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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MAY 11, 2020

Retailers are opening their doors again during the pandemic to customers who have appointments. Additionally, a half-hour break will take place between group classes for cleaning. Call it the end of the walk-ins. At least for now. But a number of customers reportedly didn’t adhere to the new procedure when the store reopened.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

However, 8 percent of Cyber Monday visits did originate from social media, an increase of 17.5 It comes from WBR Insights , which credits customer engagement via social media. Brand advertisers, it says, need to justify social media ROI. percent from the prior year. Savvy Brands.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

WeChat users are reportedly racing to get the Chinese mobile payment, messaging and social media program. Plus, digital payment provider Ant Group is looking for a record return as it goes public. American WeChat users are reportedly rushing to get the Chinese digital payment, communication and social media mobile program.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

According to a new study from HRC Retail Advisory , Generation Z is expected to make up nearly 40 percent of the population of North America by the year 2020 – easily making them the generation retailers must be paying attention to. It looks as though millennials may soon face competition as the generation to watch. and Canada.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

New evidence of that — part of the broader trend of the existential changes in the world of brick-and-mortar retail, changes that are gaining more focus this month — comes from reports that stationery chain Papyrus is closing up shop. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Total retail growth was 3.8

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AUGUST 13, 2019

For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine and newspaper advertisement from, say, before the 1960s can be fun and illuminating. Already, retailers, telecoms and others are mapping out that 5G AR future (and beyond). The Rise Of AR.

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JULY 3, 2019

s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a ban on retail cryptocurrency sales. As a result, the FCA is consulting on banning the sale, marketing and distribution to all retail consumers of all derivatives, and estimates that the potential benefit to these customers will be between £75 million ($94 million USD) to £234.3

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

But for the card’s overseers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Social media postings in recent days by a tech entrepreneur […]. pitches its new card as a model of simplicity and transparency, upending everything consumers think about credit cards.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

So-called fast fashion has been a big player in retail for years, but that part of the commerce-and-apparel world is facing some serious challenges. The Facebook group Buy | Sell | Trade at Barnard has over 7,000 members. Retailers Not Giving Up. Fast fashion retailers are not giving up — well, not all of them, at least.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Fitness and wellness are helping to change the face of retail in 2020. Furthermore, consumers are always looking for variety, and for community — something a digital operation like ClassPass can help build in almost a social media-like way. Innovation is also taking place within retail brick-and-mortar pharmacies.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Instead, Canada Goose went for experiential retail, a strategy that has become more important as consumers want to do things when they buy things. In this case, over 8,000 consumers traveled through “The Journey,” an experiential retail concept in Toronto during the December 2019 holiday shopping season. Experiential Retail Expands.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

For retailers, nothing really ever comes easy — and things aren’t getting any easier, at least when it involves gaining and retaining customers. Indeed, as the recently completed National Retail Federation (NRF) retail show in New York City demonstrated, commerce keeps moving to what Webster called in the webinar a “customer-centric approach.”

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MARCH 30, 2020

Retailers are dutifully speaking with their payment service providers (PSPs) and industry partners to adhere to these shifts, but they must also keep their customers’ experiences in mind. retailer trade group, Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ), told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

According to the NPD Group , COVID-19 brought the year’s good start to a halt, with March athletic shoe sales down about 40 percent compared to 2019 and taking a 50 percent hit in April. Despite its 37 -state footprint, Werder noted that Fleet Feet thinks of itself as both a national brand and a community retailer.

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APRIL 8, 2016

has done, apologizing for (and replacing) an ad on Twitter that many users on the social media platform found to be racist. That’s precisely what Gap Inc.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

To let shoppers discover and try out new products, payment companies are helping merchants launch augmented reality (AR) experiences within social media platforms. The firm chose a Kenyan brand, Huddah Cosmetics , as the first social commerce merchant on its Mula service to roll out the platform.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2016

While it’s just become a fad in the last few years for retailers to actually start selling their wares on social media, just having a Facebook page has been a necessity of online merchants for many years more. In fact, it might be more important in retail than anywhere else.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. The social media company has indicated that the Access Act, a proposed data portability law, is a first move in the right direction. Regulations.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Through a long-term vision to take on the desire of users to window shop and amp up retail, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri seeks to “connect the dots thoughtfully” between sellers, shoppers and “influencers” on the app. Mosseri also noted that the group was “very excited” about the idea of having “reasonable” transaction commissions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. Indeed, in its recent U.S. has notched $300 million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

Web Financial Group, a data-driven managed service solutions provider, and Selerity, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered contextual search and automation company, announced Wednesday (April 19) they have partnered on content personalization solutions for the digital wealth market.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Harris Poll and CIT Group, a provider of commercial lending and leasing services, recently released the results of a survey they conducted on how middle-market retailers felt about their sector’s financial health. This was followed by social media presence and digital marketing, with 57 percent and 50 percent, respectively.

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JULY 7, 2017

Generation Z are the next up-and-coming group of shoppers who retailers are turning to for the future of retail. Get ready, retailers. The buying power of Gen Z comes out to $44 billion, according to an IBM and National Retail Federation study. They appreciate the hands-on experience of shopping in a store.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. The European Commission told Amazon of its “preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in online retail markets,” according to the statement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine and newspaper advertisement from, say, before the 1960s can be fun and illuminating. Already, retailers, telecoms and others are mapping out that 5G-augmeneted reality future (and beyond).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Regardless of what happens with the sale of TikTok, social commerce could become a retail factor to reckon with in Q4, and is definitely ready for its close-up in 2021. In fact a new report puts the global market for social commerce at $89.4 billion this year and says it will reach $604.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The event is part of the social media company’s Season of Support to offer complimentary resources, education and instruction to assist companies throughout the globe, according to a company blog post. have joined new groups created to support Black-owned businesses since March.”. More than 3.5

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JUNE 14, 2019

However, in the 2019 Retail Banking Report, a study by Reputation.com that analyzed online data relating to retail banking locations for 23 major U.S. The study came up with Reputation Scores, measured on a scale of 100 to 1,000, based on online reviews, accurate listings, social media, search results and customer engagement.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of several big box and department stores alongside online shopping’s reshaping the retail shopping are certainly discussions worth having, it doesn’t encompass the entire retail spectrum.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the highly connected digital age, consumers are interacting with a multitude of social media sites as well as apps and connected devices. During this time, retailers and tech companies are bringing integrated shopping experiences into the sites and apps where consumers spend the most time.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Social-Commerce-as-a-Service app PowerBuy has rolled out its Multi Product PowerBuy group buying functionality, which is now available via the Shopify app store. Retailers on Shopify can now add social group purchasing to their eCommerce storefronts, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 21) announcement.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. Retailers in high-tax states have largely not been able to build themselves up or expand online beyond their local markets to the same extent, Rogers said. .

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Mattel has reported a surprising jump in quarterly sales, with more growth hoped for in the holiday season, as retailers rushed to stock shelves with toys for parents ready to buy things for their children, Reuters reports. That has led to rises in toy and board game sales, Reuters writes.

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JULY 10, 2020

Now the new face of DTC will start to remake the rest of retailing. And finally, retail hybrid brands like Brooks Brothers are bought up by licensing firms who like retail as long as it makes money, but they like fashion brands and their IP a lot better. This scenario so far has two groups looking for retail partners.

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JULY 2, 2018

“The brand is 40 years old, and when you mention it to consumers, they still smile and remember the stores in the malls or looking at the catalog,” David Conn, CEO at ThreeSixty Group, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. “And that is what attracted us to the brand: that consumers have such a positive reaction to it.

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