PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Sizable blocks of absentee or mail-in ballots remain to be counted in such key states as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona as of Wednesday afternoon, with the count in the Keystone State not expected to be done until Friday, if not later.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

4) that it is moving quickly to open three new distribution centers in Georgia over the next 18 months. 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.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

The ground zero, of course, was Wayfair , the 2018 case in which the Supreme Court ruled online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes could be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states. Even the consequences of non-compliance can be fragmented.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

The world of retail might not be quite getting back to normal, but people are starting to pick up some pieces of their old day-to-day lives again. A few big-ticket purchases of digital apparel retailers like ModCloth and Bonobos didn’t turn out as planned. That’s a big leap forward.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

In news that might please frat boys, fans of European beer and owners of man caves, Heineken has started online sales of its home tap machines and the two-liter kegs that work with it. But this is not Heineken’s first foray into online beer sales. Online alcohol sales in the United States reached $1.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Walmart has reduced its workforce by laying off hundreds in its logistics, real estate and retail location planning divisions as it simplifies its business and reduces its expenses, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. Four such clinics currently exist: one in Arkansas and three in Georgia.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The initiative starts in the weeks to come throughout ALDI’s over 60 Georgia stores, while it will grow to over 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida in the months to come. percent of the population in Georgia and disproportionately impacts communities of color.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 9, 2018

For Lasha Gurgenidze at Tbilisi, Georgia-based TBC Bank, this mandate combined with low operational costs were the two fundamentals he and his team followed in launching TBC’s digital-first Space Neobank. “We For a digital bank, time to market is one of the most important innovation mandates.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

By and large, things are not great for retail (particularly of the brick-and-mortar variety). Indeed, it’s popular — dare we say, trendy, even — to postulate that retail as we know it is doomed. You know it. We know it. But that evolution is not necessarily a death sentence for players in the space, be they relatively new or old.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

When the pandemic first took hold of the retail industry in March and April, the phrase “it’s hard to forecast during a pandemic” was heard in most every executive interview or earnings call. That’s part of the thinking behind Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast , released earlier this week. economic forecaster. “E-commerce

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JANUARY 22, 2020

retail and culture, but which these days are often clinging to life thanks to the rise of eCommerce and other factors (including the rise of at-home retail activities and connected commerce, both a recent and ongoing focus of PYMNTS research ). The gaming part of the mall will reside alongside some 200 retail stores there.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

National used car retailer CarMax has announced the launch of a new omnichannel buying experience that will be made available first in Atlanta, Georgia. Customers can choose to purchase a car completely from home, in-store, or through an integrated combination of online and in-store experiences.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The initiative will start rolling out over the next several weeks in Aldi’s 60 Georgia locations. In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. percent of the population. Whole Foods’ New One-Hour Pickups .

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law’s change is reflected in an online scheduled updated this weekend. John Lewis of Georgia. The proceedings should be available for live online viewing.

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JULY 16, 2020

As of today, it’s available in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, Instacart said in announcing completion of the Digital Deli rollout.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

The retailer announced yesterday (June 16) that the mobile payment service will expand to stores in Alabama and Georgia. In Alabama, this will bring Walmart Pay into 120 more stores, and in Georgia, this will bring the service to 180 more stores. Walmart Pay has started its expansion across the U.S. with two more states.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Online mattress firm Casper appears to be the latest startup taking the brick-and-mortar plunge and launching 15 pop-up shop locations nationwide, according to reports from retail news source Chain Store Age. The first stop on the retail tour was Ponce City Market in Atlanta, Georgia, the Wednesday (Oct.

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JUNE 15, 2018

In his role, he will lead the company’s technology strategy, in addition to spearheading the teams that build the company’s eCommerce experience — among other functions, retail news source Chain Store Age reported. “We The retailer’s website has 55.9 million average monthly visits, retail news source Retail Dive reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Walmart ‘s online home brand Allswell has announced the launch of its Tiny Home retail concept. Allswell is affiliated only with Walmart and not with its online counterpart Jet. Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee, Austin, Texas, Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, California, and Portland, Oregon.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

PayPal has inked a deal with point-of-sale (POS) company ebizmarts to help retailers offer both POS and digital payments. PayPal said when combined, the technology can help retailers synchronize online inventory with products in stores. Making life easier for retailers isn’t the only thing PayPal is focused on these days.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

The characterization of the future of the American mall cuts across many opinions and datasets, but the fact remains that in many cases, it is a fixture of brick-and-mortar retail. I think retailers and restaurants need to do a good job of publicizing the steps they’re taking to make sure that their establishments are clean and safe.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The retailer is adding more than a dozen new states that will receive the service, including in parts of Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin. The retailer also hopes that next-day delivery will boost its eCommerce sales. Walmart has predicted online sales in the U.S. by the end of the year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

VisaHQ , the online visa and passport application service, announced news on Tuesday (March 13) that it has inked a deal with Fliggy, the travel service platform under Alibaba , to expand the Online Visa Center to 11 new travel destinations. There are expectations that by 2022 China will displace the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. So, providing retailers with a new storefront in an ecosystem of 1.5 Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The team will be tasked with offering programming and promotions, “operational excellence,” category analysis, online content and performance management in eCommerce throughout channels and with digital merchants and beverage alcohol delivery platforms. states in addition to the District of Columbia and Canada.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

Despite Amazon ‘s highly visible presence online, its network of warehouse and fulfillment centers that dot the globe is all but invisible — unless you know where to look. One of those places is just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, though what’s stored inside won’t be hard to spot.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Macy’s announced it is hiring 80,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, as well as adding more employees to handle online orders. The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. Macy’s, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

In the United States, demand for delivery services for groceries are so high that some customers are waiting seven days for orders that contain missing items, and servers for online services are crashing under heightened demand, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The stores are empty,” one manager said.

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MAY 31, 2018

The paper reported that, in May, the online retailer “added two directors to its 11-member board that were nominated by activist investor Starboard Capital. The service said it attracts some 19 million unique monthly visitors to its online automotive marketplace. and autoscout24.de.

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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

JUNE 23, 2016

The retail giant’s payment method is finally here. Shortly after the Walmart Pay news was announced, Walmart SVP of Services Daniel Eckert told Karen Webster that the payment method was built to leverage a habit that its customers already know how to do really well: shop online at Walmart.com.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. AvidXchange.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

Specifically, the rollout will embrace 10 additional stores across Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina and Washington State. And yet, noted TechCrunch, the competitive landscape is heating up, as Walmart is offering relatively more affordable grocery items, and Instacart and other online grocers are looking for their share of wallet.

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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. At fast casual Saladworks, he’ll be responsible for identifying and recruiting multi-unit franchisees who want to diversify their portfolio with a new growth vehicles.

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