PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2017

There are rarely second acts in retail — particularly once bankruptcy is in play — but, every so often, the unexpected happens. Last week, footwear retail company Payless ShoeSource was one of those unexpected stories, a company pulled into the bankruptcy whirlpool but getting plucked out before being sucked all the way down to the bottom.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2017

A day in the life of a strategy officer involves a great deal of communication with and listening to the concerns and interests of industry analysts, media and customers (along with a healthy dose of strategizing, of course). PYMNTS: What does a day in the life of a chief strategy officer look like? SW: It’s never the same day twice.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

Retailers are entering that time of the year where high temperatures settle over just about every part of the continental U.S., brands like apparel retailer Austin Reed, though, the weight of all that financial baggage is too much to crawl out from under. For some U.K. Store Closures.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Lore joined Walmart after selling his startup Jet.com to the retail giant for $3 billion in 2016. Marc’s leadership helped ensure we were positioned to respond to the demand driven by the pandemic this year,” said McMillon, per CNBC. In an interview with Recode on Friday (Jan. He officially leaves his post on Jan.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The eCommerce retailer, which had intended to bring 25,000 jobs to the city, hasn’t acquired office space for the effort as of now, The Washington Post reported. Last November, the eCommerce retailer said that it chose New York City along with Northern Virginia as the locations for its second and third headquarters.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

When Amazon, the largest retailer by market cap, says that it had its best day ever , it’s hard not to call that a sizzle – and then some. But, they can, of course, always skip next year. Pokémon GO: Pet Rock or Opportunity To Rock Retail? We found one gigundo sizzle and three moderately sized fizzles. Amazon Sellers .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

retail properties were open and operating. Our company is well-positioned through a combination of deep brand relationships, the best portfolio with a strong mix of geographic locations and product types and a strong balance sheet, to continue our leadership position in the retail real estate industry.” As of Aug.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto. Physical Retail Stumbles Into 2020 . The year got off to something of a rocky start for physical retailers, as the recent spike in store closures carried on and even picked up strength.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

billion visits to online retailers from May 2016 to May 2017 and 14.5 million social mentions around voice assistants and voice assistant devices and 397 consumer interviews, the researcher found Google Home sold more than the Echo Dot over the course of the holiday selling period last year.

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Celent Banking

MAY 13, 2016

But, that’s just one of a growing number of potentially very useful applications for beacons in retail financial services. Geolocation, in particular, is under-utilized by retailers (especially banks) and remains largely experimental. Of course, several questions addressed planned technology usage.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

And continue to launch them — now under new leadership. BJ’s is the smallest warehouse retail player in the business. Of course, lots of retailers have been speculated on as a buy for Boxed; Amazon and Kroger have also been mentioned. A Unified Omnicommerce Focus. But BJ’s is forging ahead — quietly as always.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

That reality was on display in payments and commerce this week as Apple attempted a reset in its leadership team, Etsy had to calm a legion of underpaid sellers and Lyft managed to pull out and toward the IPO finish line early in the race in 2019. Apple New Leadership Groove. Stay tuned … Etsy’s Payments Mishap.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Leadership and board members. Stripe often states that less than 8% of total commerce occurs online, suggesting roughly $26T in global, omnichannel retail sales. Despite Stripe’s recent fundraising at attractive valuations, company leadership maintains that they have no plans to go public. Company Leadership & Board Members.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The skills needed to succeed in the workplace are changing, with companies placing greater value on soft skills like communication and leadership. Photo by Pressmaster/Adobe. In response, community banks have an opportunity to revisit hiring policies and training programs. By Roshan McArthur.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Paula Schneider — the American Apparel CEO that took over the helm after founding CEO Dov Charney’s rather dramatic exit in January 2014 — will depart her leadership position with the firm on Oct. 3, according to reports that emerged over the weekend.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2017

Under the watch of the former head of the retail business, Carrie Tolstedt, employees created as many as 2.1 Mary Mack has officially replaced Tolstedt as head of the retail business, and Well Fargo is now reassigning four executives to report directly to Mack. million fake accounts in customers’ names to meet aggressive sales goals.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

Retail investors also expanded, though more slightly — reaching 15 percent, up from 13 percent in the prior quarter. The firm has also seen a massive change-over in its staffing and leadership since its more scandalous days a year ago. Will it be enough to get Lending Club back on course?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

But merchant services programs can offer a way for those smaller FIs to gain and retain an edge – assuming, of course, it’s all done right. It begins with the leadership of community banks in making it a priority to offer the best merchant services possible and to market them effectively to the local business markets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook leadership underestimated the role that platform governance plays in keeping platforms alive and thriving – and it may be too little, much too late to turn things around. Of course, Google knows this, and is working across a number of fronts to counter the threat to its core business. And it’s now driving commerce.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

offers a “humanly simple” leadership style of looking out for others. Retail outlets: 11. Gowen chose to add insurance and retail brokerage services to diversify the bank’s revenue streams and more fully serve its customers. —Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. In Arkansas, Jim S. Central Region Award Recipient.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2017

News came earlier this week that the department store operator Macy’s – itself no spring chicken or healthy fowl – and Tailored Brands had struck a pact to wind down the operations of a tuxedo retailing agreement. Unfortunately, the initiative did not generate the revenue that both companies had envisioned. Think blazers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Until very recently, Evine — the bronze medalist in the home shopping 100-yard dash — barely registered on the radar of anyone watching the space, unless, of course, he happened to be an Evine Live shopper himself. It has been a fairly dramatic piece of the retail landscape for the last few years — albeit a quiet one.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

He also said that the company was on course to reach a goal of 100 percent deployment by the close of fiscal 2019. Johnson said the company’s leadership is backed by “brand strength and operating results” — key competitive advantage points in China. company-operated stores during the quarter.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Go team is now part of Physical Retail Technologies group within Amazon — an entity created in 2017 to expand the efficacy, efficiency and profitability of the tech such that it could be used more expansively — and sold to other retailers looking to adopt cashierless technology. New Leadership of the Week: A New CEO For Sam’s .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2016

Then, Riggio bought it and, over the course of 45 years, built Barnes & Noble into a powerhouse. It also has to figure out a way to do it without the leadership of the man who has been The Leader for almost as long as there has been a B&N to lead. There are long-term leaders in business, and then, there is Leonard Riggio.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

Of course, there’s a measure of inspiration thrown in, too, but a good idea without an application, or one that remains an idea but is never carried out, isn’t a very good idea at all. Lowthers told PYMNTS about his innovation process and how it has shaped his personal journey as well as his leadership at FIS Global.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Sure, Google gets a big cut for hosting email, calendars and, of course, AdWords, but overall, the entry cost is more inviting to new players. Maier said that’s because the company got in early and was able to establish brand leadership. Back then, a company had to buy servers and build its systems from scratch.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

And, Shaich noted, the recipe is now only half the battle, because Panera isn’t making soup for its family after a hard day — Panera is making soup for everyone’s family after a hard day at 2,000 retail locations nationwide. Taking a leadership role in anything opens yourself to criticism.”.

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FICO

DECEMBER 12, 2022

"Advanced Learning System for Detection and Prevention of Money Laundering,” which relates to detecting risky entity behavior using an efficient frequent behavior-sorted list, and then generating threat scores that may be applied within the context of anti-money laundering (AML) and retail banking fraud detection systems.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2016

“If we don’t continue to evolve our network into something that adds value to the experience that an innovator or any third party wants to deliver to an issuer, a merchant or a consumer, then of course they’ll find something else that will.”. This is gutless leadership.”. — Charlie Scharf, CEO of Visa. Michael Reitblat, CEO of Forter

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And enabling in a variety of ways, she told Webster, because the changing payments technology in self-service retail is about more than making it easy to grab Cheez-Its on the go; it’s about making it easier to get everything. The Increasingly Cashless Landscape. The Bigger Opportunity. Like we said, it’s not quite about pretzels anymore.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

While she completed the prep course in Python coding from Bright Paths, she was never exposed to computers apart from emails. While it was a challenge for her to learn about computers and applications from a developer perspective, her app earned rave reviews from Bright Paths students, Perficient colleagues, and Hackbright leadership. .

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

BNC shareholders got a terrific premium, a 47% dividend increase, and a continued leadership role for Richard D. Platoon Talent Leadership Award – Goes to WSFS Bank ’s Lisa Brubaker who, at Finastra ’s client conference, pointed to hiring more free-wheeling advisory talent in branches, “backstopped by a sergeant.”.

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Perficient

AUGUST 10, 2020

The office also has a fitness center plus restaurants and retail on the ground level. There are new restaurants, breweries, and all kinds of retail businesses opening every day! The local leadership team has been so welcoming and inclusive of our colleagues who live in the area but are attached to other business units.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Temenos leadership – first Akcelerant founder Jay Mossman and then Akcelerant/FIS/Sanchez veteran Emily Steele – wins points with the Cornerstone team for straight talk and course-correcting to avoid the common international player sin of over-commitment and under-delivery. This third U.S. launch effort appears to be on a solid pace.

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FICO

MAY 14, 2020

In 2009 I was lucky to be part of the senior leadership team, led by Clive Pickett, for collections at Barclays Retail Bank, tasked with delivering a four-year transformation programme. Things are always easier with the benefit of hindsight.” But that’s not the point. Here is why. Having a Vision Is Key.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 2, 2010

And Thursday, April 29th was the day… the day her book went for sale on Amazon.com and other retail outlets. It speaks of loyalty, survival, and leadership. Of course, I have a bias, but would your child or grand-child enjoy such a tale that was written by a peer? Imagine, an 11 year old writing and publishing a book.

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