Walmart Supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, which will serve as Alphabot’s home base. A Walmart associate then checks, bags and delivers the final orders. Consumer Needs.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Luxury brands are selling more and more on Chinese eCommerce sites like JD.com and Alibaba, while still keeping their distance from Amazon, as PYMNTS has covered. The idea of being listed along with batteries and windshield wiper fluid is not one that attracts luxury brands, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online Push.

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