PYMNTS

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. One recent study found that 51.7 They are beginning to value placing more emphasis on being able to pay however they like, for example.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In announcing the launch of the Walgreens Advertising Group this week, the giant pharmacy chain said that with the help of more than 9,000 stores and 100+ million loyalty members, it would use “advanced data modeling” to connect brands directly with audiences in a digital ecosystem that “surpasses the industry method of digital media buying.”.

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PYMNTS

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. 50 percent: Share of Swiss consumers who currently bank online. All this, Today in Data. .

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PYMNTS

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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Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

With the expanded success of ecommerce in the last twelve months, brands have more opportunities than ever to engage in digital channels with their consumers and stand out from the competition. It seems that businesses and customers truly are at a new inflection point with this technology and opportunities are available for brands.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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. consumers have tried new brands since the pandemic began, with 80 percent of them planning to stick with the new products even after the crisis passes.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The site will offer many of the products that are also in the store, like shoes, beauty products and home accessories, but will also sell online-exclusive items. In the same way that every Marshalls store has its own assortment of items, the retail company said the website will also feature new brands and accessories daily.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

have BNPL accounts, and the trend is gaining popularity around the world. . a lifestyle brand that offers apparel, accessories and fragrances as well as spirits and hand-rolled cigars. Registering And Extending Brand Appeal . Recent research shows that almost one-third of customers in the U.S. BNPL Expands Demographic Reach

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Pointing to increased demand for premium products and continued lifestyle changes from the coronavirus, Procter & Gamble reported an 8 percent increase in total revenues Wednesday, led by a 50 percent increase in its online sales. Constructive Disruption.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

That included 85 percent who plan to continue online grocery shopping, 84 percent who will stick with retail shopping, 80 percent doing online food ordering and 79 percent working from home. It’s a trend — and investment — that’s expected to grow in 2021 and beyond. CPGs’ Big Bet. QSRs’ Big Pivot. Reworking The Concept Of Work.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This is especially true among eCommerce brands facing high levels of cart abandonment, according to Geoff Staff, vice president of retail and eCommerce for Delta Galil Premium Brands. 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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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

To reach consumers on the hunt for offerings that are “clean and natural,” the retail chain rolled out its Everspring household brand. Reportedly, Target research has shown that these consumers aren’t as loyal to specific brands as older shoppers. Gen Z Trends. Take Target, for instance. That’s not all.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

24) that it enjoyed a 61 percent jump in online sales during its fiscal third quarter ended Oct. Management said results at its flagship Gap Global division included a formidable digital performance that partly offset decreased brick-and-mortar presence and lower physical traffic trends. said Tuesday (Nov. billion at Q3 2019’s end.

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PYMNTS

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. Fitz Frames is striving to combine its online and mobile strengths into in-person experiences via pop-up retail shops. Smaller Space Trends. Costs for pop-up shops can vary widely, of course.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers have shopped online, via mobile devices and at brick-and-mortar stores in various capacities for years, but the pandemic is dramatically expanding the connections between these channels. billion online in Q2 2020. These trends have prompted many retailers to provide features that combine the best of both worlds.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Power research shows that the number of customers doing their credit applications online has kicked into high gear. The pandemic accelerated a trend toward digital auto loan origination that has been developing for some time," Patrick Roosenberg , director of automotive finance intelligence at J.D. Online Sales Are Also Booming.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. Under its Giants deal, DraftKings will receive “premier brand integration across MetLife Stadium during Giants home games,” per the companies’ statement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. Online lending startup Social Finance (SoFi) is in talks to go public through a sale to blank-check acquisition company. eBay: Offline Payment Preferences Are Changing Online Habits .

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Forrester states that to provide an enhanced and optimized commerce experience in conjunction with fixed promotional options and marketplace platform requirements, B2B sellers need to supercharge all components of their marketplace ecosystem and online presence. Would you put up the same signs? B2B Marketplaces Are the Next Step in Commerce.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Amazon is now promoting its own products inside the listings of competitive brands. According to CNBC , some users searching for various products in beauty, health and household and baby items have reported seeing the link “Similar item from Our Brands” show up at the bottom of the listing.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As As the retailer has dealt with deteriorating finances and a heavy debt load, it has been facing fortified competition from larger retailers that have the resources to invest in their online businesses,” that report added. Larger Trends.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

By quickly analyzing the competitive marketplace and reacting to shifts in consumer behavior in real-time, the team grew Lake Champlain Chocolates’ online presence and business. It was a well-executed campaign with a great outcome for the brand. This is exactly what ecommerce websites should do. It was amazing work.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It's all part of the streaming fitness trend that’s beefing up as COVID fears linger. With athleisure brands like Lululemon doing better than expected numbers on the strength of “lockdown chic”— running shoes and yoga pants — trendlines continue to point to permanent digital shifts in how we do fitness.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

And, rather than spending on overhead costs like stores and inventory, the company launched online, selling directly to consumers. There’s nothing more disappointing than ordering something online and it not being up to the quality you expect and that you paid for. Finding a Virtual Fit. The future of footwear may just be digital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

Regulators just issued its first three of these licenses to various FIs in the region, which will contribute to the global spread of online banking. For more on these stories, visit the Tracker’s News and Trends. How Challenger Banks Are Giving Legacy Players Key Opportunities. Considering 76 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? In a brand new PYMNTS interview , Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo , makes the case that his search engine can win over a decent number of consumers. This new story about DuckDuckGo is the latest sign that a turning point has been reached with online privacy.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

That move comes as Amazon has had trouble wooing some direct-to-consumer brands. Amazon wants “consumer goods companies to create brands exclusively for Amazon after finding that developing them on its own is too costly and time-consuming, according to people familiar with the strategy,” stated a report in The Wall Street Journal.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

s CEO Strauss Zelnick, and the dance-based Vixen workout, a dance fitness brand focused on improving the physical and mental wellness of women. “I I believe at-home fitness is a mega-trend in the wellness industry,” Ares Management Corp. CEO Michael Arougheti, who first invested in the company in 2017, told Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Not the least of it involved artificial intelligence (AI), a big trend going into the 2020s. What brands used to guide their merchandising processes in the old paradigm requires too much manual input, hinging on data sets and models that are too general, and accruing too slowly — too much like a “fulfilling prophecy,” he noted.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

To help banks make sense of this fast-changing landscape, Accenture has identified ten payments mega trends from our 2017 North America Consumer Payments Pulse Survey. Another critical trend driving the future of payments is the democratisation of payments acceptance. The app quickly ramped up to $33.6

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Social influencers could promote brands through their channels and direct users to “swipe up” or click a link in their bio to purchase. By giving a channel for this social proof use case, Instagram allows customers to interact and purchase brands that their favorite influencers represent. The statistics don’t lie.

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