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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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JULY 14, 2020

As the United States experiences a coin shortage due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to “keep the change.”. Not only will those customers give the grocers some personal information in doing so, but they’ll presumably revisit the retailer in the future to spend their unused change.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The digital shift may transform retail storefronts in Europe. To that end, in Europe, Czech firm Nulisec has debuted an online B2B marketplace focused on European retailers — geared toward improving sales and procurement processes. At the moment, retailers are hostages of their local suppliers,” he said.

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JUNE 2, 2020

The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Fitting rooms have been strictly regulated or even shut down by some retailers. Red Roof isn’t far behind on the branding front with its program, RediClean.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Ethan Allen Interiors anticipates reporting retail segment written orders growth of 44.9 Plus, a new Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions offering provides retailers with “Amazon Go at scale.”. Plus, a new Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions offering provides retailers with “Amazon Go at scale.”.

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JULY 30, 2020

Brands, Inc. The brand has served nearly 20 million contactless digital orders as of March 2020. “We’ve Brands’ worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation dropped 12 percent, with a 15 percent same-store sales decline. Brands reported earnings per share excluding special items of 82 cents on $1.2

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Canadian global point-of-sale (POS) and eCommerce firm Lightspeed is teaming up with Silicon Valley payments platform Stripe to advance in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the U.S. Restaurants and retailers will be able to process in-store payments and personalize readers with their own branding. .

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Shopify announced that it has reached an agreement to buy 6 River Systems , a provider of collaborative warehouse fulfillment solutions, in a deal worth $450 million. The addition of 6 River Systems’ cloud-based software and collaborative mobile robots to the network will increase the speed and reliability of warehouse operations.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With brands everywhere rushing to either revamp existing channels or launch new ones, the line between traditional retail and direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites is not only getting blurred, but it’s raising questions about whether this trend is a short-term reflexive phenomenon or the start of a long-term strategic realignment.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Herrick expects that ReplyBuy and Airship will create a holistic ecosystem, allowing retailers to use its engagement technology to acquire customers and then use conversational commerce to retain them and grow their value. The voice activation may come back with one brand or a few, as well as suggested websites or stores.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In the life of any brand, a pivot – or even a series of pivots – is normal. Times change, tastes expand and brands that don’t evolve generally don’t survive – a lesson that any number of retailers have spent the last several years learning the hard way. The big changes weren’t quite done, however.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Brands reported that worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation increased 10 percent, with Taco Bell at 13 percent, KFC at 11 percent and Pizza Hut at 7 percent. Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs reported that KFC U.S. Pizza Hut U.S., Pizza Hut U.S.

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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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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.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Malls are providing digital native brands with the opportunity to rent space without the typical lengthy commitment. The space can appeal to digital native brands that might want to dip their toes into the world of brick-and-mortar retail. With BrandBox, Forbes reported that brands can open stores in three weeks.

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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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MARCH 31, 2020

High-level market intelligence about the $18 billion expected to be invested over the next three years is a major focus of the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS , which serves as a bimonthly breakdown of developments in this rapidly growing business sector. Amazon Go’ Cashless. And Amazon and 7-Eleven aren’t alone.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

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APRIL 9, 2020

It seems like a year ago, but it was actually only March 8 when discount retailer Burlington announced that it was abandoning its admittedly watered-down eCommerce offering. On one hand, the best way to get people in stores and avoid the fate of other brick-and-mortar retailers was to make online sales the only option.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. 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. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s. Role of Data.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

So-called Generation Z is also driving much of the innovation when it comes to retail. To reach consumers on the hunt for offerings that are “clean and natural,” the retail chain rolled out its Everspring household brand. And six in 10 shoppers said it factored into their decision of where to transact, Retail Dive reported.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

By allowing users to pay and receive in any denomination, the system will remove boundaries, Square said. It will be especially viable for the retail sector, as many merchants can’t accept payments like cryptocurrencies — the payments would take hours to process, and the value could rise or fall dramatically in that time.

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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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AUGUST 31, 2020

But navigating the health system is more complicated than ever. Healthcare is also undergoing a retail revolution – with places like Amazon, CVS, Walgreens and others disrupting how patients receive care. The result: Learning from retail, patients are demanding greater ease and transparency in healthcare.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. But at this point, it is also mostly table stakes in the race to bring apparel retail online.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Dunkin’ Brands is piloting the Mastercard system at a California store that was not named in the report and will take on the name of Dunkin’ Dash. The news comes as Dunkin' Brands' Q2 earnings displayed an anticipated fall in store revenue because of the pandemic but provided minimal details on its stated aim of digital acceleration.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Albertsons has announced that it is implementing Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions’ self-checkout systems to speed up checkout times and improve operational throughput while reducing shopper interventions. “We We are thrilled to work with Albertsons Cos.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

If so, one can probably remember the fantastical predictions that, before too long, brick-and-mortar retail would go the way of the horse-and-buggy. Physical retail may be going through some tough times. You really want to experience a moment of time with the brand and their story. Remember those first giddy days of eCommerce?

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AUGUST 23, 2019

For a glimpse at how innovation is playing out in the retail world, it always helps to take a look at recent developments in the world of quick-service restaurants, or QSRs. Brands, the owner of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, reported an overall year-to-year revenue gain in the second quarter of 2019 of about 10 percent, to $1.31

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Bridge millennials’ rise is changing the retail ecosystem ahead of the 2019 holiday season, but their impacts will continue to be felt in the year ahead. The group also spends more than other demographics, averaging $2,225 in retail purchases per year. Bridge millennials are becoming bellwethers of shifting retail trends.

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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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JANUARY 6, 2020

When it comes to retail innovation, you can usually count on consumers’ constant need for clothes to help drive new trends. At the start of the 2010s, retail merchandising was, at base, a lot of guesswork. If things went well and brands guessed right about consumer tastes, that was all well and good. Better Smells.

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APRIL 26, 2017

Developing a cohesive environment where both customers feel a sense of community and the website brand matches that can be a challenge. Women’s outdoor and athletic apparel retailer Title Nine is looking to make those changes by adding Kibo’s eCommerce solution to its system.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations. Lesson 1: Think Big . “We

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

In a nutshell, consumers don’t particularly care how companies get orders to their doors as long as it’s quick and the order is the proper brand. Whether by drone, by land, by sea, by box truck or by a national system of pneumatic tubes — consumers are just interested in what’s on the label. Consider the Amazon Dash button phenomenon.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

This year, apps aimed to make it easier and more convenient for consumers to order their favorite foods and sundries, with restaurants and other retailers tapping into delivery. To help bring these options to more consumers, retailers and technology companies decided to join forces. Hoffmann said at the time, “Grubhub is No.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Big-box retail is getting a refresh for 2020, at least in some parts. The big-box membership retail store saw its sales continuously rise throughout the holiday season, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The system will repeatedly be analyzed for improvements before launching nationwide. “By Take Costco.

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