PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing convenience store designs that let consumers skip the checkout line and pay for their purchases with their mobile phones. 7-Eleven President and CEO Joe DePinto said in an announcement , “Retail technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and customer expectations are driving the evolution.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Pet retail is having a moment, with innovation and other efforts helping merchants better reach owners of dogs, cats and other household animals. Pawscout, as it turns out, just launched its $20 pet tags in Walmart — and is selling the product via other retailers, Chavez told PYMNTS. physical retail landscape.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Amazon is expanding its operations in Singapore as it grapples with growing competition in a city that is fast becoming a hub for Chinese tech giants and others looking to expand across Asia. The world’s largest retailer is also on a hiring binge in Singapore.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2019

The Mount Pleasant, Texas-based bank has added eight new locations over the past year in locations like Fort Worth and Dallas. Guaranty Bank and Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts as it expands its branch network.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

To decrease its outstanding liabilities and bolster its total financial position, Tuesday Morning Corporation said in a statement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to pursue “financial and operational reorganization.” The retailer, which was started in 1974 and is based in Texas, has roughly 700 locations throughout the nation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2019

Walmart is the latest example of the power of pets in retail — a power that is having significant influence among various merchants competing for the loyalty and dollars of pet owners. As well, if done well, pet retail can serve to increase foot traffic into bricks-and-mortar stores at a time when it is dearly needed.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

As it stands, the quick-service pizza chain has more than 15,900 stores in over 85 markets around the world and over half of its global retail sales are through international locations. As it stands, Dynamic Yield enables over 300 brands that span verticals such as retail, finance and travel across six continents.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“No other platform features the PICKUP Good Guys, a curated network of vetted independent contractors delivering big and heavy goods, enabling PICKUP to provide retailers greater value across their assortment than any other solution on the market today,” she said. Postmates was launched in 2011 and is based in Silicon Valley.

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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

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. A filing could come as soon as this weekend.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Amazon has put some hiring on hold in its Alexa operation amid the pandemic, Bloomberg reported, citing two unnamed sources. The six targeted cities include New York, Phoenix, San Diego, Detroit, Dallas and Denver and will be a part of an investment in excess of $1.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s. In other news, Amazon will be providing package drop-off and pickup services at particular Whole Foods locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. stores with the innovation.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

has completed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process and emerged from one of the highest-profile retail collapses since COVID-19 began, the Dallas-based company disclosed. We emerge from Chapter 11 as a stronger, more innovative retailer, brand partner and employer.”. Neiman Marcus Holding Company Inc.

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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 20, 2019

“We are constantly researching and developing ways to take both in-store and at-home retail experiences to the next level,” Mahadevan said. The company started testing the 7NOW delivery service at select stores in Dallas two years ago. After that, the regular delivery fee is $3.99. Based in Irving, Texas, 7?Eleven

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The third benefit, which applies to Smith’s partners, is that local retailers can attract increased foot traffic as people come in to pick up their meals, and could become potential prospects. San Francisco or Dallas-Fort Worth – as the menu options are tailored to each market in which the company operates. .;

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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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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

In an effort to make Scan & Go a bit quicker, Sam’s Club, owned by retailing giant Walmart, has developed and is testing an app that uses a camera for a mobile shopping experience, identifying products in consumers’ baskets rather than barcodes. The concept will be tested beginning this spring through the Sam’s Club Now app.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

PYMNTS’ June 2020 How We Eat Tracker notes that, “Amazon, Target and Walmart were already well-positioned to adapt to this new digital reality, as they all had robust mobile and online ordering operations long before the pandemic hit. Parent Walmart led online grocery sales in April, commanding half of online grocery sales.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Macy’s, Best Buy and Kohl’s have all recently stepped up same-day delivery options that were in testing mode to full-scale operations in some locations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

Green, who ran the Southland Ice Dock in Dallas, realized his customers needed to buy products like bread, milk and eggs after grocery stores had closed. operates more than 65,000 stores in 18 countries worldwide. Enter Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar convenience store the eCommerce retailer opened last week in Seattle.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Retailers are aiming to help consumers manage chronic diseases as well as their overall health and wellness through new brick-and-mortar experiences. Through HealthHUBs, consumers are at the center of an unmatched retail health experience. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Brands might want a space to test new concepts with shoppers in brick-and-mortar retail environments, but they don’t always want the time and expense involved in building out a permanent store. Cosmetic firm Glossier opened a new retail store on Chicago’s West Loop on Aug. 23 that is scheduled for operation through October.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Amazon has established smaller warehouses around Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Orlando to make its same-day deliveries faster. . We’re proud of the fact that our Same-Day services are driven in partnership with local communities where we operate and made possible by the people who live there.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In retail news, home goods eTailer Wayfair announced Friday (Sept. Currently available in 10 retail markets — including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York City and San Francisco, among others — Chain Store Age reports the new feature will “transform what is considered a time-consuming, even frustrating, process.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For instance, shares of Brinker International, which operates or franchises about 1,600 Chili’s Grill and Bar locations and other eateries, were up 15 percent as of midday Monday. That caps a six-month, 135 percent bounce for the 45-year-old Dallas-based chain. News on Monday (Nov. percent at midday.

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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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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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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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