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

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Retailers have been testing out shelf-scanning robots to find out if they can handle restocking a store’s inventory when needed. Frederic McCoy, a senior vice president at Jabil Retail, a unit of Jabil Inc., whose Badger Technologies division created a data collection robot , calls it “optimizing the shelf.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The obituary for brick-and-mortar retail has been written many times. But recent developments show there is still life — and perhaps even new life — in physical commerce. The results of a new survey found that most people — around 77 percent — plan on returning some of their gifts this holiday season, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Outdoor apparel retailers are reinventing their brick-and-mortar spaces to connect with customers by making stores into destinations that offer experiences. In the updated retail space, the company said, customers will “immediately feel The North Face heritage and experience the brand’s values.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible.

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Bobsguide

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The gap between the product and service offerings of the US’s biggest retail banks and its smaller community players is set to become much more pronounced, says Tyrone Canaday, managing director and global head of innovation at Protiviti – the New York based consultancy.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 4, 2019

New York-based Glia, an omnichannel customer service platform for financial services companies, announced that it recently raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Inventory management is a constant struggle for many businesses, particularly QSRs. One notable inventory management challenge occurred last year when the fried chicken QSR chain Popeyes introduced a new chicken sandwich. “We Cloud inventory management software can also mitigate the industry’s constant struggle with food waste.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In a press release , Postmates said the funding round was led by Tiger Global Management, and comes on the back of a record year of growth, market expansion and adoption of a subscription service. As part of the round, Postmates said Tiger Global’s Scott Shleifer will join the company’s board of directors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

In 1953, for example, New York Airways took to the skies as a passenger carrier and offered a way for people to travel between New York City airports or from the airports to the city. New York Airways Flight 404 departing Newark Airport is about to take off,” an announcer said in a promotional video. “In

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Chris Carder , co-director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Schulich School of Business, outlines the story of how innovation can become teamwork. A partnership was born, and the students could then help retailers get onto the Shopify program and generate precious revenue.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Providing a top consumer experience is becoming more important and is a rising trend in retail, and that will almost certainly increase in the 2020s. The new 19,700-square-foot space will feature a studio equipped for yoga and high-intensity interval training classes. Physical Retail Efforts.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 2, 2019

Nyca Partners has closed on $210 million for its third investment fund, a vehicle that will let it continue to support the growth of fintech innovation, David Sica, partner at the New York- and San Francisco-based venture firm, told Bank Innovation. “There’s really good entrepreneurs […].

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Fanatics , a company that sells Team USA merchandise, has taken a novel approach to Olympic retail this year with a physical store in a major U.S. The store marks a milestone for Team USA: It’s their first in-person retail store outside the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Retail Gold.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles. Retail Waste.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 percent stake in Starbucks. The comments coming out of the June conference drove the stock lower.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. The retailer, which has 1,143 stores globally, closes an average of around 15 stores annually.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

But that’s not stopping efforts at innovation and disruption in this space. Aspiration Bank is one of those innovators hoping to gain socially-conscious consumers via a pay-what-you-like fee structure — while also managing to please investors at the same time. New York City and the Bay Area combined,” he said.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Small Business Digital Readiness Diagnostic tool is intended to expand the New York-based global financial services company’s Digital Doors curriculum, which promises to ensure businesses have the right devices to maximize their digital presence. “In She introduced curbside pickup in June as customer behavior shifted.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

As IKEA moves to create a new range of stores to meet the changing habits of consumers, the furniture retailer opened its first store in the center of Paris. Ingka Group Chief Executive Jesper Brodin told the outlet, “La Madeleine is an innovation test laboratory for us. and the epicenter of retail, business, and culture.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2019

At any rate, given that both these holiday traditions are mocked more often than praised, one can start to wonder how it is possible that both have been around since the 1700s and have thus managed to make appearances at roughly 300 Christmases apiece. Santa: The Original Experiential Retail Strategy. In fact, it is growing.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2020

At first glance, New York-based Qapital, a digital banking, investing and budgeting platform, might look like a challenger bank. But CEO and co-founder George Friedman says Qapital’s offerings are more than just a collection of financial products. To Qapital, which launched in the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week. The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

It’s the end of a short holiday workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

Several new innovations that change the way retailers manage inventory and consumers purchase products were on display at the National Retail Federation’s annual trade show, The New York Times reported. Many retailers are testing new ideas, including showrooms and pickup services.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

A 2014 study by Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management found that’s the case, revealing evidence to support that seven-second rule of thumb. Interestingly, the 20 percent middle-of-the-road innovators had a kiosk implementation rate of just 25 percent, according to PYMNTS’ report.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2019

Ramona Ortega, founder and CEO of personal finance platform My Money My Future, developed an interest in personal money management issues while working as a corporate attorney in New York.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

New York-based Kasisto, a conversational AI company which developed the banking […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S. He noted that New York was a “natural choice” as it is “the most vibrant, dynamic city in the US.” restaurants.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 31, 2015

Last week was busy for Celent: on Monday we hosted our annual Innovation and Insight Day at Carnegie Hall (more on that later). It could also have been, of course, being in New York the weekend before, or seeing Carnegie Hall during business hours.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2017

So how did the company manage to innovate something as simple as frozen yogurt? When aforementioned mascots Scoop and Cookie show up in stores, noted Boxwoods managing partner (and sweetFrog’s leader) Patrick Galleher noted, they have the status of becoming something of a social media event. The sweetFrog Experience.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 2, 2020

New York time, the company posted a statement on the website […]. Robinhood Markets Inc.’s s brokerage website experienced technical issues Monday with some customers unable to make trades on a day when the market was rebounding from last week’s rout. A system-wide failure began as the U.S. At 11:18 a.m.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

30) and would value the New York-headquartered startup at more than $1 billion, the sources said. Kustomer said its platform will help retailers on Shopify automate 40 percent of interactions. Some fear that innovation could suffer if regulators come down on mergers and acquisitions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Kronos Senior Retail Banking Consultant Kevin Steele said, according to the report, “The teller line will disappear over the next few years and all transactions will become self-serve.” HSBC said at the time that Pepper is being deployed in a Miami retail branch marking the first time Pepper has been deployed in a retail bank in Florida.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

set to grow significantly in 2020, we’re excited to see how our restaurant customers adopt this innovative payment acceptance feature,” said Rajat Bhakhri, CEO of Incentivio. A demo version of the Incentivio platform, with Mobeewave’s contactless payment acceptance technology on board, will be showcased at the NRF Retail event in New York.

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