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Retailer Gap Partners With BNPL Platform Afterpay To Boost Holiday Shopping

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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform Afterpay is teaming up with retailer Gap to offer flexible spending options as the holiday shopping season gears up. The Australian startup founded in 2010 has added a number of new brands over the summer, including Charlotte Tilbury, Fenty Skin, Fila, Huda Beauty, Puma and Vineyard Vines.

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Five Lessons In Retail Reinvention From 2019

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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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Can Sneaker Sales Save The Lagging Apparel Industry?

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Fashion is largely fueling the rise in footwear sales, as many consumers, especially millennials, “prefer matching their footwear with their daily outfits,” according to the TechNavio report.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte has promised to not only create a new holiday for Amazon — it will even commend the holiday’s observance to all citizens. It almost makes you hope Pittsburgh doesn’t get it. What does that mean? Will people get the day off for “CLTisPrime Day?” Birmingham, Alabama.

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Why Wyndham Is Getting Into Grocery With Peapod And Instacart

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Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C.; 84 percent of millennials noted hat the ability to easily prepare a meal in heir room would make them feel at home while traveling; data from Nielsen also indicates that Americans prefer eating home-cooking at least 4 nights a week. The pilot is currently underway in locations in and around Chicago, Ill.;

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Are Consumers Ready To Buy And Sell Homes Online?

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markets as Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth and Raleigh-Durham, and has plans for more domestic expansion in the coming 12 months. The reason for doing so applies to other areas of retail and digital marketplaces, and will probably continue to do so, given long-term consumer habits and expectations. “No Home Marketplaces.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

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Silver Fusion Retail Outlet: Where Snowbirds Shop”. Integrated with major retailer API’s like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and several other aspirational brands. Most PFM solutions come from a bank-oriented side; this seems to be taking the model from both the retailer and the banking side. What do people aspire to purchase?”

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