PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. More consumers are going online to shop and pay as the pandemic progresses. The numbers speak for themselves. It was the catalyst for most every business dynamic in the category.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Automotive sales are increasing going digital — and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. According to the report , the deal comes as Carro raised some $30 million in fresh capital. Online Auto Sales. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

“We are essentially taking glass doors that were probably underutilized and not asking the retailer for any additional physical space.”. From a business standpoint, we believe that things like sales lift are obviously a really important metric,” Dravenstott said, “and you don't hear that much in brick and mortar retail.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Four years and $35 million in venture capital funding later, Taylor’s company is expanding and simplifying the ability for eCommerce companies to build sophisticated yet simple web stores. Some retailers are just excellent about telling stories about themselves and about the products that they're selling,” Taylor told PYMNTS.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Even online merchants who offer customers extended warranties at the time of sale traditionally see about a 4 percent or 5 percent conversion rate. Retailers] are seeing double-digit higher conversion rates when an extended warranty is shown – not on the extended warranty, but conversion rates on the product itself,” Levin said. “We

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

First PayPal and now Capital One have noted the significance of their partnerships with the retailer in recent earnings calls. Just yesterday, in Capital One’s 3Q18 earnings call, Richard Fairbank, CEO and chairman, mentioned that Capital One will be the exclusive issuer of Walmart […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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JUNE 26, 2020

To provide retailers with the ability to attain working capital, India-based payment gateway and online shopping platform Instamojo rolled out InstaCash. Retailers can receive loans for as much as Rs 1 lakh ($1,322.26) for a time ranging from seven to 14 days with the offering, The Economic Times reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

online wholesale retailer sometimes called “Costco for millennials,” is seeking a buyer, Reuters reported. Boxed, formed in 2013, has raised $240 million from investors, including American Express and GGV Capital. Boxed , the U.S. Boxed, based in New York, offers sales of fresh groceries, office supplies and more.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Capital One has reportedly inked a deal to acquire Paribus, a price tracking service, as the credit card company makes another acquisition in the FinTech space. According to a report , Paribus aids online shoppers in getting automatic refunds when the price drops on items they purchased. Card at Capital One, said in the report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Fashion retailer rue21 (r21 Holdings, Inc.) The retailer modified its asset-based credit facility to bolster availability to $155 million due 2025 headed up by Bank of America, N.A. The retailer also opened three new physical retail shops, with another 15 in the works for 2021. million members.

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MAY 23, 2017

A new study has found that more pet owners are shopping for products online and traditional retailers will have to do more than boost their online presence in order to compete. Not only are higher numbers of consumers buying pet goods online, but they are spending more of their pet product dollars online as well.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Retail dispute management system Chargeback announced Monday (June 8) that it has closed a $6.6 Chargeback said the money will accelerate its growth and ability to help online and offline retailers decrease credit card disputes, achieve higher win rates and retain more revenue. million Series A1 funding round.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization. Stores As Social Centers.

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JUNE 15, 2020

The pandemic’s harsh impacts on retail continue to show themselves as brands report plummeting quarterly earnings and eye additional store closings. Inditex revealed what could be a blueprint for a novel online-offline model , while Ulta Beauty appears to be mulling the same strategy. 1 to April 30 due to the pandemic. €1B

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JANUARY 12, 2021

As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan. 11) “bring together Walmart’s retail knowledge and scale with Ribbit’s FinTech expertise to deliver tech-driven financial experiences tailored to Walmart’s customers and associates.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Another bankruptcy; another week of trying to sort out the problems at retail. simply has too many stores to support them all and the “retail apocalypse” is simply as natural as a snake shedding skin. The issue was raised by Horan Capital analyst David Templeton in his Monday (Feb. square feet of retail space for every consumer.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

The banking regulator in Hong Kong has issued an additional four online-only banking licenses to Ping An, Alibaba, mobile phone maker Xiaomi and a joint venture (JV) consisting of Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital. Reuters is reporting that this totals eight total licenses handed out by the government.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

5) the launch of Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. It remains difficult for online businesses to get access to capital. Stripe Capital makes it easy for internet businesses to get the funds they need when they need them,” said Will Gaybrick, Stripe’s chief product officer.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

As retail reopens and starts to spur some optimism for the future, a dark number appeared on the scene on Tuesday (June 10). Coresight released a report that says 25,000 retail storefronts will close by the end of the year. After all, they have access to capital, and they have shown strong balance sheets in the past.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

PayPal ’s venture capital arm has invested $11 million in online returns service Happy Returns. Sobie and Co-Founder Mark Geller met at HauteLook, an early flash sale retailer that was bought by Nordstrom. The funding is the largest round to date for the company, bringing Happy Returns’ total raise to $25 million.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

million in venture capital. As reported by The Business Times , in Singapore, Tin Men Capital, a venture capital firm focused on B2B tech startups, led a $5 million Series A funding round to invest in RateIt. Other investors in the funding round included seed and pre-seed funds Incubate Fund, Better Capital and others.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

While digital fund disbursements clearly can affect insurance claims, government tax returns and gig economy workers’ paychecks, it’s reimbursements that play a major role for the retail industry. The rise in online shopping means more shoppers needing refunds on returned merchandise. Many Happy Returns. It’s no small matter.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2017

Marketplace solutions work to enable online retail brands to expand their reach without needing to invest in manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. To move into a greater number of markets, international online home goods retailer vidaXL recently selected global marketplace solutions provider Mirakl to support its growth plans.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Corporate buyers are quickly shifting their purchasing habits online, and seeking more efficient experiences from product sourcing through to checkout. A great example would be buy online, pick up in-store," noted Bachalli. Along with the adoption of B2B eCommerce came the proliferation of different kinds of buying models. "A

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. The company connects SMBs to invoice financing via is mobile app Bridge2Capital, targeting retail shopkeepers with a way to finance their outstanding payables.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) – which just four years ago had only a 1 percent penetration rate online – are capturing the digital shift in a dramatic way during the pandemic. As the crisis pushed online grocery into exponential growth during the crisis, CPG companies are finally starting to sell and advertise online.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

After a full year in service, Goldman Sachs Bank USA is celebrating its first full year in retail and its online deposit platform’s success. Since its inception a year ago, the online deposit platform, which Goldman Sachs purchased from GE Capital Bank, has garnered $4 billion deposits without a major marketing push.

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MARCH 31, 2020

As recently as a few years ago, it was often difficult to get retailers to think seriously about unattended retail as an expansion or extension of their business. That shift in consumer preferences is driving an ever-expanding digitization of the physical retail experience, he noted. While that is a growth area, Layden Jr.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

CEO Jack Dorsey noted on the earnings call that new and existing sellers continued to transition from in-store commerce to online channels, aided by curbside pickup and delivery. As of April 20, Square Online Store weekly GPV was $59 million, up fivefold since earlier in the year. Customers had more than $1.3

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

the wear-to-work retailer for women, warned it may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the nationwide chain has been crippled by the COVID-19 crisis, CNBC reported. The company operates more than 385 retail and outlet locations in 33 states, according to its website. The parent company of New York & Co. ,

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

As retailers, especially those marked non-essential, move to digital commerce platforms they’re also finding new ways to stay in touch with customers during the pandemic. According to eCommerce automation and analytics platform Yotpo, more than 65 percent of online shoppers are browsing or buying from their mobile devices.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As Lowe’s homes in on growing online shopping and bringing in more professional contractors and homebuilders, the home improvement retailer registered mixed Q4 results. The home improvement retailer did not detail its eCommerce sales. Its shares increased 1.4 percent in premarket trading, CNBC reported. per share, a year prior.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. . John Donahoe, CEO, Nike.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

DayTek Capital , an Australian challenger bank known for its prepaid “Infinity” card, has been granted a banking license by the country’s Securities and Investments Commission, a report from AltFi says.

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