PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. According to a new study from the National Restaurant Association and Technomic, 22 percent of consumers used kiosk ordering last year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom , for instance, is bringing its Nordstrom Local concept to the Big Apple. Beyond New York City, Nordstrom Local has three locations out west in California — Melrose, Brentwood and Downtown Los Angeles. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends. Pop-Up Costs.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

How cumbersome and annoying do you find the return process for items that you ordered online? The growth of online commerce continues at a rapid pace. The online shopping experience gets better every day. All online returns today are some version of ‘put in mail.’ shopping malls. One area has lagged behind — returns.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The digital-first economy has spawned many new business models, and one that has taken flight during this end-of-the-year period is on-demand retail partnerships. In the first one, a service company partners with a retailer to be an exclusive on-demand service provider. They come in two flavors. Think TaskRabbbit and IKEA.)

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Fast-casual restaurant groups are teaming with online food delivery firms to offer on-demand ordering to consumers through digital platforms. Postmates provides on-demand delivery choices from over 500,000 restaurants, convenience stores and grocery stores, in addition to traditional retailers. restaurants. (The million and 81 cents.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

The offering is now available from almost 2,000 stores in California, New York and Illinois, among other states, with plans to grow throughout the country in the months to come, according to an announcement. As it stands, Instacart partners with over 350 local, regional, and national retailers to provide delivery from over 25,000 stores.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

BB : In 1992, I discovered these online bulletin boards, where you could communicate with people all around the world. I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? Programming, Perficient, & Planning.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

The luxury car brand said the national “white glove” offering provides customers with a concierge to function as a host and help them through the process of shopping for as well as purchasing a new automobile, according to an announcement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

A survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association last fall found the number of independent pharmacies fell by nearly 20 percent to 18,478 stores last year, down from 23,029 in 2012. For those retailers that remained open, owners told researchers their store’s financial health was poor.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Even the ways retailers package their items can make a difference in their taxes. This month’s Next-Gen Sales Tax Tracker examines these compliance complexities and their impact, as well as ongoing efforts to streamline how retailers can fulfill their obligations. Easing tax compliance helps governments and retailers alike.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In addition, the retailer expanded curbside pickup to two new markets , California and Colorado. The retailer is already seeing a 10 percent rise in orders with the new service. And retailers are hopeful that this holiday season will be a success. The NRF revealed that the average shopper spent $313.29

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Wayfair ruling gave states and cities permission to tax remote sellers and online marketplaces based on their economic participation in the state, regardless of whether they had physical presences. Online retailers aren’t sitting still when faced with new taxes — and some are even fighting back in court. The 2018 South Dakota v.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Dutch global grocery conglomerate Ahold Delhaize — the firm behind grocery behemoths Giant and Stop & Shop — has acquired a majority stake in supermarket delivery startup FreshDirect in an attempt to up the level of its digital grocery offerings amid the online shopping surge created by COVID-19. “We Farmstead Picks Up $7.9M

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. How NowRx Is Engineering Prescription Privacy During The Pandemic. One recent study found that 4.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Retailing giant Walmart announced Tuesday (April 16) a partnership with KIDBOX to offer Walmart.com customers an exclusive, curated stylebox for kids. Walmart said that is about 50 percent off the suggested retail price for the group of bundled items. The stylebox will include four to five fashion items for $48.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Several reports say the new service is being tested in Dallas and Southern California, and could be rolled out nationally to include more loyalty perks, possibly tying in gasoline. households were active online grocery customers. Cumulatively, these have been aiding identical supermarket sales.”. million U.S. million households.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

And into the mix this week drops Macy’s — the latest in a string of the biggest names in retail to get on the stick with its own unique contribution to holiday retail hiring. But this year, Macy’s is trying out a new version of the hiring process with a national hiring holiday on Sept.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Instacart, the online grocery company, announced Tuesday (March 12) it has expanded alcohol delivery for customers across the U.S. can now have alcohol delivered in as soon as an hour from national, regional and local grocers as well as wine and liquor stores. and is available from one-third of its 300-plus retail partners.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Grubhub , a mobile food ordering and delivery platform, is expanding its range of delivery and catering options once again, this time by announcing news of a partnership with another national leader in food services: BJ’s Restaurants and Brewhouse. Grubhub continues to expand its platform and consumer choice in online food delivery. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Instead, the retailer is directing customers to liquidation sales at its brick-and-mortar stores for both its namesake and Babies R Us brands, industry news source Chain St ore Age reported. Thanks for visiting,” reads a pop-up on the retailer’s website. Thank you for your business and support over the years.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Macy’s announced it is hiring 80,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, as well as adding more employees to handle online orders. The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. Macy’s, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

If there’s any industry that has been slow to transition online, it’s antiques. Two recent moves from leading arts and antique dealers are leading a trend toward online arts and antique buying. Now we’re going to take a smaller storefront and concentrate more online. We’re finally knocking down the barriers online.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

When people try a crazy recipe for a hot sauce that uses locally grown peppers or other high-end ingredients and put it next to a regular national brand, “it doesn’t even compare,” Wright said. The company carries brands such as the Detroit Spice Company and Lush Gourmet (Nuts). Consumers can purchase subscriptions as gifts for others.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Reports are surfacing that, since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect on May 25, customers exercising their rights under the law are contacting companies with questions about how their online data is being handled, and to request copies of that data.

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Regulation Data Exercises Online 102

PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

The company allows online and offline consumers to purchase products with installation included, and then uses connecting technology to facilitate the assembly with an installation service provider. Now, Banhidy and his team have generated demand from top auto manufacturers and retailers, leading to a $4.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Epic Games indicated that the California-based tech firm has provided an extension without an end for fans to get into the survival game. and China that is focused on national security. Retail Sales: Rough Days Ahead at the Register? Apple Provides Temporary Access to Epic Games' Fortnite. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

A recent article by The Wall Street Journal showed fully autonomous robots picking and stacking goods in a Target distribution center in California. Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers. That the technology will change distribution is certain.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The country’s government recently announced a partnership with California-based firm Everest Technologies. The pair will create a digital identity program that will improve the country’s National LPG Subsidy Program, which assists 41 million citizens with heating and other utilities by making it more efficient, transparent and inclusive.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

One of the more long-grumbled complaints in retail is that Amazon and other eCommerce players are able to exploit a loophole that allowed them to mostly avoid charging sales tax. Would collecting sales tax 100 percent of the time take a bit out of Amazon’s bottom line? Recent data suggests — probably not. Has it made a big difference?

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2019

And that’s what she essentially ended up helping to create — an online resource for discovering, researching and booking campgrounds with over 300,000 media assets. They then become ranked on leaderboards split into regions (Mid-Atlantic, California and Hawaii and the Midwest). The Booking Experience.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

And products started migrating online. More recently SoFi acquired this little $170 million in total assets California bank. Firstly, commercial banks are significantly funded with retail deposits. Both businesses, by industry types, and retail, by retail demographic types. billion in total assets.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

Smart speakers across the nation, triggered by its wake words, then listed the burger’s ingredients. Recently, the online retail giant announced the launch of a combination hardware and software developer kit. Last week, Apple secured a self-driving road test permit from the California DMV. What is the Whopper burger?”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. The move comes as cities and states are passing bans on cashless retail establishments, on the argument that such retail discriminates against unbanked consumers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

At the same time, online food delivery increased nearly 15 percent between 2018 and 2019. While drive-thrus can be a source of retail innovation , traditional operations aren’t what they used to be. According to a new study from the National Restaurant Association and Technomic, 22 percent of consumers used kiosk ordering last year.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

To bring the concept of the farmers’ market to the world of eCommerce, online marketplaces are connecting local producers with consumers hungry for fresh food. And, in the winter, it works with farms in Florida and California when “it can be quite cold and quite dark in the Northeast,” Robinov said.

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