PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as Instagram to post promotions and product tutorials — or interact openly with consumers about their offerings. About the same share — or 60.9

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

When it comes to retail innovation — changes that promise to influence commerce not only this year, but in the 2020s — cameras could have a significant role. Some of the latest developments provide evidence to support that trend. That’s not the only way innovation with cameras can help retailers. Data Blocks.

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Chris Skinner

JANUARY 25, 2017

OK, OK, OK, I promise to stop posting predictions and trends and blah, blah, blah, but this one has an interesting provenance and history. Last year, one of my most read blog entries was this one: The top ten trends in banking innovation (February 2016).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In retail, the Flat Tummy Instagram brand was able to make an effective algorithm that could accurately predict the effect an influencer would have on pushing its line of teas. Wrench is serving as a mobile source of mechanics – and saving consumers a trip to the auto repair shop.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

So-called Generation Z is also driving much of the innovation when it comes to retail. To reach consumers on the hunt for offerings that are “clean and natural,” the retail chain rolled out its Everspring household brand. Gen Z Trends. As well, the brick-and-mortar retail shopping experience is still important to Gen Z.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

For instance, why are there significant, revenue-draining gaps between what merchants think about payments innovation and what they actually do? Koopman and Karen Webster recently engaged in a discussion about how those gaps apply to a very specific but lucrative part of the retail landscape: the health and beauty product space.

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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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. But at this point, it is also mostly table stakes in the race to bring apparel retail online.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Even now that its stores are open, the retailer has discovered that its eCommerce, curbside pickup and virtual fitting services remain popular with customers.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 3, 2022

Auriga was recently honoured with the prestigious Peter Kulik Innovation Award from the ATMIA, the leading non-profit trade association representing the entire global ATM industry. Q: How do you feel about your Peter Kulik Innovation Award win? Q: Finally, do you have any thoughts on upcoming ATM innovations and trends?

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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. It was also indicative of a growing trend of B2C merchants expanding into the B2B realm in an effort to take advantage of a surging market. The Outsourced FinTech Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

When it’s said and done there was only one story that mattered in the retail universe this year and it was the rise of the digital-first economy. It produced several payment trends, which can be found in the How We Shop report. At the end of the day, I feel really good about the opportunities for retail,” Sadove said. “I

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Don’t look now, but virtual reality and augmented reality are starting to make bigger gains in the retail world. These are still early days but trends are coming together — and expectations are rising, thanks not only the evolution of AR and VR technology, but the coming deployments of 5G mobile network ecosystems.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

If so, you’ve been at the site of one of the hottest areas of retail innovation. Starbucks, whose use of mobile commerce technology is the source of envy and imitation in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) and even wider retail world, is also involved in this trend. Been on a fast food drive-thru lately?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Can a person’s ear serve as one of the next frontiers of retail innovation? News has recently emerged that a computer scientist has developed what Geek.com called a “novel way of unlocking your phone,” which, in turn, could one day find its way into retail uses as a new form of biometric authentication. China Example.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Not only is it a big time for retail but, in a sense, a kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming all all-important holiday shopping season. Retail back-to-school spending for families will hit an average of $696.70 last year, according to the National Retail Federation , a trade group. this year, up from $684.79 Amazon Effort.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 1, 2018

Innovation for the sake of problem-solving (rather than for its own sake) is the way U.S. Bank’s Dominic Venturo approaches his role of chief innovation officer. The bank has a comprehensive outlook on investing and researching emerging technology trends through its innovation team, Venturo said.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The longstanding practice of selling automobiles is getting a change — reflecting larger trends in commerce. The online marketplace company wants to eventually be able to use AI technology on descriptions, where a user could give basic details and the AI would flesh out the description. for both iOS and Android. New Financing.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 23, 2017

I’ve been working closely with BKM, the Turkish retail payments clearing company, for a few years now. They manage the Fintech Istanbul program, and are the powerhouse behind many of the innovations we’ve seen in Turkey from mobile wallets to contactless payments. Could you please tell us a bit about banking sector in Turkey?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Every year for the last 110 years , members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the slate of issues pertinent to its members. COVID-19, of course, didn’t cause physical retail’s steep decline — it just accelerated it. Retail is now about logistics and the last mile.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

There is a gap between what merchants say they want to do toward innovation and what they actually do — and from that gap come insights into retail and payments. percent: Portion of top financial innovators who observe market trends first. million: Amount businesses are projected to lose by 2021 due to weak digital IDs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Retail technology is undergoing big changes in the restaurant world, and that includes the drive-thru. Some brands like McDonald’s are turning to voice recognition technology to keep orders moving. Some brands like McDonald’s are turning to voice recognition technology to keep orders moving. Role of Cameras.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Retailers, too, have higher education on their minds. It has long been a significant presence in the lives of many college students, and that trend is sure to grow even more in the coming months and years. Mobile Innovation. Another hot retail trend that is also being honed on campuses is subscription retail.

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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).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are doubling down on digital as they look to staff their stores for the busy holiday shopping season. The retailer noted that all seasonal hires will have a minimum hourly starting wage of $13 an hour. Target is also offering an array of benefits to the seasonal workers, which all hourly team members receive.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

What to do with retail malls? That is among the latest trends as retail reinvents itself, and technology and other trends force new uses for old commerce spaces. Malls are not exactly the hotspots of coolness and retail activity they once were. retailers so far this year than in all of 2018.

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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. Gig Trends. That’s not all. Subscription Push.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. Already, trends are emerging that promise to play out with greater steam in the 2020s. clothing retailer Topshop, which used it to take shoppers on a waterslide through central London.”.

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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 13, 2019

Voice recognition could soon play a bigger role in retail — especially in the world of quick service restaurants. The company said in an announcement that the arrangement is another bold step in advancing employee- as well as customer-facing innovations while bolstering the technological capabilities of the chain. Other Moves.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

Slowly but steadily, healthcare is becoming more mobile about payments, and that trend – a very long time in coming – appears to have picked up steam in recent months. PYMNTS, of course, has documented these recent shifts – and the trends fueling them – through its own original research. 5G Healthcare Innovation. As the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

One recent study found that 29 percent of customers would stop shopping with retailers that they felt offered inadequate public health or safety measures, for example. Merchants are used to keeping up with shifting trends and adjusting their products and marketing to engage consumers chasing after new items and experiences.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Is the store register on its way out in favor of other retail and payments innovation? In case you didn’t hear, Target faced a register outage that lasted for about 90 minutes on Sunday (June 16), which meant the retail chain couldn’t process cards or other forms of payment.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

Voice assistant technology already had an audience even before the coronavirus outbreak gave it a big boost, as it has now radically reshaped consumer habits and preferences on a global scale. Other common uses included making phone calls, managing schedules and running a person’s smart home technology. into digital channels.

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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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