PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

The owner/operator of 85 shopping centers in California, Colorado and Illinois said shoppers are returning to recently reopened malls, but they’re not lingering, according to a CNBC report. But you can access equity markets [and] public debt markets.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

The owner/operator of 85 shopping centers in California, Colorado and Illinois said shoppers are returning to recently reopened malls, but they’re not lingering, according to a CNBC report. But you can access equity markets [and] public debt markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For one firm, AeroPay — focused on bringing payment services to underserved markets — the cannabis market is but one that can benefit from the great digital shift for payments done in person or online. The company will look to hire additional staff tied to product and operations support. Looking Toward Underserved Markets .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Massachusetts joins a handful of states, including Colorado, Washington and Maine, that have taken steps to legalize recreational marijuana. GFA joins a small, but steadily growing, group of CUs that are offering financial services to this emerging market. This forces many operations to continue using cash.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2019

It’s not even a back door, it’s more like an upper window,” Jeremy Skaff of Colorado-based Journey Business Solutions told the Reno Gazette-Journal. With many in the industry anticipating federal-level legalization of the cannabis market, the sector remains with one foot in state-level regulation and one foot in the shadow market. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

“Kroger Pay is one of the few mobile wallets that pairs loyalty and payment,” said Mary Ellen Adcock, the group VP of operations at Kroger. The program was introduced in Columbus, Ohio and will start in 10 markets before a nationwide rollout later in the year. When the card is used with Kroger Pay, rewards double.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. Fashion retailer Charlotte Russe , which has over 500 stores in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

Green Chef has been in operation for about four years. For HelloFresh , the company focused on the big bump the acquisition would offer its logistics operations. The acquisition of Green Chef will drive synergies for operations, logistics and procurement. According to the firm’s reporting, users grew to 1.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

One company that’s looking to capitalize on the cannabis market is startup on-demand delivery company greenRush. PW: The founders have extensive tech and marketing experience from their previous businesses in the event and entertainment space. This is the marketplace that connects patients with retailers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It was less than a year ago — February, to be precise — that Google appeared as the latest player in an increasingly crowded food delivery market that was intent to make a move on grocery. markets up and into effect in Target’s home market of Minneapolis. That can’t always be other retailers’ business model.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Retailers are rolling out new ways for consumers to purchase their groceries that allow them to trade the checkout line for a few taps on a smartphone. percent — of shoppers visit a grocery retailer because they can well-coordinate online and in-store shopping. Just under 17 percent — or 16.7 Just under 5 percent — or 4.9

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

States can collect sales taxes from online retailers thanks to a U.S. The 5-4 decision essentially overturns the court’s 1992 ruling that states can collect sales taxes only from retailers that maintain a physical presence in those states. retail sales. retail sales. Billions of Dollars at Stake.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Physical retail has had its share of problems recently, and consumers are finding it increasingly easy to shop digital and save themselves the trip. Among one of the internet’s weirder fascinations is a trend of photographing the various ghost malls that increasingly dot the retail landscape. The Physical Retail Magic of Chatbots.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

AI is also working behind the scenes at restaurants to make daily operations more efficient, reducing the potential for human error and shaving precious seconds — or even minutes — off average turnaround times. The value of the global self-service kiosk market is expected to grow by $2.05 Behind-the-scenes AI capabilities.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

He said Noodles’ more than 450 eateries are making operational adjustments that he sees as long-term digital shifts that have surged in the past six months. He said the pandemic has given his company additional brand awareness, market share and growth opportunities that probably wouldn't have happened otherwise.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

Formed in 2008, Green Goo is a women-owned, family-operated company that started out making organic soaps, hand creams, lip balm and first aid salves for friends and family. When those markets sparked a fan base and reorders, the company (which was then called Sierra Sage after Co-founder Jodi Scott’s sister’s daughters) was born.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Unata, a digital solutions provider for grocery retailers, found there was a 19-fold increase in online grocery sales for regional U.S. grocery retailers compared to in-store sales during the Thanksgiving shopping period (defined as Nov. this time in Thornton, Colorado. 11–28 of this year). food shoppers. percent, the U.K.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. The move comes as cities and states are passing bans on cashless retail establishments, on the argument that such retail discriminates against unbanked consumers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. B2B FinTechs in the U.S. and India seem to be an unshakable force these days.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2016

This is proving particularly true for more and more cash-strapped states that have spent years staring at soaring traffic for online retailers but little — if any — increases in the taxes reaped from this digital, transcontinental economy. proper to occupy much of the conversation. And South Dakota, for one, has had enough. North Dakota.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The concept was invented by a Guatemalan McDonald’s franchise operator, Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, in the mid-70s.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The bold-yellow-lettering-on-blue-background-adorned movie rental stores that dotted the American landscape throughout the 1990s — Gothamist notes that, as late as 2004, there were around 9,000 Blockbuster locations in business across the country — now number a scant 51 independently operated franchises.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

These legal victories have significantly expanded the market opportunity for surcharging,” Razi said, and represent a tipping point for the five remaining states that have bans in place – Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kansas and Oklahoma – to narrow their scope or drop them altogether. population.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Things are quite a bit different as 2020 is getting off the ground, Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek told Karen Webster from the firm’s new Colorado headquarters for the latest PYMNTS Masterclass conversation. The digital wallet was definitely going to be the firm’s undoing, an emerging line of conventional wisdom went. The Power of Scale.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And vending machine operators are behind that mental reset as they contemplate their own futures since vending machines no longer have to be about junk food bought with cash. We’ve been seeing [this build] over the last year and half or so, and the market is really accelerating now.”. The Increasingly Cashless Landscape.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. It will never regain its IPO value and it trades at one-third the market cap of LendingTree.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

In recent days, FoodMaven has brought its model to the retail side of commerce. Through its B2B channel, FoodMaven seeks to reduce food waste , in part by donating unsold food to hunger relief organizations in Colorado. Some of the firm’s retail clients, after all, may not actually have access to credit cards and need to pay in cash.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

California has a similar rule , and in Colorado, there was a month-long provision enabling people to apply for marriage licenses via mail.”. “Digital weddings aren't yet legal in every state and things are changing fast, so check your local laws,” Vogue reported in May.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Target’s Cat & Jack kids’ line has delivered double-digit results since its 2016 launch, even as traditional retailers struggle to stay afloat. Clothing: how retailers are attempting to escape the industry apocalypse by introducing store brands.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

That means any bank that operates across state lines in the U.S. Alibaba’s Singles’ Day : A sizzle as the eCommerce retailer beat its previous record and logged $30.8 card network to gain access into this huge market, in tandem with Chinese JV partner LianLian Group. billion in sales, far outstripping the previous $25.3

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending. Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. Pets allowed: Lazy Dog (California, Colorado).

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APRIL 29, 2019

The dream alchemist — which has been employed by companies like QuickStep — has the responsibilities of what is traditionally called a creative director or head of marketing. Retail Jedi. At the now defunct Convergys Corporation, new sales employees pitching the company’s customer management software were known as retail Jedis.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

He sensed the family’s passion and liked their idea of starting with selling milk at farmers’ markets, roadside shops and small grocery stores. We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. Wrentham Co-operative Bank. Marion, Ky.

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