PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

That’s why marketers will be leveraging mobile in their holiday shopping strategies this year, with new and creative strategies that focus more on omnichannel solutions and less on generic mobile coupons. Overall, retailers are expecting an even brighter holiday season this year. The BDO survey shows that CMOs are predicting a 4.7

Mobile 188

Mobile Marketing Survey Marketing Strategies 188

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

Retail must, and will, change following the coronavirus, with consumer behavior shifting from brick-and-mortar to eCommerce and merchants making adjustments to their inventory selections and safety measures. The retailer intends to open its approximately 800 North American retail locations again in May. Gap Inc. , Gap Inc. ,

Retail 143

Retail Survey National Online 143

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

The retail industry is facing its first sales event of the pandemic with the coming of back-to-school sales. The projections were led by the National Retail Federation (NRF) this week, as it foresees record sales for back to school. Second, are retailers removing friction from the buying process?

Retail 186

Retail Meeting Arizona Florida 186

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

16), the National Restaurant Association offered up seven public policy tenets that – in collaboration with delivery aggregators – are being billed as a “framework” for the delivery industry. The principles debut at a time when, according to the Association, 70 percent of adults surveyed said they had ordered delivery from a restaurant.

National 160

National New York City Policies New Jersey 160

Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether. But understanding trends in their own portfolios and local markets can allow lenders to identify risk-appropriate CRE credits. They’re not your hometown.

Risk Management 221

Risk Management Management Lending Capital 221

PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2020

As the pandemic quickly transformed the labor market, layoffs in the U.S. In its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) survey, the Labor Department indicated that discharges as well as layoffs rose to 11.4 million staffers receive pink slips, while 908,000 people lost their positions in the retail industry.

Survey 224

Survey Policies National Report 224

PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. With the advent of connected devices in the palm of almost every consumer’s hand, the retail ecosystem has certainly seen a shift.

Retail 137

Retail social media Customer Experience Boston 137

BankUnderground

OCTOBER 5, 2022

But bonuses could be really important to understand labour market tightness – a topic of much interest at the moment. A frequently used measure of pay by the Bank of England is Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) regular pay for the private sector , published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Marketing 95

Marketing Policies Industry Data 95

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Retailers continue to rely on paid search and email marketing channels, but mobile marketing and social media are continuing to increase in popularity as a way for businesses to grow their customer acquisition, according to a new study.

social media 205

social media Survey Retail Online 205

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2020

Gartner’s Digital IQ Index for 2019 surveyed 80 banking and financial brands, including national banks, regional banks, online banks and fintech startups. It examined 1,200 data […].

Regional 273

Regional Study Survey National 273

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

While entrepreneurs continue to reflect record-level optimism, their top concerns are increasingly including the tight labor market and the importance of retaining staff in such a climate. “And that’s the way the market economy works, for better or worse.” How did small businesses fare in job growth last month?

Marketing 148

Marketing Data Survey America 148

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Retailers are set to clean up this Halloween, as 2017 is looking to be a record-setter for consumer spending during the holiday. That growth appears to be driven by millennials, with responses to a recent Citibank poll indicating survey participants between the ages of 18 and 36 expect to spend 2.5 A recent NRF survey indicates 22.7

Millennials 105

Millennials Retail Los Angeles Survey 105

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Recent data indicate that in the not-so-distant future, the retail marketplace will be employing far, far fewer people — if you live in the U.K. As of right now, retail employs about one-sixth of retail workers — or around 3 million people. national minimum. by 2020.”.

Retail 100

Retail National Industry Survey 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

National Returns Day, which is Jan. million packages via UPS, a 26 percent increase over last year’s National Returns Day. According to the UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper report, 73 percent of online consumers indicate that repeat sales with a particular retailer are dependent on the returns process.

Study 131

Study National Retail Online 131

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Small business owners are often on-the-go and are increasingly reliant on digital banking tools to keep up with their busy schedules,” said Heather Ellison, head of Retail Banking for OneWest Bank in an announcement. Those offerings include Money Market Savings and OneBusiness Interest Checking accounts. In separate news, a J.D.

Mobile 131

Mobile Survey California Retail 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

billion, according to surveys commissioned by the company. In addition to supporting brick-and-mortar businesses, 41 percent of consumers surveyed said they shopped small businesses online. Small business owners surveyed said they count on an average of 29 percent of annual sales to happen during the holiday season.

social media 193

social media Survey National Community 193

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Forget returns after Christmas morning — a new survey by UPS found that National Returns Day will happen prior to Christmas, underscoring how eCommerce is changing retail and the behaviors of consumers. National Returns Day typically happens in early January, with it representing the biggest increase in pacakges for the year.

Survey 124

Survey Retail National Online 124

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

27 in the retail goods space among the organization’s owner credit unions were up 26.2 percent market rate that the National Retail Federation (NRF) had predicted, according to the release. “More consumers shopped earlier and from home, further accelerating the adoption of contactless and digital payment methods.”.

Innovation Strategies 155

Innovation Strategies Cards Analytics Survey 155

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Major retailers such as Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s have been forced to introduce stricter return, store credit and gift card policies in response to a troubling trend. Booth has been arrested twice for retail return fraud related to gift cards and is now in recovery from heroin and oxycodone addiction at Gateway with Smith.

Retail 105

Retail Fraud Cards Florida 105

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

On the positive side is the retailing trade group the National Retail Federation ( NRF ). Neil Saunders, managing director of research firm GlobalData PLC’s retail division, projects $26.4 It’s retailers’ first big test. Spending is shifting toward digital products, the survey found. percent from last year.

Comparison 145

Comparison Retail Survey Washington 145

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

And almost three-quarters of consumers noted that they would likely buy another item while making a return, per a National Retail Federation survey. B-Stock Solutions is a marketplace that liquidates returned merchandise for retailers such as Amazon, Costco and Target, among others.

Retail 131

Retail Online Training Survey 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Chase has announced the launch of Chase Offers, which will allow customers to find deals and earn statement credits when shopping at their favorite retail stores. Customers who log into their Chase app can access Chase Offers from more than 150 merchants including retailers, restaurants, and many of the company’s existing merchant partners.

Mobile 167

Mobile Retail Cards Survey 167

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As a result, our eCommerce business is now approximately $1 billion in annualized retail sales, and we are well-positioned to capitalize on what is sure to be a dynamic future in this space,” Nooyi told investors. And the numbers in this regard don’t lie: Physical retail is growing at a rate of about 3.6

Retail 124

Retail Branding Mobile Strategy 124

South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

The irony here is that more than half the banks we recently surveyed had some goal and metric around asset growth. While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year. Then there is credit.

Community Bank 195

Community Bank Capital Training Lending 195

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

Small merchants to national retailers can post deals on the app – and Skout Deals counts multinational chains, such as Best Buy , as its clients. And a BDO survey from October of 2016 found that nearly 60 percent of marketers plan to leverage mobile in their marketing strategies for that year’s holiday season. .

Retail 104

Retail social media Mobile Marketing Strategies 104

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

. “Hampering job growth are labor shortages, layoffs at brick-and-mortal retailers, and fallout from weaker global trade.” ” And according to another report, there may be an interesting knock-on effect of a tight labor market on small businesses: a surge in franchise jobs. The national unemployment rate is 3.7

Data 154

Data Survey National Report 154

PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

By the end of the year, analysts expect digital retail sales in Vietnam to make up 1.2 percent of the total retail market share. But for the nation of over 90 million, many of whom are underbanked, cash is still king even as eCommerce rates climb. The growth is part of the broader digital boom across Southeast Asia.

Payments 103

Payments National Retail Survey 103

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.

Fintech 474

Fintech Trends South Dakota Apple 474

PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

His ringing endorsement of the luxury goods market, released yesterday as his annual letter to shareholders , was a clarion call to the frontlines of retailing during a decidedly difficult time. It had to close stores, like most non-essential retail, during the pandemic. Will luxury move online?

Retail 130

Retail Online Marketing Study 130

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

UPS Caps Deliveries From Gap, Nike, Other Big Retailers. UPS reportedly told drivers this week to pass pickups from Gap, Nike, Macy’s, and several other large retailers — with “no exceptions,” a rule drivers have not seen before, in an attempt to keep up with a holiday shopping season unlike any other. Why the disconnect?

Cards 151

Cards Data Mobile Survey 151

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Shares in retail giants Walmart and Target tumbled on Friday (April 26), according to a report by CNBC. A survey of 3,000 U.S. This, in our view, is likely to cause other brands, manufacturers, retailers and logistics companies to have to invest more aggressively to compete with Amazon and its differentiated delivery.

Retail 135

Retail Survey National Branding 135

BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Since that crisis, the UK labour market has experienced high employment and high participation, alongside relatively weak wage growth. Second, labour force participation and employment have remained higher after the crisis than might have been expected given their previous relationship with national output (GDP) ( Chart 2 ).

Marketing 79

Marketing Policies Survey Analysis 79

Accenture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The global real-time payments market is projected to reach about $26 billion by 2023. ². Those we surveyed in the Accenture 2019 Global Payments Survey see instant payments fast becoming the industry standard. Getting there is complicated by a number of factors that are unique to this market. It is a hydra.

United States 151

United States Payments US Survey 151

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In the Global Digital Shopping Index: Australia Report, PYMNTS surveyed nearly 2,000 consumers and 600 merchants to understand how the pandemic has changed consumer shopping behaviors — and where merchants are investing to respond. Retail Will Play Major Role In Vaccine Distribution. million in consumer losses.

Trends 175

Trends Fraud Millennials Community Bank 175

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The great holiday shopping rush is upon us and the annual spending extravaganza is underway as retailers do anything and everything within their power to try to lure in that enhanced consumer spend. Baby boomers and Gen X will lead holiday spending this year, according to the 2019 Holiday Purchase Intentions Survey from The NPD Group.

Millennials 101

Millennials Groups Retail Online 101

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Gift cards also recently made news as a possible proponent of the nation’s drug problem and opioid crisis. Retail return losses total between $9 billion and $15 billion per year, according to a 2017 survey by the National Retail Federation. Police and retailers are catching on to the issue.

Cards 129

Cards Fraud Retail National 129

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

National retailer Target is expanding the number of brands it carries in stores, inking a deal with Flamingo, the women’s body care product maker created by Harry’s, the shaving startup. The prominent brands stocking the shelves of retailers tend to have been around for decades.

Millennials 128

Millennials Branding Retail Survey 128