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JUNE 4, 2020

Online commerce has soared during the pandemic, prompting retailers of all types and sizes to leverage how they use digital channels to bring back customers while a full return to physical retail remains months away. But the biggest innovations are coming to online retail.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

As the digital revolution continues to transform the way shoppers pay for things amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard announced a free online tool to help entrepreneurs future-proof their companies. Fortunately, Cadore quickly pivoted her business to focus on online sales and partnerships with online retailers.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Retail frequently adapts well to the new technologies or tools consumers might be using to shop, but repricing goods to accommodate customers who are wary of overspending is often out of its reach. This is prompting retailers outside the luxury space to explore buy now, pay later (BNPL) options. Brands in Australia, the U.K.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Retailers are not just looking to donate a percentage of profits to a charity or cause, either, but are also seeing it as a way to foster customer engagement. Donating to a variety of charitable causes can expand customer reach for retailer engagement. I think it’s very important for all brands to find their niche,” he said.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The giant eCommerce website can now connect a stored credit card with a palm print. But there are plans to expand it across Seattle, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the company said. If it’s a hit with users, Amazon plans to bring it to other retailers as well as performance venues and the nation’s offices.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Data from more than 26 million credit and debit cards was stolen from BriansClub, an underground marketplace for stolen credit card information, KrebsOnSecurity reported Tuesday (Oct. The hacked records were lifted from online portals as well as brick-and-mortar retailers over the past four years. million cards.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

For retailers, nothing really ever comes easy — and things aren’t getting any easier, at least when it involves gaining and retaining customers. Indeed, as the recently completed National Retail Federation (NRF) retail show in New York City demonstrated, commerce keeps moving to what Webster called in the webinar a “customer-centric approach.”

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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.”.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Atlanta payments encryption firm Bluefin is partnering with New York mobile payments processor PAAY to advance eCommerce security. Most online merchants rely solely on SSL/TLS to encrypt the data being sent from their websites. Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. . also known as 3DS 2.0

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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. Pickup Windows.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest merchants to test out the brick-and-mortar waters. The wedding retailer opened a store in New York City’s Flatiron District that is billed as a “one-stop-shop for wedding planning.”.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.” — John Collison.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

One of this year’s favorites so far, according to reports in The New York Times, has been fake retail and product apps popping up in the Apple App Store of late. We’re seeing a barrage of fake apps,” said Chris Mason, chief executive of Branding Brand. Not all are theft-oriented — some are essentially harmless spam apps.

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JULY 18, 2017

Rivals Visa and PayPal have shaken hands over a joint plan to issue debit cards in Europe. The truce stands to benefit merchants most of all, as it will expand their ability to use their PayPal funds to support business expenses and unlock new possibilities at the point of sale. customers already have access to PayPal debit cards.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Items available for sale will range from the Air Force 1 drops to The Ten Collection — items that Nike said in an online post are “specific to Atlanta’s vibe.” Beyond the pop-up shop, the retailer is opening a “Studio of Dreams” Super Bowl Content Studio on the same block. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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APRIL 26, 2018

A New York senator has proposed legislation that would make retail banking services available at all 30,000 U.S. As for the post office, the idea to make retail banking services available at locations was first brought up in a report from the Office of Inspector General in January 2014. Postal Service could make $8.9

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

As the buyer of the luxury retailer brand negotiates with the store’s landlord, Barneys New York’s flagship store on Madison Avenue in Manhattan will stay open for at least another year in a smaller form. The release also noted that “gift cards may be redeemed until Nov. Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Called See You Tomorrow , its “re-commerce experience” will include an online marketplace and brick-and-mortar location housed in the Nordstrom New York City flagship store on 5th Avenue. Nordstrom has not yet launched its online intake program where customers will have the ability to mail in merchandise.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Click-to-pay has been billed as a simpler, more secure way to shop online – especially for guest checkouts – as it requires consumers to enter card details just one time, rather than on a per-transaction basis, or through setting up accounts with individual merchants. She likened the transition to click-to-pay as a “button flip.”.

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JULY 12, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are opening experiential concepts by working with other brands as they look to engage consumers with experiences instead of products. The concept has a presence in 36 Macy’s locations ranging from Union Square in San Francisco to Herald Square in New York City. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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APRIL 13, 2020

In what appears to be an unprecedented move, an industry trade association is stepping in to help restart a retail community hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, The Toy Association , which produces the mega-sized New York Toy Fair, announced plans for “ Toy Fair Everywhere.” Two additional weeks are planned for Aug.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations. Lesson 1: Think Big . “We

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APRIL 29, 2016

bank Barclays said that it is selling its Barclaycard credit card units based in Portugal and Spain. The sale is to Bancopopular-e, the Spanish online bank, The New York Times reported. The most recent divestitures have been to get out of retail banking operations in Spain, Portugal and Italy.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Nordstrom is leveraging the coronavirus-fueled appetite for digital shopping and same-day delivery by rolling out a service that will deliver through Christmas Eve in the New York City area, the company said in a press release on Friday (Dec. All stores will be open on Christmas Eve for online order pickup, the company said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Yet, as 2018 was coming to a close, Facebook was hit with just a bit more bad news. According to a report in The New York Times , citing hundreds of pages of internal Facebook documents, Facebook reportedly enabled some of the world’s biggest tech companies to access the personal data of users. Tap-To-Pay Inches Into The U.S.

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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. In terms of Walmart’s other efforts, the retailer is also focusing on features such as grocery pickup.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

German-based discount-supermarket giant ALDI announced a great leap forward into the world of digital sales this week with word that it will be piloting a new “click-and-collect” online grocery ordering program at a single U.K. Amazon this week introduced the latest piece of in-store retail tech: the human hand.

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JULY 24, 2020

This growth is creating opportunities for numerous retailers, including BlackCool & Co. , I think this is similar to people having a Neiman Marcus card, a Nordstrom card or a Macy’s card,” Williform explained. But with BNPL you can go to any retailer, choose your product and pay over time with no credit check.” .

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JUNE 2, 2020

Zip Co Ltd, the Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company, is acquiring rival QuadPay , the New York-based payment installment platform, the firms announced on Tuesday (June 2). It comes as younger shoppers seek easy alternatives to interest-charging credit cards. million customers and 26,000 merchant partners.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Mastercard will invest 50 million euros in Berlin-based Jumia Technologies, an online retailer focused on Africa, before its initial public offering in New York, according to a report by Bloomberg. billion euros, which made the online retailer a unicorn, something that’s rare for an African company.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Take, for example, Italy, where Amazon has been operating since 2010 with what The New York Times describes as rather “muted success” since selling its first children’s book in the nation nearly a decade ago. By and large, Italian consumers first encountered Amazon as a group that firmly preferred shopping in person and paying in cash.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

issued Mastercard to pay for groceries delivered by Instacart are being offered a way to save money, the New York-based global financial services corporation said in an announcement. The feature is also available for debit, small business and prepaid card users, according to the announcement. Shoppers who use a U.S.-issued

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JULY 27, 2020

The following Deep Dive examines how providers are expanding services and solutions to serve consumers purchasing in stores and online during the pandemic. More retailers are offering BNPL options to boost spending among cash-strapped consumers, too, further fueling the method’s expansion. Consumers in the U.S.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Those who are unbanked pay to cash their checks, to get money orders to pay their bills and to buy and use prepaid cards. SNAP online . The USDA is in the process of rolling out a pilot program that will allow SNAP program enrollees to buy groceries online. Is there any way out of that?

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MARCH 12, 2019

Sondhi said that, when looking at omnichannel in practice today, it consists of consumers researching an item online, then going into a store and talking to salespeople, or just using their smartphones in the store to research the item there. Omnichannel is still clunky,” Sondhi told PYMNTS. Use Cases In Different Places.

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JULY 8, 2020

Bloomberg also reported that page views for Zillow’s suburban listings outside of formerly hot urban areas like New York City and San Jose, Calif., There’s [also] a lot of demand for rental homes that we’re seeing because people are fleeing especially hot spots like New York.”. rose as much as 10.5 million U.S.

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