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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

14) it has expanded its Amazon Home Services into 20 new metropolitan markets around the country. The service availability has also increased to include 50 metro areas around the country. Just like when Amazon entered a retail market, the traditional players have to respond, and the same can be said of Amazon Home Services.

Metro 100

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out — eCommerce merchants are on the hunt and signing large contracts. By category, the biggest lease signers were manufacturers, with 14 percent of the market, followed closely by beverage providers (11 percent), retailers (7 percent) and tech firms (4 percent).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

To help shoppers check out without waiting in line, grocery retailers are rolling out entire stores centered around cashierless shopping experiences, enabling consumers to purchase fresh food and grocery items with a mobile payments app. The projected value of the global self-service market by 2023 is $13 billion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced on Wednesday (April 10) that delivery of Whole Foods Market products via Prime Now has been expanded to nine more cities. Amazon also said it has expanded its grocery pickup to Whole Foods Market in Columbus, Ohio. metros, with plans to expand further this year. Sources told Yahoo!

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The world’s largest retailer plans to open 1,000 mini delivery hubs in suburbs and cities across the country, Bloomberg reports , citing sources familiar with the company’s plans. But Amazon’s search for an edge in the COVID-era retail wars extends beyond terrestrial warehouses and to the skies.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Popular”) (NASDAQ: BPOP), bank holding company of Popular Bank, today announced Popular Bank’s strategic realignment of its New York Metro branch network. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. About Popular, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

The Global Wellness Institute found that the market for those kinds of offerings was value at $4.2 Chief Revenue Officer Kimberly Kreuzberger said, according to the outlet, “We’re marketing to a very actionable consumer because they’re a shopper.”. While Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Inc.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

The answer may hold lessons for other retailers eager to do more in the Chinese market. As well, other foreign retailers have stumbled on the general path that Costco seems to be taking in China. Additionally, the smartphone market is getting saturated. Costco Wholesale Corp.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

14) that German retailer Metro AG is looking to offload its Real hypermarkets via sale, and the firm, said Reuters , “remains confident” of a transaction. Metro has said it wants to train its sights on its wholesale business. Metro said it has had interest from a number of parties, Reuters reported Friday.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. In terms of Walmart’s other efforts, the retailer is also focusing on features such as grocery pickup.

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MAY 11, 2018

The company told Forbes that its goal is to provide a physical location where those small businesses can sit down across the table from experts who can help them navigate the turbulent retail waters ahead. Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal said, unequivocally, that he doesn’t believe retail is dead or dying — only “mediocre retail experiences.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

According to reports , the entrance of Hello into China’s carpooling market pits it against Didi Chuxing, the leading ride-hailing company, which – under the direction of the government – has halted its service over safety concerns. In addition to investing in technology startups, Alibaba has also set its sight on the physical retail market.

Metro 108

Metro Strategy Operations Retail 108

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. The Reis data monitors 77 metro areas and indicates that 9.4 However, the retail vacancy rate was under 7 percent in 17 cities, with San Francisco taking the lead at 4.1 But retail vacancies increased by 2.4

San Francisco 111

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

3,500 more McDonald’s markets are going to be lovin’ it by the end of June as delivery service rolls out to even more restaurants. On Wednesday (May 31), McDelivery with UberEATS launched at locations in the New York Metro Area, Fresno, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.

Las Vegas 104

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

But, while more consumers are heading to mobile retail channels, the personal experience and ability to touch and preview items in-person offered by physical stores still holds allure for roughly 70 percent of shoppers. And the market is showing interest — and investing —in improved mobile tech.

Mobile 110

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 3, 2023

These low penetration rates present an ideal situation to market your bank’s services and disrupt the competition. For example, in any given metro area, alcohol and beverage distributors drive around making deliveries at restaurants, bars, gyms, grocery stores, convenience stores, coffee shops, and thousands of other places.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

And it is not necessarily just a tire retailer – Komal said it is more of a logistics company that also happens to sell and install tires. There are also a lot of busy working professionals and big corporate headquarters in both of those metro areas.

Kansas City 250

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms. In the beginning, Yandex got its grocery items from the retailer Metro AG. Sales are in excess of 127 billion rubles ($2 billion).

Google 177

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

Reuters , citing Reis, the real estate research firm, reported the vacancy rate in 28 of the 77 metro areas increased during the first three months of 2019. As the retail sector continues to undergo restructuring, a number of retail real estate markets face more vacancies and falling rents. New construction plummeted 53.9

Metro 125

Metro Regional Retail Community 125

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Yes, last week, customers in many major metro areas — and the pedestrians on the streets outside their locations — were treated to the site of Lush employees stripped down to their skin but for their tastefully placed black aprons emblazoned with Lush’s equally subtle slogan: Get Naked!

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MAY 12, 2016

The investment round, which was led by Digital+ Partners and METRO GROUP, also saw participation from previous investor Concardis, the European payment service provider. Orderbird said the strategic investment from its leading investors positions it better to command stronger dominance in the market.

Metro 100

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

metro areas. and international locations represents a commitment to changing from being a beloved niche shoe brand to a major player in a massive competitive global market. The retail expansion is part of it, as is international, but at the core for us, it’s about product and it’s about material innovation.”.

Retail 101

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Celent Banking

MARCH 1, 2015

China UnionPay already entered into the South Korean market, and even a brand of my credit card issued in South Korea is UnionPay. China’s payment has entered into South Korean market in earnest and South Korean players have been getting into the game.

Marketing 100

Marketing Metro Fintech Mobile 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .”

Ohio 116

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

Target has announced it is expanding its same-day shipping service through Shipt across stores in 10 regions within the greater New York City metro area. households across 180 markets, reaching a total of 80 million households. If that is achieved, the service will be available to 65 percent of U.S.

New York City 100

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JULY 15, 2020

The product and marketing plan were locked early in the year. The original business model for Onda was to launch at retail. Any sales must be routed through a distributor and eventually a retailer. The retail distribution has been limited to a handful of stores in the New York metro area.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 8, 2017

America’s biggest banks haven’t seen much change to their market share in the last decade, and UK banks have just been getting bigger. That grew to 70% and, excluding the impact of mergers and acquisitions, the four largest banks have lost less than 5% market share since 2005. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

Metro 184

Metro Marketing America Survey 184

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

After serving as destinations for Big Apple shoppers for at least 50 years, northern New Jersey’s malls are aiming to find ways to differentiate themselves as a new retail neighbor arrives. The American Dream retail and amusement complex is expected to open on Oct.

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JUNE 29, 2020

“We are excited to partner with Shift and its world-class management team as it leverages its technology platform to disrupt the $840+ billion used car market,” said Daniel Cohen, chairman of the board of directors of Insurance Acquisition Corp.

San Francisco 245

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Prime members in more than 2,000 locations can also receive unlimited free, two-hour delivery from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market on orders of $35 or more.

Arizona 170

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Delivery companies Point Pickup , Skipcart , AxleHire and Roadie will make deliveries in metro areas across four states, with further expansion planned in the coming weeks. Walmart has announced it is adding four delivery companies to its team to help expand its online grocery delivery option. Customers love our Grocery Delivery service.

Arizona 148

Arizona Metro Training California 148

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

According to recent reports, affluent consumers are buying second homes in more pastoral, less densely populated and slightly harder-to-access locales to escape their also-luxurious primary residences in densely packed major metros. People are learning they can do their job as effectively [while working] remotely.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail locations, pop-up shops and the list goes on (and on). But what every big digital upgrade of the last decade or so has in common is an urban home base.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

These are some of the ways that retailers from Walmart to Publix – as well as Kroger , Albertson’s and ALDI – are bringing grocery shoppers through their doors or other sales channels. At the time, the retailer said the 50th metro area for grocery delivery was in Akron, Ohio and that more locations were on the way.

Innovation 149

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. However, of late, its expansion has been rapid, and it is now in 17 major metro markets. Baltimore markets. And quickly.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

has an updated look and a new focus: the shopping needs of major metro consumers, particularly around grocery. The world’s largest retailer announced it has acquired the crowdsourced, on-demand delivery marketplace Cornershop for $225 million. Kroger released its Q2 earnings this week, and the market did not love what it saw.

Metro 122

Metro New York City Nashville Oklahoma 122