PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Retailers are tapping into voice technology to help consumers order their favorite products such as restaurant takeout as they expand their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. From 7-Eleven to Chipotle Mexican Grill, retailers are expanding their digital ordering strategy with the help of voice assistant technology. Kroger Co.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

A common, enduring fantasy for many consumers — a group that likely includes many PYMNTS readers and writers — is walking into a high-end retail store, chain or boutique that sells luxury brands , and spending vast sums on the best clothes, shoes, handbags, watches and other items. Different Proposition. That’s a very hard job.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. billion for its stores in comparison to $1.63 billion in the year prior. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 26, 2022

We are beyond excited to announce the launch of our co-branded Credit Card with RBL Bank. The RBL Bank-BankBazaar SaveMax co-branded Credit Card comes equipped with a wide range of benefits and features. We are sure you will love this card as it offers you reward points on every purchase you make. . In the Spotlight: .

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In the retail industry, like many other sectors, the maxim ‘innovate or die’ seems to be growing in authority and relevance by the day. This was partly attributed to smaller firms’ strategies of offering a combination of in-store and online shopping options. ‘Digital dinosaurs’ at risk of extinction?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

By comparison, Square made $306 million in bitcoin revenue for Q1. In something of a counter trend, the company’s physical Cash Card spend was up during the first half of 2020, despite the impact of the pandemic. Cash App launched bitcoin deposits in June 2019.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. By comparison, mobile ordering and payment accounted for 9 percent of those transactions in the fiscal third quarter of 2017. percent – of commuters – who did the same in 2017.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

On the positive side is the retailing trade group the National Retail Federation ( NRF ). Neil Saunders, managing director of research firm GlobalData PLC’s retail division, projects $26.4 It’s retailers’ first big test. It’s retailers’ first big test. There are two wild cards. percent from last year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

Globally, tapping to pay with contactless cards has taken off remarkably, and the U.S., nearly half of all Visa transactions at physical points of sale happen via contactless card tap. Asia Pacific lags behind the global average somewhat, with one-third of all in-person transactions happening via contactless card.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

If it’s more than 10 minutes for an online/website process or more than five minutes for a mobile process, the abandonment rate impacts account openings as much as 40%. How many clicks does it take to open an online account? Retail customer acquisition in a physical, siloed world costs an average of $280.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

It was the wild card category for back-to-school, and it will be the wild card category for the holidays. percent of all consumer retail spend. The MacBook Air, by comparison, sells for $999 on Amazon as well as in the Apple Store. consumer’s whole paycheck. Census research team. That accounts for 2.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“ Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year ad campaign launched by American Express in 1987 to persuade consumers that it was worth it to pay an annual fee for one of its charge card products. As the slogan implied, being an American Express card member was the only way to unlock those benefits.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

The golden age of product reviews and price comparisons. However, as more age-restricted products move online, robust and seamless digital age verification takes on more importance, a trend that promises to grow in the coming few years. What about the golden age of age verification? In the U.S., That’s where technology can help.

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MyBankTracker

AUGUST 17, 2020

Online shopping isn’t only convenient. It makes comparison shopping easier and there’s the ability to use various methods of payments. There’s the option of paying for goods with a credit card, gift card, and debit card, which many consumers do. It’s an alternative to a credit card or cash.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Consumers are also rethinking whether they should be paying for goods with cash, credit cards or debit cards. Gas is not the only sector that has been hit, as store closures and consumers’ desires to trim spending have resulted in steep declines in retail purchasing. Apparel and accessory retailers reported an 89.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Three out of every four consumers who shopped for their holiday purchases on Black Friday this year made at least one of those purchases online, and three in 10 exclusively shopped online, according to exclusive PYMNTS Black Friday data. That includes features such as the option to purchase online and pick up curbside (34.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The retailer is inviting specialty and national brands alike to offer items online, CNBC reported. By comparison, the hurdles to become a third-party seller are lower on Amazon and Walmart; on those sites, sellers ask for approval to sell through an application.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The final Prepaid Card Rule requires not only so-called “packaging” or short form disclosures prior to acquisition of the prepaid card account, but also that a long form disclosure be provided to the consumer. Tristram Q.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

Cook called out Apple Pay’s rapidly expanding footprint: 24 global markets, 4,900 banking partners and new retail partnerships with eBay, CVS Pharmacy and 7Eleven. Perhaps the most controversial claim, designed to get a rise out of the mobile payments community, was Cook’s comparison of Apple Pay to PayPal in terms of number of transactions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As part of its efforts, the retailer gave some brands the opportunity to determine how outside sellers on the its website price and display their products. According to The Wall Street Journal , the retailer has complied with such requests. As a result, some retailers planned to stop selling the Katadyn’s offerings.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

With abundant choices in many aspects of their lives, consumers expect a range of options when it comes to online shopping, ranging from picking out clothes to making travel plans. Half of global online transactions are expected to take place in Asia this year. billion – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

It also means that pharmacies — whether brick-and-mortar or online — are popular places, perhaps even part of a weekend to-do list that includes holiday retail shopping. That is certainly one possibility for innovation and disruption in the retail pharmacy space. That is, indeed, the ideal, as practiced by SingleCare.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Through platforms such as Slice , small pizzerias can tap into technology that allows their customers to order pizza online for pickup or delivery — just like the larger national chains. By comparison, Sela said 60 percent of the big pizza chains’ business is digital, leaving room for small pizzerias to grow their digital order base.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Cash back programs are nothing new for financial institutions (FIs), but the banking industry may be well-served to take a few cues from the masters of rewards: retailers. Despite incentives, a new study found debit cards appear to be more popular than credit cards, especially among younger customers. Think like a retailer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Millennials have shown remarkable interest in these solutions, which allow consumers to finance purchases with specific terms when they check out online. Contactless payment methods were always in the wings for credit card companies, but the pandemic pushed them front and center. Contactless. Nearly one in 10 consumers (9.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

These platforms reach consumers by reinforcing a behavior that consumers already exhibit — shopping with their credit and debit cards — while giving merchants valuable data. With Yelp’s program — similar to DOSH’s — customers’ payment cards are tied to their Yelp accounts. They just created an app and made it easier for me.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

For smaller nonprofits such as those served by Stewardship, technology investment may be relatively lacking in comparison to retail, restaurants and other verticals where resources are less constrained.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card. Of that $10 billion, Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2016

That conclusion was the result of a PayPal-initiated global survey of retailers around the world to better understand how their customers are using mobile devices in physical stores today — and how they would like to be using those mobile devices in the future. Participants included senior leaders across technology, finance and marketing.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

In the case of the latter, of course, the EU’s online privacy laws have implications for firms far beyond Europe’s borders – to the tune of hefty fines for non-compliance. That may be a knotty issue when, especially for retailers, online orders are coming from all over the world. Are merchants ready?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2016

And the latest of those modifications was announced yesterday (March 31): Walmart is getting into card-based, discount-centered rewards. Most headlines on the story referenced Walmart’s rival, Costco, and its card-based rewards program as what Walmart’s latest loyalty play is most directly competing with.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

Consumers have more options than ever when it comes to shopping for the right product or solution online. All in all, finding success as an online merchant today is complicated business. It’s a problem with which Leo Castro, vice president of the online sales platform BigCommerce , is all too familiar.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

For grocery workers, who are deemed in the “essential” retail category, relief has been slow in coming. New York City grocery workers can now schedule appointments online or by phone to get vaccinated at one of the city’s designated vaccine hubs. But on Monday (Jan. 11), New York State became the first to act on behalf of them.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It’s hardly competing with Amazon yet, but Target has shown more digital momentum than any major retailer during the pandemic. By a strict look at the macro numbers, Target still pales in comparison. And when attention turns to loyalty programs, the comparison is even more dramatic. Stores: Walmart, 11,500; Target, 1,868.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Another year, another chance for mobile wallet players to convince consumers to give up their plastic cards and utilize the phone as a payments form factor. In comparison to a market like China’s, it’s glacial. More than 40 percent of respondents — as of September 2017 — noted that they liked their cards just fine.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Digital platforms facilitate everything from online shopping to ridesharing to booking a hotel. An unexpected consequence of the retailer race to offer same-day and one-day delivery is increased fraud exposure. By comparison, fraud itself is considered a top friction point by only 16.4 Nearly one-third (30.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

Acorns itself acts as a robo-advisory company that works with other online firms that manage clients’ money. The comScore data is derived from its 1 million consumer panel’s eCommerce purchases at 15 retail domains. The survey results reveal that PayPal converts online buyers 87.5 percent of the time. Searching for what to buy.

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