PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. It raised $250 million last year in a growth round co-led by Coatue Management and DST Global.

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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. billion for its stores in comparison to $1.63 billion in the year prior.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Gobble claims that approximately half of their customers are between the ages of 35 and 44 years old — by comparison, only about a quarter of Blue Apron’s customers fall into that age range. Walmart customers can buy them in the store or through its online grocery pickup service.

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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 million consumers are now shopping online, compared to the 66.4 However, even the high end needs to be online. This is a 29.4

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

According to news reports from Reuters and data from pricing experts, retail consultants, vendors and company sources, Walmart may soon be able to match Amazon’s online pricing as the shrinking gap between the two sites is becoming increasingly apparent. online sales in the 12 months to October 2017, up from a 2.8

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AUGUST 12, 2020

On the positive side is the retailing trade group the National Retail Federation ( NRF ). Neil Saunders, managing director of research firm GlobalData PLC’s retail division, projects $26.4 It’s retailers’ first big test. billion in spending for elementary and high school, down 6.4 percent from last year.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Amazon ’s furniture sales are on the move: A One Click Retail study found that the eCommerce retailer has more than tripled sales in that category since 2015. And, in 2017, furniture brought in approximately $4 billion, retail news source Chain Store Age reported. billion, marking a jump of 82 percent in comparison to 2016.

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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. This minimizes the amount of time it takes to complete the majority of the company’s online orders.”

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has warned retailers that it will be monitoring sales practices during Singles’ Day (Nov. Amazon, which just launched Prime in China at the end of October, along with JD.com, Baidu and other major retailers, are under similar SAIC scrutiny during Singles’ Day.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

When it comes to a retailer protecting its assets — digital and otherwise — the intrinsic assumption might be that the focus ought to look outward. But the reality is that the greatest security threat facing retail companies, according to a number of recent surveys, often comes from within. In a story posted yesterday (Feb.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The 2020 holiday shopping season is shaping up to be a tale of two kinds of retailers. While Target crushed eCommerce and even reported decent in-store sales volume, others like Nordstrom and Urban Outfitters had weak in-store traffic that even fairly good online volume couldn’t overcome. The firm said sales fell a collective 8.4

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Fiat Chrysler and Amazon announced a deal that will offer Italian customers discounted sales of Fiat’s Panda, 500 and 500L on the online retail giant’s website. Existing promotions on the three available models will reportedly be improved by 33 percent in the online market. The site offers U.S.

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JUNE 12, 2019

More than 100 Goodwill store locations ranging from New York to San Francisco are uploading products like collectibles, clothing and furniture to the platform to drive in-store and online sales. At the same time, Goodwill can manage item listings, product images, shipping, financial reporting, auditing and order management.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today, the “membership has its privileges” mantra is at the core of the latest face-off between the two retail behemoths vying for an increasing portion of consumer spend: Walmart and Amazon. The Prime, Plus Membership Face-off: In-store Versus Online. A PYMNTS study of a census-balanced sample of 2,165 consumers conducted Oct.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

According to a press release, the Texas-based airline is launching what it calls “Flagship Cellars,” a joint venture with online wine retailer Vinesse that will offer home delivery of a specially curated menu of selections normally only sold to its super-premium Flagship passengers. “We million per day. Tough Times, New Thinking.

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JULY 2, 2017

Amazon’s disruptive nature, which has left retail stocks in the doldrums, is prompting fund managers to pinpoint areas that won’t be hurt by the eCommerce giant down the road. At the same time, some fund managers think the only option if they want to increase consumer spending is to invest in logistics and supply chain companies.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The retailer is inviting specialty and national brands alike to offer items online, CNBC reported. By comparison, the hurdles to become a third-party seller are lower on Amazon and Walmart; on those sites, sellers ask for approval to sell through an application.

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MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. million items from over 1,500 online shopping partners. The core iPrice unit ran at a 30 percent EBITDA margin and comprised about half of its revenue. It now purports to bring together over 1.5

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As part of its efforts, the retailer gave some brands the opportunity to determine how outside sellers on the its website price and display their products. According to The Wall Street Journal , the retailer has complied with such requests. As a result, some retailers planned to stop selling the Katadyn’s offerings.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

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. 44 percent | The amount of all 2017 online commerce in the U.S. (4 4 percent of total retail) for which Amazon could be responsible.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For those who haven’t seen the news earlier this week, here’s what happened: Amazon reported that its online B2B operation , which launched in 2015 and is officially called Amazon Business, has achieved more than $10 billion in annualized sales — with more than half of those sales coming from third-party sellers using the company’s platform.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Even in an age when shoppers can order groceries online and have them delivered straight to their doors, the vast majority of consumers are still shopping the traditional way – hopping in their cars and heading to their local brick-and-mortar grocery store to shop the aisles or pick up an online order. Roughly three in 10 – or 27.1

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

State mandates have also forced some businesses to close or limit on-premises operations, prompting such merchants to connect with consumers online instead. Shoppers may be reluctant to hand over their card details to every online retailer, as each transaction represents another risk that consumers’ information could be exposed in a breach.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

With the first full week back from Black Friday, into Cyber Monday and beyond, give thanks to the consumer, who has managed to stay buoyant, and chipper, even, when it comes to opening the purse strings. And physical retail continued to show across the board weakness – net sales and brick and mortar stores was down 5.0

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Are major online marketplaces a friend or foe to the SMB (small- to medium-sized business)? Even in the relatively short lifespan of eCommerce, the way people shop online has changed, and drastically so. Forrester Research ran the numbers and found that half of last year’s online spending was done in marketplaces.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

There’s no denying that consumers of all ages are increasingly comfortable shopping online, but when it comes to younger, digitally native customers, it turns out they’re also increasingly comfortable selling online, too. So, Curtsy by comparison is, like, dummy-proof.”. Resale Versus Rental. “I But it wasn’t always that way.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The company said that the deal, where terms were not disclosed, helps boost Paya’s growth efforts into new verticals — namely across the non-profit and faith-based landscapes, offering Paya partners and customers access to new capabilities including donation-management software.

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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. Consumers and quick-service restaurant (QSR) managers favorably view digital technologies for ordering: According to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index , 64.5

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MAY 2, 2016

Mothers have always been a desirable retail demographic. In the days when mom (and only mom) balanced the checkbook, retailers that could influence her purchasing decisions often had an entire family’s disposable income at their, well, disposal.

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JUNE 7, 2018

FusionOperate, as the name implies, offers a management system to deploy and operate the applications via cloud infrastructure. FusionStore offers an online marketplace for trying and buying applications. The company said that the initial API focus is on payments and retail banking, in order to satisfy the immediate needs of PSD2.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

But before getting into the launch and exploring how the Wardrobe concept will be deployed, as well as potential comparisons to its competitors, it’s essential to understand its business model. That also means no money needed to buy, store and manage inventory. There are three ways to look at Wardrobe.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

for college students, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). As for how consumers will shop for their back to school supplies, the NRF forecasts that will likely shift largely online, following the trend currently evident throughout retail. But these aren’t normal times. per K-12 student and $976.78

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

According to data PYMNTS began gathering in early March, just a little over a month ago, 82 percent of Americans were eating in restaurants, 78 percent were shopping in retail stores and 60 percent were doing such crowd-oriented activities as going to the movies, attending sporting events and going to concerts. Deliveroo in the U.K.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It’s hardly competing with Amazon yet, but Target has shown more digital momentum than any major retailer during the pandemic. By a strict look at the macro numbers, Target still pales in comparison. And when attention turns to loyalty programs, the comparison is even more dramatic. Stores: Walmart, 11,500; Target, 1,868.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Retail financial institutions in particular understand the longer-term significance of this moment to their future business. And make no mistake, these goals include improving customer experience in retail branches as well. Institutions are quickly recognizing the strategic advantages of online appointment scheduling.

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MARCH 30, 2016

But just when the last iPods started giving way to entirely online streaming services, millennial audiophiles suddenly fell back in love with vinyl records — a music format they never even knew growing up. Further, our research supports that brands perform better when using a balanced approach with online and offline channels.”.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Most local liquor store retailers don’t have websites, which means that they don’t have online product catalogues for starters. Our system standardizes the information properly, which when you think about the variety of ways small shops around the nation list and manage their inventory, is a huge challenge ,” Rellas said.

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