PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Retailers in the physical world are at a real disadvantage when it comes to knowing the customers in their stores, and what they do once they get there. The list goes on, but suffice it to say, the jokes about digital retailers knowing more about customers than they know about themselves didn’t appear in the culture out of nowhere.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Attending to these enhancements now while anticipating future needs will require retailers to develop even greater agility and innovation across their fulfillment models. Later innovations added more elements and increased tier coverage. That’s because they have less experience and fewer points of comparison at hand.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

labor market remain focused on full employment, where all who wish to work are pretty much gainfully employed. Thus, innovation suffers. Chiu noted that the “challenge might not come just across tech companies” but instead could impact many companies in different verticals, such as retail, across the next several years.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Consumers’ appetites for plant-based food is apparently surging, as the market for those products hit a new high of $5 billion last year. The sales of plant-based foods climbed around five times faster than overall retail food sales in the U.S., That stems from year-over-year sales growth of 11.4 which only rose 2.2

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

By way of comparison, spending at brick-and-mortar drugstores was down 5 percent and total trips across CPG outlets were down 3 percent compared to the year-ago period during the week ending Aug. Many CPG companies like Pepsi and Heinz have launched limited but innovative D2C programs.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Attending to these enhancements while anticipating future needs will require retailers to develop even greater agility and innovation across their fulfillment models. Later innovations added more elements and increased tier coverage. Targeting customer expectations requires speed and innovation but not precise marksmanship.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Retailers are designing brick-and-mortar spaces around experiences to attract and keep customers. Chinese eCommerce retailer JD.com , in one case, has just rolled out its inaugural SEVEN FUN lifestyle space in Galaxy SOHO in Beijing. 1 through Christmas Eve in comparison to the same time last year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

About a fifth, by comparison, had used Venmo for gambling. P2P is finding more use in payments innovation as retailers and service providers rise to consumer demand for more options to split tabs and perform other quick, mobile transactions.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In the retail industry, like many other sectors, the maxim ‘innovate or die’ seems to be growing in authority and relevance by the day. Bricks-and-mortar-only retailers, by comparison, have experienced a decline of 0.41 ‘Digital dinosaurs’ at risk of extinction? percent on average in the past year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

McDonald continued, “However, we’ve identified several areas of white space where we can test the waters and bring innovation to our guests.” The company’s stock has shot up over 50 percent year-to-date as of the market close on Monday (June 17), and the market value for the company has reached almost $24 billion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

New Balance, by comparison, brings in a mere $3 billion annually — certainly nothing to shake a stick at, but still 90 percent smaller than Nike. And that access, combined with the metrics it takes, is the main thrust of the New Balance contribution the fitness wearable markets — that it was designed “for runners by runners.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As a result, banks are investing in and engaging with FinTech startups to grow their customer base and their market share. To help drive innovation, 25.5 percent of financial institutions are focused on new products, according to the PYMNTS Bank Innovation Readiness Index. To help drive innovation, 25.5 A whopping 42.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

After Green’s innovative merchandising concept, stores opened with various names — “bantams,” “dairy stores” and “vest-pocket grocery stores,” for example — but Green established a brand that has stood the test of time. Grocery stores, by comparison, have gross margins of 27 percent. Amazon Reinvents the C-Store.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

We are always open to innovation. But if innovation means that the consumer is put at a disadvantage and price comparisons are made difficult, then we fight that,” he said. Today’s ruling is not only hostile to innovation. Germany is Amazon’s second biggest market behind the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

percent of consumers were shopping for retail goods online as of May 23, up from the 32.5 percent increase of consumers who shopped online for retail goods on April 11 and 24.1 But the ultra-high end is still being shopped at brick-and-mortar retail at countries that have gained some distance from the pandemic. This is a 29.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

We’re simplifying the process, and, in the same way that price comparison sites have opened up competition in the retail banking space, we believe this will introduce much-needed competition and innovation into the market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To connect food delivery platforms with consumers looking for convenience and cost savings, eCommerce innovators are creating aggregators as price and time comparison tools. The Food Delivery Market. FoodBoss is available in markets from Chicago to Washington, D.C., as well as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The offering will be powered by an automotive commerce platform for connected cars called Xevo Market , and it will let consumers use the touchscreen on their vehicles to place their orders. By comparison, only about two-thirds — or 66.4 Digital Innovations. percent — of commuters followed the same purchasing behavior in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

The retailer plans to pilot technology products using Microsoft’s Azure platform at two stores, one in Ohio and one in Washington. Kroger is seeking to bring new customer experiences to market faster, drive personalization with insights and help store associates become more productive. The Grocery Market.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Per the report findings, 75 percent of the surveyed firms plan to either maintain or boost their investment in social media marketing within the next year. Instagram is a preferred platform for 92 percent of retailers engaged in social commerce, followed by Facebook (77 percent), Twitter (57 percent), and Pinterest (47 percent).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Hot on their trail are machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technology — the software and algorithms promising to reduce the risks of overstocking and understocking, and providing other benefits that can boost retailers’ revenue. Depending on what predictions you believe, most retail warehouses could be fully automated by 2030.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

When it comes to payments and technology innovations, some industries are seeing massive growth, and others are seeing declines. trillion | Amount the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) estimated global travel and expense management market corporate travel spend was worth in 2015. $70 By comparison, U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

To compete in the grocery wars and gain market share from competitors such as Aldi, Amazon and Walmart, supermarkets are bolstering their private-label efforts. Even so, the retailer missed Wall Street’s quarterly same-store estimates as it contended with strong competition from Amazon and Walmart.). Omnichannel Retail.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

As such, grocers are turning to old retail standbys — sales and discounts — to help spur purchases, and for good reason. Nearly half of surveyed consumers told PYMNTS they had used a grocery store’s app regularly or occasionally last year, with most reporting they did so to get better deals, discounts and price comparisons.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

Small but mighty, German discount grocer Lidl — a brand known for not only its low prices, but also its innovative store layouts and private labels, including clothing — has already gobbled up 3 percent of local market share since the chain came to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in June 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

This trend happens as activity around AR heats up, with major players in the digital economy apparently positioning themselves to profit as the retail-friendly tech move every closer to mainstream popularity. billion of retail annually by 2025, fueled by the shopping habits of some 32 million consumers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Apart from the fine, the European Commission (EC) gave Google 90 days to “stop its illegal conduct” and offer other price-comparison services the chance to compete on a balanced playing field. It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. The prevailing sentiment, as the crisis heads into its third month, is that more innovative government programs will be necessary to provide any meaningful relief. In comparison, small businesses selling similar products were forced to close.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By comparison, nearly 5 percent of consumers shop for and pay for groceries online. These are some of the reasons that consumers are visiting brick-and-mortar grocers – from Wegmans Food Markets to Kroger – and how these grocers (as well as technology providers) are rolling out innovations and features to serve in-store customers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

There are all kinds of skin care startups on the market that promise to deliver some kind of epidermal miracle, particularly on one’s face. Despite growing levels of frustration among their consumers, skincare brands continue to churn out generic formulations catering to the mass market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

One area in which we’ve seen innovation break through recently may come as a surprise: insurance. However, earlier this week, we reported on a virtual insurance agent company partnering up with Facebook to offer quote comparison shopping via the social media giant’s Messenger chatbot. Blockchain seems to be a good start. and globally?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely. Stringfellow was promoted to the permanent position of VP of internal innovation and operations. It is a delicate balance, of course. The long game involves spending as much as $2.5

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2015

When the Apple Watch hits retail shelves within the next few weeks, chief technology officers and developers at financial institutions will be working to make sure that their mobile app translates to the latest wearable tech. Then the marketers must promote that message to both existing and potential customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

This drive for innovation extends to the company, which doesn’t run like a traditional hotel brand. Other hotels, by comparison, don’t often own their booking engines, according to Zeidan. They’re in a market where they don’t have friends or people they know,” he said, adding that these jetsetters are hungry to connect.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

But as the pandemic has progressed it has become increasingly clear that Target is also laying claim to the paycheck, and is often more innovative and digital-first than Walmart. It’s hardly competing with Amazon yet, but Target has shown more digital momentum than any major retailer during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

Some other gluten-free or vegan mixes use almond flour, by comparison, which someone with a nut allergy may not be able to eat. The target market for the company consists of “the vegan community and those who are gluten-free,” Lam said. It also has an email marketing strategy and does festivals to gain brand recognition.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

Merchants and brands have poured more money into marketing and social media campaigns for card-linking, attracting more consumers. This, in turn, is bringing more payments and FinTech companies into the industry that are developing new, innovative platforms to widen card-linking’s appeal to even more consumers.”.

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