PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Austin-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform described Open Checkout in the release as an “open source extension of the platform’s native checkout” that will enable merchants, app developers and other partners to fully customize the checkout experience for their customers. BigCommerce on Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

Bowman noted that Tap to Phone leverages EMV’s underlying capabilities, the growing base of contactless cards in consumers’ wallets and the partnership with Samsung to allow sellers to tap into new retail sales opportunities, simply by downloading an app onto a mobile device they already use. Optimizing the Digital Transformation of Retail

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Retail Samsung Software Mobile 226

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. The move is one of several that Tilly’s has been pursuing recently to draw additional foot traffic in an era when, like many youth-focused retailers, it is seeing its sales constantly shifting online.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

A good product at a good price: that used to be the recipe for a good brand. But a third ingredient in retail is quickly overshadowing those bastions of success, and that is customer service. Brand value. DR: Mobile payment technologies are bringing brands closer to their customers than ever before.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Coverage includes Sweden’s Fingerprint Cards AB unveiling a biometric software platform for payment cards, wearables and USB dongles. Swedish biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB has unveiled its FPC-BEP biometric software platform geared toward wearables, USB dongles and payment cards.

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Branding Cards Software Mobile 135

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

These days, eCommerce is a major component for most retail businesses hoping to survive, and thrive, into the future. The company announced earlier this month that it is bringing support for mobile and unattended retail devices to brick-and-mortar retailers in the U.K. Developing the Right Omnichannel Software Fit.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Depending on how a customer makes a return, some retailers will take a portion of the return shipping costs out of the refund amount. The company works with online retailers to facilitate returns with better options for consumers and a more efficient supply chain. This change is in the retailers’ best interests, noted Geller and Sobie.

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Retail Online Branding Software 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Boulevard , a provider of back-office management software for the spa and salon industry, has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round from investors, including Index Ventures and Bonfire Ventures. salons and barbershops make up a $315 billion industry, with almost 3 million small businesses and 4 million independent aestheticians.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Physical retailers are building digital bridges to alluring new hybrid experiences and adding value to recurring revenue offerings to keep the great reopening momentum alive. To protect sales, many Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors relied on extended free trials and special promotions, especially during the lockdowns.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2020

The online news service reported Facebook revealed 13,000 human to human conversations across two retail spaces, furniture and fashion, were used as data for the training. Like furniture, assistants could sort by price, brand, color. Facebook’s mission is to imitate human chat by responding to images and messages as a person would.

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Training Retail Data Report 177

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

One of this year’s favorites so far, according to reports in The New York Times, has been fake retail and product apps popping up in the Apple App Store of late. We’re seeing a barrage of fake apps,” said Chris Mason, chief executive of Branding Brand. It’s important that brands monitor how their name is being used.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

And retail and commerce-related payments are certainly a big part of that trend. It’s not just the direct selling of products to consumers that matters when it comes to cross-border retail. Several retail and retail-related trends are at play with this funding announcement. Importance of Logistics and Payments.

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Retail social media Branding Trends 151

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s not uncommon for brands to open permanent stores after experimenting with pop-ups, but Glossier is taking an innovative payments approach to its new flagship in New York City that launched on Thursday (November 8): the company is bringing its own point-of-sale system (POS) to the flagship. And online retail sales may hit $123.73

Retail 144

Retail New York City New York Branding 144

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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Retail Security Data Software 127

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2016

Today, in McLean, Virginia, guests of the local Hilton can have their questions answered 24/7, 365 days a year by what is likely the world’s first robot concierge, Connie (named for Conrad Hilton, the patriarch of the Hilton brand), which is powered by IBM’s Watson AI. Which leaves retailers with one of two choices.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this case, it’s the gap between interest and intent, the chasm that lies between consumer awareness of unattended retail and actually taking the plunge in buying at the kiosk and vending machine. At a high level, according to PYMNTS data , unattended retail is reaching only one-tenth of its potential. Hurdles For Larger Merchants.

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Retail Comparison Technology Branding 131

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Akeneo’s open source software as a service (SaaS) platform manages product information and omnichannel catalogs, becoming the most used product information management (PIM) platform in the world. In addition, the company has achieved compound triple-digit revenue growth for the sixth consecutive year. “We Akeno’s U.S.

Retail 108

Retail United States Boston Branding 108

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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Retail Google Tools Video 182

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. Fruit Street also licenses software to physicians and educators.

Retail 242

Retail Guidelines User Experience Branding 242

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

Sometimes, even the best businesses, big and small, need a little help from software. The latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™ , powered by Vantiv, looks at companies around the space using software development to help build their businesses. Developing Software Specifically for the Smallest Businesses.

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Software Report Tools How To 109

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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Retail San Francisco Training Video 151

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Microsoft announced that it is launching two new software solutions to give traditional retailers the ability to track customers and improve service. The two new solutions — Dynamics 365 Connected Store and Dynamics 365 Commerce — were created to help businesses transform the retail experience.

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Retail Tools Software Data 124

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

QBIT Robotics is the creator of the robot, which has four cameras to make sense of customer expressions through artificial intelligence (AI) software. The project began when the brand announced that its flagship warehouse location in the Ariake section of Tokyo was 90 percent robotic and could operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Retail 131

Retail Operations Software Branding 131

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

The cloud-based Brink POS Software and EverServ 500 and 550 terminals will scale with the company through this period of rapid growth. In addition to choosing Brink POS software, RDS has partnered with the company to streamline processes for maximum efficiency. Being an emerging brand was also a big attraction to us.”.

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Software Atlanta Cards Technology 161

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is carrying more weight in retail these days, helping merchants to innovate and win over consumers, and even serving to tie together web, mobile and in-store experiences as part of the focus on omnichannel commerce. That’s where RFID technology can also help with retail. Treasure Hunt.

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Retail Tools Innovation Examples 153

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Brands and retailers want reliability and the ability to test their own innovations. At the end of the day, e-commerce software is a combination of knowledge. If you don’t have access to thousands of global cases you can’t imbue the software with knowledge,” Gomide said. VTEX offers both, filling a gap in the market.

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Software America Regional Tools 108

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

Retail 127

Retail social media Online Mobile 127

PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

Product Management Software Startup Akeneo In $13M Series B. Managing product information is no small task for retailers, especially as catalogs, once solely a print-based medium, moved onto the web and, more recently, mobile channels. We know that the quality of the product information has a direct impact on sales,” he said.

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Software Management Branding Analytics 101

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The pandemic seems to have had a strong positive impact on participation in the entire sport of running,” Fleet Feet’s Director of Retail Experience Matt Werder told PYMNTS. Even now that its stores are open, the retailer has discovered that its eCommerce, curbside pickup and virtual fitting services remain popular with customers.

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Technology Retail North Carolina National 131

PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

In such scenarios, the convenience offered by eCommerce sites falls short while on-the-ground retail wins the day. Additionally, the online conveniences offered by digitally native brands may not translate as well to storefront expansions. We can put our brands where consumers need them most,” Smith said. “We Drawing In Data .

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Retail Branding System Data 116

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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Retail New York Online Trends 146

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You can count on at least one thing for retail in 2020: Things will get much more personal. Dynamic Yield now enables more than 300 brands in six continents, spanning retail, gaming, finance, travel and publishing. Many retailers are relying on AI to enhance personalization. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Retail 131

Retail Tools User Experience Technology 131

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

Retail 114

Retail social media Online Mobile 114

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

One of the industries that is likely the most difficult to vet for employees is retail. As such, retailers’ staffing needs are likely to fluctuate as the industry navigates itself for the foreseeable future. AllWork ‘s sole purpose is to help locate, vet, manage and pay workers on the retail floor.

Retail 101

Retail Branding Software Industry 101

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

COO Harley Finkelstein, in a post-earnings interview with MarketWatch , said that strong outcomes were seen across the board from the firm’s efforts to transform itself from a software platform for digital and physical retail into “the first global retail operating system.”. billion, while gross payments volume jumped to $5.8

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2020

The race to create a challenger bank just got more competitive with a ready-made solution from core provider Temenos that can help brands stand up a digital bank in as few as 90 days. The Switzerland-based banking technology provider launched its digital banking software-as-a-service solution in the U.S.

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Digital Banking US Software Branding 370