PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Build-A-Bear Workshop Chief Operations Officer Chris Hurt said in the announcement, “Build-A-Bear is working with some of the best family-focused venues in the country this holiday season and beyond to bring our unforgettable Make-Your-Own experience to even more places people go for fun and entertainment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

Restaurants and retail landlords reported a mixed bag of first-quarter earnings results on Wednesday (May 2), beating analysts’ expectations in some cases and falling short at times. Looking forward to digital and retail transformations, companies such as Yum! Brands are optimistic about the future. Here’s how Yum!

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

In 1910, Albert Roye installed a glass-cutting machine in a small shed behind his home in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and founded what he dubbed the Susquehanna Glass Factory. After a decade, the business had grown up enough that it moved to a real factory in nearby Columbia, Pennsylvania. At first, no one was happy,” Anders recalls.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2017

The upcoming closures will come in addition to 300 Kmart and Sears locations slated to cease operation by the end of 2017, some of which have already shut their doors, USA Today reports. The locations impacted by the announcement span from California to Pennsylvania. Sears Holdings saw its stock price rise 6.42

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Retailers are aiming to help consumers manage chronic diseases as well as their overall health and wellness through new brick-and-mortar experiences. Through HealthHUBs, consumers are at the center of an unmatched retail health experience. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

Japanese speciality merchant Uniqlo is apparently hoping some of that particular magic can rub off on retailers. The brand has announced its plans to push its presence in the Southeast U.S. and is expanding its branding relationship with Disney. ” Uniqlo currently operates 43 stores in the United States.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

You have enormous brands and massive amounts of consumers involved. Flutter, based in Dublin and listed in London, owns bookie brands in the U.K. including Paddy Power and Betfair, which operate walk-in betting parlors in shopping districts of many of Britain’s cities and towns,” the newspaper reported. elections.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. For example, a Walmart distribution center in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania has been hit by nine COVID-19 infections so far, and workers have complained to local press. “As Therein lies a serious problem.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

Retail’s constant chase for growth means that some or even most will never reach their goals. What good news there is usually comes from the top-performing retailers of the day, which makes what PacSun has accomplished a downmarket rarity. Few are inevitably spared the fate in the long run. Store Closures.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

stores in the King of Prussia Mall and Willow Grove Mall, both in Pennsylvania. The brand also confirmed that some credit and debit cards may have been compromised beginning on July 29, though it does not believe all card transactions were effected. Primark has only be operating U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. As the report notes, officials in Pennsylvania are stepping up their enforcement of tax efforts involving eSports participants.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

But, as Walmart and Amazon seem to like to do things in tandem, Walmart is also paying for some success — in this case success in rapidly building out its eCommerce operations. And Amazon’s competitors in retail are working hard to make sure that the regulators take a close enough look. Its costs, however, can be measured in dollars.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

And, as always, the B-reel contained some rather intriguing watch-and-wait possibilities — in Amazon’s case a looming takeover of the shipping business, and in Walmart’s yet another turn in the life of its luxury Jetblack brand. But it isn’t the only major brand getting in on the action. We, of course, are holding out for Donald Duck.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been expanding their respective ecosystems in the process: Amazon and Walmart. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., population.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Radial is an industry leader in omnichannel commerce technology and operations. With headquarters in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Radial provides major brands and merchants with fraud, payments and tax solutions, as well as a host of other commerce technology solutions. “We The company boasts a 99.7 We are a true partner.

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MAY 23, 2016

It has been a particularly grim retail season for the mall staples that defined landscape of the late ’90s and early 2000s. Karen Webster described this scenario in 2014 as The Coming Physical Retail Death Spiral. “So Same-store sales in retail locations were up on average 1 percent from the same time in 2015.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 14, 2021

Did we undertake a bankwide process improvement to ensure as we grew the bank achieved positive operating leverage that accelerated earnings and therefore capital? JFB Take: The market leader in mortgage origination in my home state of Pennsylvania is Quicken. But the conversation should start with your strategic CFO what-if testing.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. When you’re a powerhouse brand, it can be hard to see that the times are changing. Sears and Kmart.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. They are very careful about the brands they select to work with, and we felt like they would do a great job at helping protect our brand.”. within two days for ground shipping. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. That Amazon is making a major push into apparel retail is, at this point, well known to everyone. And that was just the serious stuff.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Handy Handout – Tinker Federal Credit Union branded jumper cables given to board members at its strategic planning retreat. The take-away?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Handy Handout – Tinker Federal Credit Union branded jumper cables given to board members at its strategic planning retreat. The take-away?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

percent) of brands pick New York, with L.A. Payless shoes is offering a pop-up shop in Times Square already (with more pop-up locations planned for Whittier, California; Alpharetta, Georgia; Paramus, New Jersey; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; Hickory, North Carolina; and El Paso, Texas).

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