PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Amid the great digital shift , retailers and financial institutions (FIs) must walk the fine line between challenging transactions and letting the consumer journey proceed frictionless. The big question could be: ‘Could that put us over a billion in the U.S. The Scope Of The Problem. And that’s a big number,” he told the panel.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Afresh Technologies has raised $13 million in a Series A extension round to expand its fresh food management technology that helps grocers reduce food waste. The round was led by Food Retail Ventures and joined by existing investors Innovation Endeavors , Maersk Growth , and Baseline Ventures. Fresh food is so dynamic,” Schwartz added.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Sage , which works in cloud business management, is working with digital operations platform Brightpearl on helping retailers utilize the cloud for their operations, a press release says. And under the agreement, Sage will make a minority investment of around £17 million in Brightpearl.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Even with the liquidation of Toys R Us operations in the U.S., consumers can engage with Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us again this holiday season.” consumers can engage with Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us again this holiday season.” and Solus Alternative Asset Management own Tru Kids. Australia and the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The target customers, according to the release, are "finance-savvy and of an older demographic who use Openpay plans as a cashflow management tool.". In addition, Openpay has a Software-as-a-Service (Saas) platform called Openpay for Business, which helps companies manage trade accounts end-to-end, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For most of us, a stroll down the chilled or frozen food aisle in the supermarket is essentially an in-store version of window shopping. From a business standpoint, we believe that things like sales lift are obviously a really important metric,” Dravenstott said, “and you don't hear that much in brick and mortar retail.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Weaker-than-expected holiday spending has led to concerns that it’s the start of a retail slowdown, leading Wall Street to slash profit estimates. retailers saw their estimates reduced during the past three months, with estimates only increasing for 16. In December retail sales dipped 1.6

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Although the installment concept is hardly new, Afterpay’s platform and growing catalog of retailers has brought fame and fortune to the company and its founders. A big part of Afterpay’s growth stems from the fact that its super-simple service is appealing to both customers and retailers alike. Preference For Debit. million U.S.

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PopularBank

JUNE 21, 2022

Popular Bank is thrilled to welcome Bertha Rozier as SVP of Retail and US Transformation. Based in New York, Bertha will oversee our retail business, leveraging her experience leading multi-disciplinary business units and her expertise in marketing, product, and customer experience.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Some retailers are just excellent about telling stories about themselves and about the products that they're selling,” Taylor told PYMNTS. The reason retailers find it easy to use, and the company’s unique value proposition, is that it builds and optimizes online storefronts in a no-code environment.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

labor force working remotely, managing devices has become more important than ever. Luckily, Microsoft has made great advancements in device management capabilities, many of which we’ll discuss today. In this blog, we’ll go over four main areas of Endpoint Management: Creating an app deployment.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Benetton Group , an Italian fashion company, is teaming once more with retail market intelligence firm EDITED as an "essential platform" for its future three-year roadmap, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 16) announcement. “As

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

Real estate trends for retailers are back in the news this week, as the pandemic-driven brick-and-mortar market starts to produce new business models and a fair amount of stability. The new business model involves leasing options for the retail sector. retail portfolio valued at $5.9 Example: One of the U.K.’s which owns 32.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Major retailers are stepping in to fill the void left by Toys R Us: Walmart , in particular, is growing its toy assortment by 30 percent in its brick-and-mortar stores, and by 40 percent online. To that end, the retailer is rolling out “thousands” of additional items to give customers more options.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New approaches to talent and technology are needed to address changes in the wealth management business model. Wealth management and trust clients are some of the most lasting and profitable relationships a bank can attract, but the banking industry is simply missing the opportunity to realize these businesses’ vast strategic potential.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And in many places, for the first time, our retailers are open to it. And I said, ‘well, funny enough, the puck went right to us.’”. And the answer is, “Yes, a bar code can give you a way to do that — and in a form that retailers already understand how to accept.”. They're seeing this as an opportunity to change and shift.”.

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Banking Exchange

MAY 28, 2021

HSBC’s departure is the result of a “lack of scale to compete”, company says Retail Banking Management Lines of Business Feature3 Feature.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

While Toys R Us has disappeared from the United States, it is going strong in Asia, which plans to open 60 new stores throughout the region this year. We are cautiously optimistic,” said Jo Hall, Toys R Us chief commercial officer for Greater China and Southeast Asia. “We This follows Toys R Us shuttering all of its U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

Dozens of retailers, from Dick’s Sporting Goods to Walmart , have added contactless shopping services, and it’s caught on. increased 49 percent from March 12 to April 11, compared to March 1 to March 11 after a review of internet transactions from 80 of the top 100 internet retailers. . Retailers are trying to figure it out.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2020

A lawsuit filed in New York representing a trust of more than 100 creditors for Toys R Us claims that executives took bonuses they shouldn’t have and had inappropriate financial relationships with private equity owners, all while the company was crumbling due to increased competition from companies like Walmart and Amazon.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

American retailers are showing a voracious appetite for global real estate expansion as they build their footprint overseas. The rapid expansion has a hit a new high with American retailers opening more stores abroad than retailers from any other country, findings from a new CBRE report say. The closest competitor to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

To bolster its financial status and let it better compete in a difficult retail climate, Tailored Brands plans to make changes that will lead to a reduction of roughly 20 percent of its corporate positions by the conclusion of fiscal Q2. and Canadian retail locations. The company, whose brands include Jos.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

UBS Group AG this week eliminated about a dozen jobs in its US investment bank as part of its integration of Credit Suisse, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

By 2022 online retail sales will go beyond $712 billion. According to news from Retail Dive , the study, released this week by Forrester Research, shows that 98 percent of American adults already go online at least once a day. retail market will be driven through digital touchpoints by the end of the year. trillion U.S.

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Banking Exchange

JULY 7, 2021

The online payments giant has brought its European product, Zettle, to the US Payments Retail Banking Feature3 Fintech Feature Online Mobile Tech Management Branch Technology/ATMs People Covid19.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

retail outfit that sells children’s clothing, is mulling whether to shutter more than half of its 900-store base, Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov. Gymboree was one of a wave of 20 retailers that have filed for bankruptcy since the start of 2017. Gymboree, the U.S. 27), citing people “familiar with the matter.”.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2020

What’s made us successful is that we’ve had a number of years globally to figure out what design, usability and overall customer approach […]. Berlin-based digital banking startup N26 has 250,000 U.S. customers, the company confirmed to Bank Innovation on Monday. The company, which launched in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Dollar Shave Club (DSC)’s board of directors have named a new CEO for the brand, while Albertsons Companies registered a digital sales growth spike in its third quarter fiscal 2020 results. Plus, Salesforce has revealed a new loyalty management platform for companies. Gross margin increased to 29.3

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The banking industry has faced many challenges in 2020, from transitioning to CECL, managing Paycheck Protection Program loans, and navigating an unprecedented economic recession. More than 500 banking professionals across the country gathered for a two-day 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk. Plan for new technology and innovations.

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Banking Exchange

OCTOBER 13, 2021

80% increase year-on-year as US economy begins to “roar back to life” Retail Banking Management Financial Trends Feature Lines of Business The Economy Financial Research Customers People Performance Profitability Feature3.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The mall and outlet center real estate investment trust managed to post a profit despite a 91 percent occupancy rate and collecting on only 85 percent of its rents. Simon Properties continues to defy the odds, posting a pandemic-depleted but profitable quarter Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Beleaguered toy retailer Toys R Us is in the midst of prepping plans to liquidate its U.S. Toys R Us’ situation is in flux, but reports say liquidation seems a likelihood amid dashed hopes that a buyer will come to keep the (toy) trains running, so to speak, or that the debt will be repackaged.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With brands everywhere rushing to either revamp existing channels or launch new ones, the line between traditional retail and direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites is not only getting blurred, but it’s raising questions about whether this trend is a short-term reflexive phenomenon or the start of a long-term strategic realignment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

When Indochino launched in 2007, the company wasn’t out to create a new template for the entire retail sector, just a better product with better prices and a better buying experience. After all, the pandemic has hit retail perhaps harder than any other economic sector, and an awful lot of players probably won’t make it, Green said.

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