PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As consumers get more visual, so, too, does retail, and that is helping to fuel some significant innovation. Indeed, 3D mapping stands as one of the latest ways that spatially focused technology promises to improve the retail experience. All of that provides an opportunity for visual innovation. Among them? 3D Modeling.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

That sense of hope is a big part of childhood, and it applies as well to retail aimed as children, as least going by current developments involving Toys R Us. That news is another recent development in the world of children’s retail, where innovation continues. Retail Recommendations. Hope springs eternal.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

When it comes to retail innovation, you can usually count on consumers’ constant need for clothes to help drive new trends. At the start of the 2010s, retail merchandising was, at base, a lot of guesswork. AI is not the only area of apparel retail innovation. Better Smells. Odors, oddly enough, are also a driver.

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Perficient

JUNE 17, 2020

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers were already seeing enthusiasm from customers for more convenient ways to interact during the purchasing process. While some retailers have offered limited order pickup options for some time, this was often limited to certain verticals or a small sub-set of products. The Challenges.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For retailers, it is a time of reexamination. Digital-first or digital-native retailers made it so. Retail’s own performance reflected that shift. The conversations in retail boardrooms and war rooms in November of 2021 will center on how to direct some of that pent-up demand their way. and Brazil. and Brazil.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

When Home Depot announced last month its plans to acquire HD Supply Holdings , it wasn’t just a sign of expansion for the home improvement retailer. For a consumer-facing retailer, these workflows can be unfamiliar and add a flood of friction into the sales process. The Outsourced FinTech Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Retailers made all sorts of quick pivots to their eCommerce sites as the pandemic unfolded, but in-store legacy technology proved to be an obstacle for many of them. The company said that while retailers often come up with innovations , “bringing these ideas to in-store trials, iterating them quickly and rolling them out at scale takes years.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Youngsters tend to get all the credit when it comes to being a force that drives retail innovation, and that’s fair enough. New PYMNTS research about mobile commerce and how mobile technology informs the in-store purchasing experience provides fresh evidence for that view. “We Subscription Push.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The future of retail is playing out in multiple places, including the open road, while voice will help capture the connected commerce frontier. In B2B payments, a series of payment innovations is promising to put an end to some common frictions. All this, Today in Data.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2018

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

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization. Stores As Social Centers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

As a new decade approaches, retail is driving hard toward its future thanks to connected vehicles. BMW has added an “intelligent personal assistant” to some of its cars, which can be activated by saying, “Hello, BMW,” to help with everything from temperature controls to tire pressure information.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development, including via some of the biggest names in commerce. Take Amazon, which continues to expand its brick-and-mortar retail footprint, and the technology underlying those stores. Larger Trends.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Today a customer may walk into a retail location in the midst of a pandemic. In fact, experiential retail does not sleep during a pandemic or any other external event. First, retailers need the right mindset,” he said. “In Only then can retailers use technology properly, to yield time well spent.”. How to do that?

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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

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Whether you are a dog or cat person – or prefer another animal – pets are big business, and they are helping to drive innovation in various areas of commerce. They can fill out information such as the date and time they want to be picked up. That includes ridesharing , believe it or not. The request is then sent out to the drivers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

The grocery battles are heating up in retail, and that is sparking innovation and could lead to even more disruption. Some of that was on display at the NRF retail show in New York City earlier this week. 14), is not the only place where grocery store innovation is coming from. Walmart’s Big Move.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? According to a new report from PwC titled “Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond” (see sidebar), the retail banking industry is undergoing tremendous change—but, of course, community bankers already know that.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Mastercard ’s Senior Vice President of Innovation and Startup Engagement Deborah Barta told Karen Webster in a conversation with Luis Macias , CEO and Founder of GrainChain , that COVID-19 has only intensified the issue. “The Via their IoT integrations and technology on the ground, they can quantify information and verify that it's real.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

When it comes to innovation, go to the source. has joined the ranks of companies and brands setting up innovation labs. QSR Innovation. The PepsiCo innovation effort comes at a time of significant technology development in the world of restaurants, including quick service restaurants (QSRs). Mobile Innovation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

As 2020 unfolds, the retail business has been dramatically altered. But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. So, what constitutes experiential marketing for retailers? Wine and cheese for the shoppers?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

percent made voice-assisted purchases while shopping for groceries or retail goods in the last 24 hours. 35 percent of retail businesses have experienced an increase in demand. Key Data Points: The portion of consumers shopping and paying for retail goods online increased 34.9 percent trust that their information is secure.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are starting to play a bigger role in retail, foreshadowing what’s to come in the new decade of the 2020s. According to PYMNTS research , AI and ML are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element into retail. Role of Data.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

To help consumers conveniently access their favorite products, retailers are offering a wide array of merchandise through automated retail technology. According to The Future of Unattended Retail Report from PYMNTS, “Unattended retail touchpoints populate a broad and diverse set of locations, and have taken various shapes and forms.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Consumers want information in the digital-first economy – actually, they wanted it yesterday. And if they don’t get that information, they’ll be off to the nearest competitor. Although it’s hardly a new concept, conversational commerce is seeing a pandemic-driven surge as a result of this informational urgency. Herrick agrees.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

But the same technology that enables those transactions also can bring the benefits of consumer intimacy to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that are often struggling to win more market share in a retail world dominated by the likes of Amazon, Walmart and other large retailers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

The virus once again tested the boundaries of the EU’s GDPR rule, which has governed the transmission of online information in the region since 2018. Considering t he global nature of COVID-19, regulators outside of the U.S. To find out more about how U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Probably every shopper knows the thrill of the retail treasure hunt — that odd, unexpected, but perfect product discovered on a shelf; that highly desired item almost hidden in some corner, but found via serendipity or determined effort. apparel retailers — with data and lessons about its fledging effort a ways off. Long Lines.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Consumers shopping in droves via eCommerce channels is hardly a piece of breaking news — for the better part of a decade, that has been obvious to anyone watching the retail space. They are, Fiserv Senior Vice President of Retail Solutions John Nicola told Karen Webster in a recent conversation — and in great numbers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Shoppers had new opportunities to buy groceries without having to walk through the aisles of their local supermarkets or wait in line at checkout counters this year, as grocers rolled out digital innovations in shopping and payments. It allows them to fully immerse themselves into the retail space with convenience and efficiency.”

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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.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Open banking regulations across Europe kicked open the door for a wave of FinTech competition, with consumer-facing personal finance management (PFM) right in the crosshairs of innovators’ efforts. Open banking enables these platforms to obtain information more quickly and securely, explained Vaccino.

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BankInovation

JULY 6, 2020

Sathish Muthukrishnan, chief information, data and digital officer at Ally Financial, will speak at Bank Innovation Build, which will be presented in a fully digital format from Sep.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Retail is getting more visual, and that stands to be the case for locally-focused merchants as they compete for attention and consumer dollars with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. Indeed, augmented reality is among the tools that local retailers look ready to adopt for further use. Contextualizing Commerce.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. Nuro Co-founder Dave Ferguson said in an announcement.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Simply put, the back-office systems are ill-equipped to handle the demands of technological innovation, especially as financial services cross channels. The Challenges Of Multi-Channel Payment Innovation. For many firms, with legacy infrastructure that has been in place for decades, scale becomes difficult.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

That provides a rough idea of some of the motivation behind Mastercard ’s latest effort in payments and commerce innovation — an effort described in depth in a new PYMNTS interview between Karen Webster and Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard’s executive vice president of core products. Not Just A Number. FinTech Role.

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