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New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift

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PYMNTS’ latest research report, Mastering Multichannel Commerce Playbook: The New Retail Reality , in collaboration with Citi , examines these technological and consumer behavioral shifts and looks at three emerging channels: direct-to-consumer (D2C), subscription and digital business-to-business (B2B) commerce platforms. About The Playbook.

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GE’s FX Payments Chief On Optimizing FX And Supply Chain Efficiencies

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At the start of this year, online commerce trends were following a similar trajectory to 2019: eCommerce sales were steadily growing, but they were still a fraction of those at brick-and-mortar stores. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering a massive shift online as stores closed and consumers grew wary about venturing out.

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Why Global Gig Workers Like Local Payments

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Employers are, therefore, more heavily reliant on digital tools and technologies to accommodate this new online workforce. In the June edition of the Payments And The Platform Economy Playbook , PYMNTS looks at how new digital technologies and online payment methods are filtering into the working world as the freelance sector grows.

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Wine Consumers Get A Healthy Pour Out Of The Pandemic

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The other trend that was already in motion was buying alcohol – wine in particular – online. But this year, business at DRINKS – which also operates B2B wine distribution for Kroger, QVC and other accounts – hit so hard in Q2 that the company had to cap its shipments to have any kind of shot at meeting demand. “By

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Trending: Meeting The Millennial Need For AI-Powered Visual Shopping

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Online marketplaces for everything from retail goods to travel services to hospitality need to ensure a quick and easy way for both buyers and sellers to transact with each other— or risk losing both sides to a waiting host of competitors. To learn more about how thredUP is using AI to compete, visit the Playbook’s case study.

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The largest payments company in the world that most people have never heard of

Chris Skinner

I blogged a year ago about TechFin, the incumbents’ view of applying technology to existing banking services, versus FinTech which seeks to transform the financial system. TechFin is to rebuild the system with technology. What we want to do is to solve the problem of a lack of inclusiveness.”

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AI’s Place In The $50B RV Market

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Consumers are beginning to express more preferences regarding their buying and selling experiences on online marketplaces, which are seeing an increased amount of competition in the market as they attempt to hold onto their customer bases. Technology and social media company Facebook is also growing more involved in the sharing economy.

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