PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

This year, they expect more customer experience improvements, a boost from the Golden State and an effort to keep a new generation of wine connoisseurs engaged. And the wine retailer of the year? The 2019 wine retailer of the year was online – specifically, it was a good year for Wine.com.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Restrictions on in-branch interaction are now causing financial institutions (FIs) to better engage with consumers and offer personalized banking experiences with mobile apps, online chat and contextual video content.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Mangtani added that Deciem’s in-store customer experience design “truly reflects the power of our POS platform in terms of both modularity and on brand customizations.”. Its mobile-first platform offers merchants online and on-hand inventory integration; clienteling; multi-tender transactions; curbside pickup; and more.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

Retail 114

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

While brick-and-mortar retail can’t always compete with the flexibility and relative ease that eCommerce experiences can offer, some retailers are beginning to bring back lost foot traffic with improved in-store experiences with a focus on customization and personalization. Here are some of the key findings.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

According to Will Byrne, CEO of Worldnet Payments , the kiosks and smart shelves that are gaining traction across any number of commerce and retail settings may even shift the employment picture a bit. The Changing Retail Footprint. As unattended retail notches an increasing footprint, said Byrne, other use cases will also emerge.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

With the retail industry sliding into Mother’s Day in just a week, the return issue is bound to raise its head. Some stats around the issue show just how substantial it is for retailers. And if a retailer charges too much (or charges at all) 57 percent of millennials will bail on future business. Now add a pandemic.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. Online Resale. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

A wealth of tables and detailed graphics in the latest Whole Paycheck Tracker illustrate the horserace between the retail giants across numerous product categories, timeframes and channels. The typical American household spends $65,960 per year, the largest share of which goes toward retail spending — 30.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

From telehealth to new financing options for patient treatments to big retailers like Walmart , Walgreens and CVS mashing up retail with healthcare, everyone from startups to incumbents are using the pandemic as an opportunity to disrupt — and reinvent — healthcare. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments. We’re in healthcare.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

With traditional brick-and-mortar retail facing big problems , some chains are addressing them with small solutions. Is this a viable answer to the beating that Sears’ bottom line (and that of many other one-time stalwarts of brick-and-mortar retail) have been taking in recent years? Specifically, with small(er) stores.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

While there are a few driving trends he predicts for the new year, they all have one thing in common, he said: customer service. “With the digitization of payments, small business customers of banks are demanding a strong customer experience. Read what he had to say below.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

And products started migrating online. Then came this bubble generation they named millennials. Ever call your millennial child only to get a text back asking "what?" There is a fintech firm, SoFi, that was born in 2011, that focuses on millennials financial needs. Because that is what millennials needed at the time.

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Payments Source

MAY 14, 2018

If an organization can’t evolve to create the level of customer experience expected, someone else will, writes Jay King, president of financial services for Alorica.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Big brands have a complicated relationship with Amazon : The eCommerce retailer serves both as a potential competitor and as a retail partner that could open up new sales channels. With J.Crew’s products presented in this way, online shoppers may be able to gain a better feel for the brand than with a more traditional Amazon listing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Price reductions from consumers’ favorite brands would solve their issues, but retailers cannot drop prices as low as some might like. The latter launched a BNPL option from provider Afterpay in 2019, enabling installment payments online and through its mobile app. BNPL Budgets and Customer Comfort.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times and worst of times. The headline topping the news this week was that, in 2019, more than 4,800 retail locations have or will close. certainly don’t make for compelling reading for retail executives.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

billion in domestic sales — To expand its delivery reach, Taco Bell — along with KFC — has recently tapped Grubhub to provide delivery and online ordering. billion in domestic sales — Burger King has a leg up on McDonald’s when it comes to letting customers order and pay for their food with their mobile phones, Bloomberg reported.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. One of the presentations used non-FI examples to look at how banks can approach integrating omnichannel into customer interactions. The retailer combines the in-store and app experience to enhance the customer buying process.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In addition, the retailer expanded curbside pickup to two new markets , California and Colorado. The retailer is already seeing a 10 percent rise in orders with the new service. And retailers are hopeful that this holiday season will be a success. The NRF revealed that the average shopper spent $313.29

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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. If grocery stores want to tap into this customer base, they need to consider consumer preferences such as where customers are shopping and why. Just under 17 percent — or 16.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

As Pizza Hut stumbles financially and Domino’s races ahead, the commitment to the customer experience is under a microscope, and home delivery is a critical element of that experience. However, that outsources a critical piece of the customer experience. And fees vary depending on the delivery service.

Customer Experience 146

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Companies are using artificial intelligence (AI), application platform interfaces (APIs) and other technologies to create new channels for service and customer communication to appeal to a wide range of users. It’s not just traditional retail models that are getting makeovers.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We moved from telephone banking to online or internet banking. The ingredients that will help execute the digital first mission include: Customer experience: Who are the digital-first customers and what do they expect? Customer experience. We need to consider the needs of all types of customers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2017

The growing popularity of mobile order-ahead is hardly news in the restaurant industry, where customers — especially millennials — crave the convenience, speed and personalization of a mobile ordering experience both in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), coffee shops and fast-casual dining environments.

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NCR

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Today, it is widely accepted that customers’ expectations are shaped through their cross-industry experience. In this regard, retailers have already set a very high bar for putting their customers first. What’s more, it’s getting more and more robust as brands start to understand their customers still value human contact.

Retail 40

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Google has recently upped its game in the food service area of retail, further proof that innovation is heating up when it comes to restaurants – and another signal of how the connected vehicle ecosystem is developing. Food Retail Innovation. For restaurants supporting the feature, the orders are completed via Google and Google Pay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

The department store retailer bolstered its omnichannel efforts while opening a distribution center for its off-priced business that taps into cloud computing technology; however, it struggled with inventory during the quarter. Omnichannel Experiences.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

QVC President and CEO Mike George said when the deal was announced,“By creating the leader in discovery-based shopping, we will enhance the customer experience, accelerate innovation, leverage our resources and talents to further strengthen our brands, and redeploy savings for innovation and growth.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

Walmart has become the biggest grocery retailer in the U.S. Go to almost any grocery store (even a Walmart version), and you will start at the flowers and produce and basically be led counter-clockwise through the shopping experience. Millennials In the Aisles . That number goes up to 88 percent when you account for millennials.

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Millennials Groups Study Mobile 113

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

In the particular case of convenience store (C-store) commerce, a section of retail poised to become a vital part of the emerging connected vehicle ecosystem, that means taking a journey back several decades, during the mid-century peak of carhop culture. Not to mention, those experiences go beyond pumpside deliveries. Food Partners.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

Today, many community banks are exploring how to “go paperless”—whether for cost reasons, a better customer experience or a deliberate outreach to a younger, technology-oriented demographic. Federal and state standards exist for providing this clarity in an online signature, just as standards exist for an ink-based signature.

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Community Bank Minneapolis Community Online 70

PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2018

In an era that has seen physical retail locations — particularly large box stores — suffer from consumers becoming increasingly enamored with the online experience, it was still a bit of a surprise to see shoe retailer DSW log something of a bumpy 2017. The shoe retailer even tried to sell eBuys, but there were no takers.

Columbus 108

Columbus Retail Branding Ohio 108

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Fixers , among other platforms, comes as part of a huge movement from a new generation of travel entrepreneurs: “They are creating a completely unique set of experiences,” Fixers Founder and Chief Creative Officer Lisa Simpson told PYMNTS.com in an interview. Millennials make up about a third of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

The latest Payments And The Platform Economy Playbook examines how marketplaces are using technologies like AI to innovate the customer experience. What else can it do, though, especially for online marketplaces? It’s really connecting the [product] inspiration from social with the retailer’s collection.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

Retailers looking to engage tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z consumers are quickly doubling down on their efforts to offer more visual content and enhance the discoverability of their products and services. Instead, they can use this software to simply share an image with the retailer.

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