PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS). Following that trend, Fast fashion apparel retailer rue21 recently announced it plans to bring the offering to more than 700 stores.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The great retail re-opening is now being called the “great resettling” by many observers and J.Crew is its latest victim. According to several sources the preppy retail chain has been negotiating with its lenders since it canceled plans to take its Madewell subsidiary public. It had slashed prices by 60 percent online this week.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. and Bethesda, Maryland, that will work to mirror the company’s online experience. Starbucks Coffee.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Retail has changed more in the past four years than in our company’s 40-year history. The largest of the three new Georgia operations, according to Home Depot, is a 657,000-square-foot distribution center in Locust Grove. The Home Depot announced in 2017 that it would spend $1.2 billion to add 150 new sites to its distribution network.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Online grocery shopping went to the moon from March to May, with PYMNTS’ Navigating COVID-19 series recording a 400 percent increase, equating to $6.6 billion in online spend. Smaller independent grocers have been forced to scramble to ramp up their digital services as the grocery market migrates online, however.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. Since then, the company has tried its hand at pop-up locations in areas like Aspen, Sag Harbor, New York, Dallas and London. to pick up online purchases via curbside services.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

With the newly launched partnership, retailers in the symbol group will have the ability to sign up for the delivery platform via the Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) after a pilot in stores throughout London and “the south east,” The Grocer reported. The function was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Dallas.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2018

Vatsa joined the Dallas-based Comerica as chief information officer a little over two years ago, in 2016. Is it an efficient way? Are we creating value?” These are the three questions Comerica Inc’s EVP and CIO Sangy Vatsa asks himself before every major innovation project. Since then the bank’s innovation team has consistently […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With its recent purchase of Dallas-based Rent My Wardrobe, it is gaining a geographic footprint in the southern U.S. Like Wardrobe, Rent My Wardrobe encourages members to put their closets online for users to rent and return –but Wardrobe’s model is a bit more complex. Reinvention, he said, is key. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Dallas-based busing line Greyhound is all too familiar with such problems, prompting it to implement advanced learning technologies to secure ticketing. Streamlining operations and improving customer insights were key, but so was protecting against fraud, Koch said. Overcoming legacy systems.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But Foxtrot, a small company out of Chicago, is reinventing convenience store retail and taking it uptown. Foxtrot is also slated to open its eighth location in Chicago to bring its total to 12 locations across three markets (Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C.), At first it would seem to be a contradiction in terms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But Foxtrot, a small company out of Chicago, is reinventing convenience store retail and taking it uptown. Foxtrot is also slated to open its eighth location in Chicago to bring its total to 12 locations across three markets (Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C.), At first it would seem to be a contradiction in terms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers. If all’s well, Happy Returns signals the retailer to refund the customer. “We’re

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

This has meant that store operators have had to rapidly implement health and safety rules to minimize transmission risks among workers and customers — especially the most vulnerable. The membership-based warehouse store chain has long prioritized digital innovation, both in its customer-facing and internal operations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The changing nature of retail has been challenging for pharmacies. Sales of things like personal care products, cosmetics and various other household goods have been slipping, as consumers are increasingly stocking up online or at alternative retail venues like dollar stores for those types of items. in early 2019.

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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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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Wall Street is a tough master, especially for eCommerce companies. Ontario (L.A.),

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Saladworks also plans to plant corporate stores in key markets in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas over the next six to 12 months. Furthermore, the corporate stores will serve as a trial run for new ideas in restaurant technology and operational flow to increase efficiency.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been expanding their respective ecosystems in the process: Amazon and Walmart. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S., population.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

In fact, the concept dates back to 1921 in Dallas, where motor vehicles were booming in popularity and two entrepreneurs realized that drivers might like the convenience of having food brought to their cars instead of having to park them and go inside to eat. Retailers are having to find new ways of fulfilling shoppers’ orders.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

That includes Dallas Fort-Worth International Airport, where parking’s share of the facility’s revenue recently declined to 32.4 That’s why the airport now allows travelers to reserve specific parking spots online, as well as pay ahead through the airport’s website or mobile app. Active Starbucks Rewards memberships grew to 15.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

At the same time, online food delivery increased nearly 15 percent between 2018 and 2019. It’s no wonder more than three-fourths (78 percent) of operators considered off-premises programs strategic priorities. . While drive-thrus can be a source of retail innovation , traditional operations aren’t what they used to be.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

Staples announced on Tuesday (June 14) that it had officially launched its “Staples Rush” program that provides same-day delivery service to a handful of metropolitan areas, including parts of Boston, Dallas and Manhattan, with Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle to come.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2017

“We’re all about finding new ways for you to check ‘grocery shopping’ off your list a little faster — including making home delivery an option,” Mike Turner, Walmart’s vice president of eCommerce operations, wrote in a post on the company’s blog. Walmart’s online grocery service is up an running in six markets. So what now?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. The operative word is control. “I What will factor into any restaurant or restaurant group’s success in tomorrow’s online world are the numbers and demographics of just how tourist-traveled your city, town, or region is going forward.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2017

Target looks forward to leveraging his deep merchandising experience in food and beverages and strong retail operational leadership background. cities: Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas. Until now, there has been no way for Aldi customers to shop for their groceries online. In Other News….

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. RESTAURANTS.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

According to reports in Business Insider , Amazon is now accepting returns on purchases made online in its some of its Go stores in addition to its book shops where it already accepts returns. The new Walmart Health center in our Dallas, Georgia, store will provide low, transparent pricing for key health services for local customers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

But, Euwyn Poon, co-founder and president of Spin , told Karen Webster in this week’s Matchmaker Is In interview, that many of those docked bike-sharing solutions are entirely publicly owned and have been a burden on the cities that operate them. The city pays nothing — in fact, in some cases Spin pays them a fee to operate.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 12, 2020

Another take: “Despite all the ways to conduct transactions – online, ATM, contact center – we still saw some very long lines in our drive-ups (especially when EIP payments were sent). Pre-COVID, most FIs opened approximately 10% of their accounts via the online channel, with the other 90% still being opened in branches.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Kroger operates nearly 2,800 supermarket chains nationwide, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Food 4 Less and its namesake Kroger stores. Customers are making purchases on the site at a higher frequency than before and [are] spending more per online order.”. And households that transact with us online spend even more.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Way back in the day (which, in 21st century digital economy terms, probably means a decade or so), smart and important people used to express well-informed skepticism about the prospect of selling clothes, cars and even groceries via online or mobile channels. Knock operates in such U.S Home Marketplaces.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report. Founded: 2015 .

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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. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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