PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

With personal interactions under scrutiny due to the COVID-19 disruption, it’s a good time for retailers to take stock of their mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. The company announced this week that it has signed high-end fashion retailer Anine Bing. The first is Perfect.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Alexandre Margoline , a partner at Permira, said in a statement that Mirakl can become the central hub and platform for digital marketplace operators, sellers and partners. . Mirakl provides online marketplace software to manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers, including Kroger Co., Siemens AG and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Retail is getting more visual, and that stands to be the case for locally-focused merchants as they compete for attention and consumer dollars with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. Indeed, augmented reality is among the tools that local retailers look ready to adopt for further use. Contextualizing Commerce.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

By 2023, manufacturers and retailers will have to donate, reuse or recycle the goods” under a program that the French prime minister called the first of its kind from any national government. Amazon apparently played a part, indirectly at least, in turning public opinion against such retail waste. Amazon’s Role. Liquidation Trends.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

In that recent discussion with Karen Webster, Nussenbaum talked about how his company is bringing back-end marketplace services — which include merchandising and fulfillment tasks — to a host of retailers and brands in a variety of retail niches. Video Game Origins. Marketplace Concept.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Retailers in the physical world are at a real disadvantage when it comes to knowing the customers in their stores, and what they do once they get there. The list goes on, but suffice it to say, the jokes about digital retailers knowing more about customers than they know about themselves didn’t appear in the culture out of nowhere.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City flagship: that is, the customer payment and shopping experience in the new space is powered by mobile technology. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail. billion fell in line with analyst estimates of $5.41

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

"Consumers today are looking for a guided experience when purchasing products, and hold brands they trust to an extremely high standard," TVPage CEO and Co-founder Allon Caidar said in the announcement. The brand teamed with multiple TikTok influencers to offer tailored denim in this year’s Levi’s Haus Miami activation.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

GlobalData analysts say the closure of a number of luxury-branded stores across Asia Pacific makes a short-term recovery unlikely. COVID-19 has forced luxury brands to postpone their fashion shows and cancel promotions events, and has disrupted supply chains,” GlobalData Retail Analyst Suresh Sunkara said. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Recent days have brought new evidence of the importance of robust loyalty and rewards problems in retail, an areas of ongoing innovation, and a way for merchants of all types to stand apart in a fiercely competitive industry. Retail Card Programs. The move adds to Trax’s stable of retail tech.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles. Retail Waste.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2017

clients withdrew their spots after their ads were run before extremist videos on YouTube, The Wall Street Journal reported. clients will no longer be advertising with Google, which includes major brands such as Domino’s Pizza Inc. and British mobile operator O2. The decision comes after some of Google’s top U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

An initial explosion of online orders left Amazon overwhelmed, forcing the company to temporarily reprioritize its operation toward mostly delivering key household items. The company recently announced that it’s giving away two months of its Kindle Unlimited service, the so-called “Prime Video” of reading.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Welcome to the latest episode of our weekly wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, November 29, 2019.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

The store will feature “interactive zones” along with immersive video walls that “will make this the best place to get hands-on with Surface, Windows, Office, Xbox and PC gaming, HoloLens mixed-reality and more,” the company said in an announcement. The brand has said it would roll out the burger later in the year nationwide.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

In a time period dominated by retail sales declines, the hardest hit has been the automotive industry. While March retail sales dropped 8 percent overall, new cars dropped as much as 36.9 percent for some brands as dealerships were shut down due to concerns over the personal contact inherent in the auto sales process.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2020

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports some of the two retailers' recent online advertising looks a lot like segments of the home shopping channel. A glimpse at Youtube video of a recent live shopping event Hilfiger posted on its official channel Sept. 29 gives a sense of the brands' approach.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The only question is: What do retailers have to do to win them over? Many consumers consider familiar payments brands like Google Pay and Amazon Pay to be a sign of trustworthiness, while others look at the overall quality of a site when deciding whether to buy from it.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Amazon’s recent moves in pushing groceries, closing pop-up stores and zeroing in on advertising could help the online retail giant grow profits, KeyBanc analysts said. The eCommerce company is “taking a number of operational moves to improve profitability in core retail, which could drive mid-term earnings above the current consensus view.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

And last week in payments and commerce was particularly drizzly — between real money launderers making use of fake video game funds, regulatory fines and earning fumbles, all kinds of players were reaching for their umbrellas over the course of the week. That, in turn, has led to increased prices levied on retailers and consumers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The holidays are approaching, and that means a big retail boost for video games during that all-important shopping season. Indeed, video games are helping to drive innovation when it comes to commerce and payments. Video games have changed a lot since the early days of home gaming in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Among the defining endeavors of our time — at least for the worlds of payment and commerce — has been to bring brick-and-mortar retail stores into the new century. Transforming Retail. It’s a great time to be transforming retail,” Levene said. And retailers are making bigger bets on [ omnichannel ] technology.”. “And

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In fact, 2020 opened with retail reports decrying the great toy sales slump , citing the 4 percent fall-off in toy sales, the rather tepid holiday sales season reported between 2018 and 2019 and the fact that toy sales came up short during last year’s holiday season. under the age of 14.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

According to Vox Media’s Recode , Walmart is close to unveiling the service, but it’s unclear whether the retailer has set a new deadline for the subscription program. But there’s another element that came up during the Amazon earnings report that could be exposing a weak link in the Walmart plan: streaming video. During Q2, 9.1

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Digitizing operations tops the list of merchant imperatives, but getting there can be a struggle — especially when it comes to digitizing the checkout experience for a post-pandemic age. Park offered the illustration where a big box retailer sends invoices to customers through mobile means and customers pick up curbside.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Instagram , the photo and video sharing social media platform operator, is rolling out a trial of a new shopping program in which users can shop and check out within the app. Digiday pointed out that the brands that are taking part in the pilot are among the most popular ones on Instagram.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

While the majority of people over the age of 35 are likely less than inclined to think of video game play as a sport, the numbers say otherwise. 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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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s doubtful that many PYMNTS readers play video games. It is the juxtaposition of social networking and entertainment and sports all combined,” said Glen Calvert , chief operating officer of Fnatic , a London-based eSports outfit that hires professional gamers, runs tournaments and sells branded gaming apparel and gear.

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NCR

OCTOBER 27, 2017

As retail banking branches transform to become more service-oriented channels in the coming years, the ATM will also have to step up to handle more of the transactional interactions that make up the majority of most people’s contact with their bank. Turning ATMs into ambassadors for your brand. Harnessing the off-premise ATM.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The numbers are devastating,” Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc. Both apps will be joined to live video, also expected by the end of August. Our goal is to make shopping seamless and empower anyone from a small business owner to a global brand to use our apps to connect with customers. told Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Klarna , which operates a global payments and shopping services platform, is launching the live fashion show “Livestyle” with the help of technology from Bambuser. Customers can now open up Bambuser’s Live Video Shopping from within the Klarna app. Klarna’s latest expansion will now cover retail brands including H&M , O.N.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

From virtual personal assistants to video games, smart cars, online customer support, and music or movie recommendations, AI has infiltrated nearly every aspect of consumers’ everyday lives. While AI certainly makes consumers’ lives easier, it’s also working in nearly every industry to help streamline operations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . Amazon is no stranger to privacy issues, and recently f ive senators wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to explain how security surveillance company Ring uses peoples’ data and videos.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Amazon’s Foray Into Video Shopping. It has long been speculated that Amazon was going to make a move in the video/TV shopping space (think QVC) — with rumors running rampant last year that the eCommerce giant was on the verge of purchasing Evine Live, a smallish cable home shopping network. Let the video commerce wars commence.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A brand that wanted to take part in the program paid about $2 for each sample, in addition to the cost of the product. . Amazon is no stranger to privacy issues, and recently f ive senators wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to explain how security surveillance company Ring uses peoples’ data and videos.

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