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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. And for smaller stores and merchants, Jane CEO Taleeb Noormohamed told PYMNTS, that is something of a troubling trend.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Retailers are looking to do more in smaller spaces, a trend that seems ready to increase during the holiday shopping season and beyond. Among the latest examples of that comes from kids’ eyewear retailer Fitz Frames , which offers face measurements via its mobile app, and a subscription commerce plan for consumers.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Social shopping is the latest pandemic-driven trend to catch fire. With Burberry launching a social experience at its brick-and-mortar Shenzhen store and social platforms like Facebook pushing their commerce capabilities, new startups are popping up and established brands are catching up to capture this newest area of the digital shift.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Not the least of it involved artificial intelligence (AI), a big trend going into the 2020s. 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. Role of Data. Pricing Changes.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Some retailers are just excellent about telling stories about themselves and about the products that they're selling,” Taylor told PYMNTS. If brands want to get online, and you want to have something that looks bespoke, that’s typically going to mean paying a developer or paying an agency quite a bit of money.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Luxury and upscale retail are undergoing some significant changes as the holiday shopping season kicks off and a new decade approaches. The retailer recently delivered earnings that beat analysts’ expectations for the recently completed financial quarter, even as its net sales declined year over year. Social Retail.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

At a time when the coronavirus has sent record numbers of consumers online instead of to the mall, livestreaming is filling the social vacuum. There’s no better example of the trend’s proliferation than Walmart and TikTok , which on Thursday (Dec. 17) announced a “first of its kind” event scheduled for Friday, Dec. 18 at 8 p.m.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online and in stores. Retailers must, therefore, assess what type of shopping experiences consumers are searching for, as well as how to provide swift payments.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Consumers are unlikely to return to stores and business districts in the near future, nor can businesses simply rely on longstanding relationships with suppliers and retailers to keep production lines moving and shelves stocked. These trends have given rise to a D2C market that is expected to total $17.75 billion in 2020.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

From where things stand in Q4 2020 it’s not hard to imagine physical retail going extinct. Noting the ways COVID has permanently changed retailing, CNBC recently reported , “As more and more stores go dark at the mall, some major retail executives are looking to grow outside of it — a tactic they hadn’t touted so publicly before.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The longstanding practice of selling automobiles is getting a change — reflecting larger trends in commerce. For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors , a new app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. New Financing.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

MyTheresa , the online luxury fashion retailer, plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange to take advantage of robust equity markets. MyTheresa sells clothes from 250 of the world’s most popular fashion brands. Some of those carve-outs have proved contentious with creditors for their parent brands.

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MARCH 18, 2020

In normal times consumers look for three things from a retailer: price, product and location. In fact, a pre-crisis PwC report showed that 14 percent of respondents said trust in a brand is the number one reason (other than price) why they shop at a retailer. Fake reviews can be devastating to a brand.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The dramatic consumer shift to Digital 3.0 — predicted months ago by the PYMNTS COVID-19 tracker work — is accounting for almost half of the retail growth in the US. It found that eCommerce growth as of May 1 was up 68 percent, surpassing 40 percent of total retail sales. Overall Chinese retail sales of consumer goods dropped 2.8

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Salesforce is rolling out a new product to let B2C and B2B companies easily add loyalty programs at a time when the company says online holiday retail sales grew 50 percent to top $1 trillion. Online Holiday Sales Topped $1 Trillion . The company is rolling out Loyalty Management at a time when online retail sales are booming.

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MAY 21, 2020

But as anyone that has tried to catch up with the suddenly online consumer will attest, what goes out must sometimes come back. As eCommerce revenue has risen, so has the need for consumers to return their purchases, sometimes surprising retailers that might not have seen the order scale they’ve seen for April and May.

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JULY 24, 2020

have BNPL accounts, and the trend is gaining popularity around the world. . This growth is creating opportunities for numerous retailers, including BlackCool & Co. , a lifestyle brand that offers apparel, accessories and fragrances as well as spirits and hand-rolled cigars. Registering And Extending Brand Appeal .

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JUNE 21, 2019

Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. percent to attain $76 billion last year.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Fast-casual restaurant groups are teaming with online food delivery firms to offer on-demand ordering to consumers through digital platforms. Postmates provides on-demand delivery choices from over 500,000 restaurants, convenience stores and grocery stores, in addition to traditional retailers. restaurants.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Amazon is taking a new approach to its brands, extending beyond its AmazonBasics and other private-label lines: The retailer is rolling out brands that are exclusive to the site, but are not actually owned by the company. At the same time, Perrigo also owns a brand called GoodSense.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. Already, trends are emerging that promise to play out with greater steam in the 2020s. Last year saw a boom in brands using VR in this way, including U.K. Amazon is also part of this trend.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Walmart has released a new online-only furniture brand called MoDRN, the company said on Friday (Feb. Now, the company wants to focus more on what it calls a specialty shopping experience, aiming to grow a variety of trendy collections that can only be found online. That’s where MoDRN comes in.

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MAY 11, 2020

As retailers, especially those marked non-essential, move to digital commerce platforms they’re also finding new ways to stay in touch with customers during the pandemic. According to eCommerce automation and analytics platform Yotpo, more than 65 percent of online shoppers are browsing or buying from their mobile devices.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Our Paid Search team earned some well-deserved recognition last week when their paid search campaigns for long-time client Lake Champlain Chocolates won Best Use of Search – Retail/Ecommerce (PPC) at the US Search Awards. It was a well-executed campaign with a great outcome for the brand. It was amazing work.”.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are putting a new spin on athleisure wear , inspired by the CBD-based wellness trend. In restaurant technology, cloud kitchens have emerged as a new model driven by the rise of online ordering. 96 percent: Share of retail banks that plan to develop services focused on real-time payments by 2020.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. They also create repeat visits to the DSW brand, where an exciting footwear assortment awaits.”. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. 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. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Judging by the most recent sneaker trends, that might be exactly what consumers are seeking. Several recent beverage brand collaborations with shoe firms have received a generous amount of buzz, and the trend appears to be picking up steam. The Mountain Dew-branded shoes were packaged in a “K.A.R.E. Or are they?

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MAY 5, 2020

Retail reopening events continued to draw light foot traffic on Monday, as Florida joined Texas in allowing non-essential stores to reopen. It showed that consumers are in no hurry to go back to physical shopping, a trend that is accelerating. The retail industry is at a critical juncture. percent from 35.5

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The world’s second biggest fashion retail firm, H&M, is shuttering its independent brand Cheap Monday, the company said on Tuesday (Nov. The brand had been owned by H&M through its 2008 acquisition of Fabric Scandinavien AB, which was the owner of Cheap Monday. 27), as reported by Reuters.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

With the decade inching towards its conclusion and shoppers making their last-minute purchases, Mattel CEO CEO Ynon Kreiz says the last holiday toy shopping season of the 2010s has been about “big franchises” and “big brands.” New additions to the Barbie brand encompass the Barbie Dream Plane and Judge Barbie.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. In-store sales, notably, is where the retailer needs to see growth. percent, it wasn’t as much as the retailer wanted to see.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Amazon.com is reportedly getting into the online mattress business, entering a market in which a handful of startups are trying to dominate. The firm monitors the list of more than 120 private label Amazon brand products that now includes kitchen goods, clothing, batteries, and electronics.

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MAY 18, 2018

Overstock has unveiled 17 exclusive private label furniture brands, featuring more than 16,000 furniture and home décor products. Brands, introduced through the new selection, include The Gray Barn, Carson Carrington Home, and Laurel Creek. According to Retail Dive , the announcement comes as Overstock is looking for a buyer.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Younger consumers expect instant gratification and affordable ways to obtain the goods they desire, prompting more retailers to adopt buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment services. In fact, the data has shown that the [BNPL] brands that have some maturity to them [have] actually brought in younger customers.”.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

When speaking with Tai Lopez , the executive chairman of one of the more disruptive retail companies in the pandemic period, it could be expected that the conversation would center around one topic: retailing. People have slowly become comfortable with the fact that everybody they know is buying online, so they figure they’ll try it.

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