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If so, you’ve been at the site of one of the hottest areas of retail innovation. The general idea, of course, it to further personalize the consumer experience and also save customers the trouble of pulling out credit cards or phones to make purchases. Been on a fast food drive-thru lately? are now looking to follow suit.”.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

That’s because cameras are playing a much bigger role in retail, a trend that will keep gaining steam in the new decade. The Associated Press reports that cameras are, at least somewhat quietly, making inroads into a number of retail outlets in a bid to, well, get to know you. are now looking to follow suit.”. Security Cameras.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The ascent of eCommerce and the digital tools that support it have made it easier — in both theory and practice — for retailers to not only see how consumers browse and what they buy (to analyze the entire path to purchase), but to get to know them in the same ways as those old-time general store operators who served small towns.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

In a press release , the Cupertino, California iPhone maker said that with the addition of the national retailers, 74 of the leading 100 merchants in the U.S. and 65 percent of retail locations around the U.S. Other major retailers that now support Apple Pay include Costco and CVS Pharmacy. Apple announced Tuesday (Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Retail spending may be helping to spur freight volumes, and to push already lofty pricing higher. That’s because consumer demand is picking up, but retail inventories are relatively low. Small operators with six or fewer trucks make up 90 percent of the operators in the U.S. – 13 were up 1.5 percent versus the prior week.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Retail spending may be helping to spur freight volumes, and to push already lofty pricing higher. That’s because consumer demand is picking up, but retail inventories are relatively low. Small operators with six or fewer trucks make up 90 percent of the operators in the U.S. – 13 were up 1.5 percent versus the prior week.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Retailers, too, have higher education on their minds. After all, college is not only a place where many young men and women learn who they really are, but where operators of commerce, big and small, often find their next lucrative ideas. Another hot retail trend that is also being honed on campuses is subscription retail.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Of course, companies hedge their bets a bit when it comes to guidance, offering a broad range for many data points. That may portend a bit of bumpiness for retailers like Target. But as The Wall Street Journal noted, the shift across the retail landscape has had a bit of mixed effect. But what comes next? Just check your inbox.

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JUNE 1, 2020

Capturing and then enabling card-on-file payments when consumers buy the products or services they consume in the physical world. Not surprisingly, to make consumers more comfortable shopping and checking out in their stores, retailers have rushed to enable a “ contactless ” payment experience. Uber and Starbucks pioneered it.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The rise of unattended retail – from yesterday’s vending machines full of candy and soda to today’s upscale self-service conduits where one can get kiosk champagne at a hotel (it’s true!) – all started with digital payments. That growth came as vending and unattended retail firms struggled to compete with big-box retailers.

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JUNE 12, 2019

One example in retail and payments is tech incubators — specifically, those run by specific companies and brands, a trend that shows signs of growing even more in the 2020s (which, let us remind you, are only a few months away). That experience is one that is hard to gain as a vendor with new and exciting retail technology in the market.”.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Commercial cards account for only a portion of corporates’ overall spend, as checks stick around and ACH gains ground. However, their market share is on the rise as card issuers develop more robust rewards programs, and the ability to integrate card spend into back-office spend management and analytics platforms.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Retail technology is undergoing big changes in the restaurant world, and that includes the drive-thru. The acquisition aims to help McDonald’s improve order-taking operations in its drive-thru facilities by implementing voice-recognition technology to help customers navigate increasingly complex quick-service restaurant (QSR) menus.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

The great digital shift, along with the pandemic, has brought all manner of activities into the virtual realm — most notably, of course, commerce itself. Coinstar now owns and operates more than 22,000 kiosks across nine countries and recycles roughly $3 billion in coins annually worldwide ($2.7 billion in the U.S.

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JUNE 20, 2019

In a way, watching the emergence of legal retail marijuana in North America is like watching someone grow up. Not really a toddler or baby — even black-market sale of recreational and medicinal pot took on many traits of legitimate retail — but more like a once gawky teenager growing into a graceful, confident person. and Canada.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Amazon, of course, stands out as a marquee name in the move to make the retail experience wholly digital commerce. 1281), seeking to combat a trend — namely that more businesses are embracing card-only payment methods spanning debit and credit — the ban would also result in fines of hundreds of dollars per violation.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Help yourself: Unattended retail just got more seamless and widespread with USA Technologies ’ acquisition of Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. USA Technologies powers cashless and mobile payments in self-service retail settings – think Starbucks kiosks and Home Depot key-cutting machines, for example. Its existing customer base in the U.S.,

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JUNE 19, 2016

On the EMV front, Home Depot decided it felt strongly enough about Chip and PIN that that it sue MasterCard and Visa over it.Walmart Canada decided it would stop accepting Visa cards since they say they are too expensive. And according the the Atlanta-based building supplies retailer, that flaw is putting both customers and retailers at risk.

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APRIL 13, 2018

It was a record-breaking first quarter for retailers in the U.S. According to a report issued by Moody’s earlier this week, the retail sector managed to notch a record number of defaults during Q1 2013, with nine retailers defaulting on their debt. As a result of the series of retail fails, the default rate of high-risk U.S.

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JULY 7, 2020

Of course, voting is a bit of popularity contest, and as retail investors (and some institutional ones) crowd into a stock, they can quickly bid its price up — as is happening these days with payments processor Square. Verse will operate independently, although the team is being folded into Square’s Cash App operations.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Shoppers in the United States have long turned to credit cards to let them get the products now while delaying payments until they have a chance to save up. These plans fund retail purchases that consumers can then pay off over time in typically four installments. Read the full story in the Tracker.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Anecdotes add up to trendlines, of course, and it’s worth looking at a few broader statements from, say, industry alliances, that give a broader view on what might happen. According to IATA, there’s a sharp recovery in the cards, which has been likened to a “V shape.” Retailers to Feel the Pinch. percent this year.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Middle Retail. The middle class may be making gains, at least according to Census data, but middle-class retail is a different story, according to some observers. A recent study found that retail “is thriving” at the high and low ends but “faltering” in the middle. Not Amazon’s Fault.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

It’s not hard to find experts who predict that, even with the new date, gas stations will fail to comply with the deadline, which is set by card networks. Before getting into that, though, it pays to understand what’s going on with the EMV deadline in this specific area of retail to get a good sense of context.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound. Retail has had a rough couple of years, as most players that aren’t Amazon have struggled to cross the digital, omnichannel chasm. On the whole, with some notable exceptions, retail has landed on our Fizzle list more often than the Sizzle list in recent memory. Retail sales are up 5.9

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

Those who travel to some of the wealthier parts of the world, however, will discover the well-to-do have much more expensive unattended retail tastes. shoppers got their own taste of unattended luxury retail when vending machines dispensing caviar were installed in several Los Angeles-area malls. A few years ago, U.S.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

This year has been big for retail — big on change, innovation and some surprises along the way. Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

While the barriers to reaching an international consumer base are low thanks to innovations in eCommerce, online retailers and merchants still struggle to provide their global consumers with the same payments experience their domestic ones have. Visa recently announced a new policy to help shoppers alleviate this pain point.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Some operators, he said, are allowing for pay at the pump (for convenience store items) with delivery to the dispenser. These blends of commerce help convenience store operators supplement their margins. Data matter, of course, and Koscheski stated that offering rewards in a contextual way in real time is happening one step at a time.

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JULY 15, 2020

Among the biggest challenges has been compliance, as so many organizations have had to have call centers , back-end operations and fraud teams work from home. . And for some retailers, it can seem as if every day is Black Friday — not just for larger, well-established players, but also for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Cash crunches, of course, make carrying debt all the more burdensome. And as reported in the Financial Times , banks that are relatively more dependent on lending activities to keep operations afloat are facing challenges that have not been seen since the financial crisis and recession of more than a decade ago.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Evolution is the hallmark of everything that survives over a long period of time — and so it should come as no surprise that unattended retail has evolved, too, over more than a century since the first coin-operated vending machines made their debut in the late 1800s. To quote a line from an old song, “we’ve only just begun.”.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

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.”. You may be familiar with the fact that Credit Karma (where Ribbit already has an investment) helps users scout for the best credit card deals and loans.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

The workers responsible for the day-to-day operations have a more favorable view of debit cards than customers (93 percent compared with 82 percent), as well as good old-fashioned cash (93 percent to 80 percent) and gift cards (85 percent to 72 percent). Retail Bridges.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To say the least, the retail industry finds itself in the middle of a tricky holiday season. Over the course of the last five years, gift ordering cut-offs have been pushing deeper into the season, all the way to Dec. So, we anticipate more SMBs utilizing mobile gift card and loyalty apps as contact-free payments become the norm.”.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

He said that “back then, the price was driven by mainly retail investors.”. In an interview with Karen Webster, Daniel Gouldman, CEO of crypto-banking platform operator Ternio, said PayPal’s endorsement may help crypto go mainstream. Ternio, of course, has linked with Visa as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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JUNE 2, 2016

The common theme to all the “stores of the future” currently under construction across the retail landscape is the centrality of the consumer and the necessity of rebooting the shopping experience. There have been advances, but no miracles, unless of course one counts Amazon’s continued growth trajectory as miraculous.

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