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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. reported that its Retail Pharmacy USA segment had $27.2 Walgreens Retail Pharmacy USA Reports $27.2 reported as part of its Q1 fiscal 2021 earnings that its Retail Pharmacy USA segment had $27.2 Billion In Sales. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

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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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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

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In this week's news, we saw two blockbuster IPOs, arguments and stalemates over a new stimulus bill, and new data on consumers' digital shopping trends. Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Retail Will Play Major Role In Vaccine Distribution. The Weekender is here to catch you up. million in consumer losses.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

“Macy’s closing 125 stores signals ‘more pain’ for retailers,” ABC News reported Feb. Retailers like Pier 1, Papyrus and Express are closing 1,000 stores. While investors are increasingly cautious and focused on an investment's potential for downturn protection, investment capital remains abundant. Learn more.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The move to consumers buying groceries online has certainly accelerated the CPG eCommerce trend. However, the trend is separate from CPG companies going direct to consumer (D2C). The new emphasis on digital has also led to more collaboration with retailers.

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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

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 trend is not entirely unexpected and can be attributed to the pandemic, with FinTech funding dropping by 37 percent quarter-over-quarter to $6.1 Xtracap Fintech.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2019

It's the beginning of a new year, and naturally new trends will take shape. The seed for some trends like voice banking and contactless payments were already planted last year, while others such like core overhauls went relatively untouched last year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

That included 85 percent who plan to continue online grocery shopping, 84 percent who will stick with retail shopping, 80 percent doing online food ordering and 79 percent working from home. It’s a trend — and investment — that’s expected to grow in 2021 and beyond. CPGs’ Big Bet. QSRs’ Big Pivot. Reworking The Concept Of Work.

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PYMNTS

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 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. As a result of the pandemic crisis it is urging its retail accounts to stay in touch with their customers via mobile, most specifically through SMS (short message service).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” Larger Trends. Another one seems ready to bite the dust. About one-quarter — or 26.8

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2023

The three risks are: 1) rising funding costs to erode profitability, 2) reduced capital at small banks compared to larger banks, and 3) elevated commercial real estate (CRE) credit risks. The trend of decreasing DDA balances is evident and common for all bank sizes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

So-called fast fashion has been a big player in retail for years, but that part of the commerce-and-apparel world is facing some serious challenges. 30) from the Columbia Spectator , which covers news important to students at Columbia University and Barnard College in the global fashion capital of New York City.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Among the ongoing trends in retail is the funding for online used car platforms, and the ongoing rise of eCommerce and digital payments in Latin America. Used Vehicle Trends. Take Online auto retailer Vroom , which recently announced a $146 million Series G funding round led by AutoNation.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

Slowly but steadily, healthcare is becoming more mobile about payments, and that trend – a very long time in coming – appears to have picked up steam in recent months. PYMNTS, of course, has documented these recent shifts – and the trends fueling them – through its own original research. Take wearables as an example. As the U.S.

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CB Insights

JUNE 21, 2021

Future of Fintech 2021 (October 5-6, NYC) will provide updates on this activity and in-depth analysis on important trends driving financial services. Retail bank digitization. Wealth Management & Capital Markets . Social and retail investing . Growth of challenger banks. New niche & community-focused banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. Vroom said it will use the capital to invest in expanding its workforce, technology, operations and marketing, as well as products. Spending Trends. Retail spending growth began to slow as we entered the fourth quarter,” he said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. One of the latest, ongoing trends is the rise of online luxury resale commerce. That’s not to say brick-and-mortar is doing well in all areas of the luxury retail world.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 3 Loan-level stress testing can help assess repricing risk, while capital stress testing helps clarify the impact of CRE loan losses on capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

PUMA has announced that it is signing a multi-year deal with eSports brand Cloud9 to make clothing for gamers in the same way it makes soccer jerseys and other sports-related apparel. CNBC reported the clothes will cost between $25 and $75 and can be bought on the websites of both companies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Square has been looking to boost its presence in recent months, announcing it would enter the B2B lending space with Square Capital. To read more on these stories and other headlines from around the space, check out the Tracker’s News and Trends section. How Platform Payments Help The Game Go On. About The Tracker.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The State Of Fintech Q2 2020 Report: Investment & Sector Trends To Watch. The State Of Fintech Q1 2020 Report: Investment & Sector Trends To Watch. The State Of Fintech Q4 2019 Report: Investment & Sector Trends To Watch. The Top 100 Venture Capital Partners & Firms. Blockchain. The Blockchain Report 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

The rise of so-called InsurTech stands as one of the most promising trends of the new decade. One of the big themes of the digital economy is to cut out middlemen and bring consumers closer to retailers and service providers, which is one of the ideals of THREE. The company has three offices in New York State and one in Spain.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 28, 2023

Mahmoud Fatouh Small banks tend to have more specialised business models, likely focusing on commercial and retail banking activities, and show limited interconnectedness to other financial institutions. Although capital standards existed before 2010, they were significantly weaker.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

As regular readers of our weekly bankruptcy tracker can attest, it has been a rough year for much of retail. There have been outliers — Walmart has managed a pretty good year among the carnage and Amazon is locked in on a solid growth path — but the general trend of the stories has not been overly hopeful. percent from a month earlier.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

One company that’s helping to move the luxury market forward is online retailer Farfetch. With the investment by JD.com, Farfetch equity capital is effectively doubled considering its previous $300 million funding round. JD.com’s CEO, Richard Liu, commented on this news and what it means for Chinese shoppers. ”

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. So the eCommerce giant certainly has both the scale and the capital required to push Zoox’s ambitious goals. The retailer had been negotiating with ThredUp for about a year.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 29, 2018

While some like Capital One, whose's CEO Richard Fairbank remained vague about what's […]. Earnings season is almost over, and in the last two weeks most of the big banks and many other FIs had their quarterly earnings calls. During these calls, most of these FIs talked about technology and innovation in some form or another.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

In a nod to just how important cybersecurity is becoming to larger firms within the financial space, Capital One said on Monday (Feb. Brought on board, in this case, is literal, as Capital One has created a new seat on its board of directors dedicated to cybersecurity.

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Banking Exchange

MARCH 4, 2020

The bank is closing 37 branches and investing in a ‘tailored, personal and accessible’ service for clients Bank Performance Technology Retail Banking Checks/Remote Deposit Capture Cards Profitability Feature3 Survival Strategies Fintech Feature Management Financial Trends Customers Community Banking.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

With 100+ public banks reporting, we have more than a representative sample to see 2Q 2022 bank earnings trends and derive some operational insights on bank performance. In this article, we put some data behind the trends and provide optimal targets to help you run your bank more successfully. Look for this trend to increase.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. After a recent $55 million capital raise , Sezzle plans to focus more on that area of business.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

economy powered by consumer spending, vacant retail rental space is forecasted to decline in the next several years, while rental prices are forecasted to rise, according to Cushman & Wakefield ’s recently released U.S. The bifurcation in retail property performance based upon class will only accelerate,” according to the forecast.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Youngsters tend to get all the credit when it comes to being a force that drives retail innovation, and that’s fair enough. Gig Trends. Their mobile habits, for instance, are fueling so much change in commerce and also payments. But older consumers shouldn’t be counted out, either. That’s not all.

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