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MARCH 20, 2020

It’s the end of the 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 deep dives into in-house restaurant ordering apps and cloud technology, as well as a report on banks running short on large bills amid the coronavirus crisis.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That’s the oversimplified view of the business model adopted by Wardrobe , a new kind of peer-to-peer fashion rental company that on Tuesday (Sept. 8) is breaking out of its New York City beta test and into a nationwide launch. And it has renters who are encouraged to share their experiences on social media.

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JULY 14, 2020

“One major change [resulting from COVID-19] concerns how potential customers want to initiate contact with real estate agents and conduct many of the first property-buying steps, such as uploading documents or participating in house tours,” the new Tracker states. Getting The Data Piece Right.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., and in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. In New York City, Amazon’s $1.2 Citi Reaction. Alexa Apology.

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MAY 13, 2019

buttressed by the adoption of EMV technology, is now leaving behind its status as the global outlier where contactless is concerned. Much like other markets around the world, consumers have quickly embraced the speed and convenience of tapping to pay,” Sanford wrote. More notably, Sanford writes, the U.S., Visa also expects to see U.S.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

With new products bolstering online sales of apparel and footwear, Nike came out ahead of Wall Street quarterly estimates. The company’s stock rose 7 percent on the news on Thursday (Dec. Nike has grown online retail partnerships over a period of more than a year, and it has also hastened the speed of new item releases.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

“With the popularity of Amazon, Pandora and Netflix, today’s consumer has the expectation that retailers will know them personally,” said Craig Alberino, CEO of Grey Jean Technologies. When they walk into the store or browse online, they expect an experience tailored to their unique needs, desires and wants.”.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Advertising technology Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firm Mediaocean has formed a blockchain partnership with Amino Payments for transparency and accountability in digital advertising, Mediaocean announced on Tuesday (Jan. It combines blockchain, advertising and payment technologies to enforce transparency in online advertising.

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JUNE 9, 2017

According to BlueCart CEO Konstantin Zvereff, the acquisition will help restaurant owners gain access to more hospitality solutions — such as technology innovations in the cloud and through mobile app developments such as mobile order-ahead — especially in New York City, where BlueCart is experiencing significant growth.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

billion on online purchases in 2017. online spending saw a growth rate of 14 percent in Q1 2018. By 2022, online retail sales are projected to go beyond $712 billion. The study, which was released by Forrester Research, shows that 98 percent of American adults already go online at least once a day. Given the 3.8

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MARCH 26, 2018

The Tesco veteran will work to boost the retailer’s online grocery business as the company’s new president, CNBC reported. There are so many ways technology can change retail and be a force for good in our lives,” Belsham said in a statement. “In Prior to that, she was the chief marketing officer at E*TRADE.

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JUNE 28, 2016

In opening its latest Bluemix Garage in New York City , IBM continues to put its money where the developers, software designers and others are. The New York City location will be IBM’s sixth, with garages currently in operation in San Francisco, Toronto, London, Nice, and Tokyo.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

The online and mobile food ordering and delivery marketplace, as well as its Seamless brand, will be the national delivery partner of Shake Shack, with direct-to-POS integration for order submission as well as menu syncing, the burger chain said in an announcement.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Customer relationship management (CRM) firm Salesforce is expanding its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer customer service technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI), Salesforce said in a press release on Tuesday (Nov. The new services were announced at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Indeed, digital apparel sellers have been modifying their tactics to take a lot of the uncertainty out of online clothing purchases. But at this point, it is also mostly table stakes in the race to bring apparel retail online. The technology has been made famous by Amazon through its checkout-free Amazon Go stores.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year. 2nd Address.

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JUNE 11, 2020

No less than Sam’s Club, Starbucks and fashion high-flyer Zara have made adjustments to online ordering and purchasing. The announcement comes after Inditex saw a 95 percent surge in online sales for the month of April alone. The answer: fewer stores and a more concerted push online.”. Zara’s announcement was the most dramatic.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Travel industry services are catering to the thousands of millennial and Gen Z travelers who are booking big trips by augmenting their platforms with online and mobile support. Travel platforms are enabling more online bookings than ever, and 83 percent of U.S. But it is our technology that creates all those sophisticated rates.

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MARCH 9, 2017

While much has been made in the past few months about Amazon’s grocery store of the future, Amazon Go isn’t the online retailer’s only brick-and-mortar play — and a new move indicates that Amazon looks to continue expanding its physical retail presence outside of the grocery space. That’s not all.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

“Penn Station is going online, and [the MTA] will enable another 50 stations this month. By June, the MTA’s goal is to have half of all New York stations enabled. Visa began this project with the idea that New York City could be the “ground zero” for contactless card ignition in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In acquisition news, Kroger recently announced its acquisition of iconic New York City-based cheese shop Murray’s Cheese. The two have yet to disclose the financial terms of the deal, but city records show that Kroger dropped $20.6 bought groceries online in 2016, up from 19 percent of households in 2014.

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MAY 11, 2020

These are hardly easy times, and as the country makes its way through the economic headwinds and social distancing that have become the hallmarks of the pandemic , the real estate market has been upended. With a nod to the real estate market at large, Uher said “ real estate is down, but it’s not out.”

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MAY 18, 2018

The digital efforts are intended to expand customer reach, as well as engagement that “uniquely positions us to increase market share and drive growth,” Nordstrom said in the call. In its top markets, the retailer is further integrating digital and physical assets across areas of its supply chain, technology, marketing and merchandising.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Recently, though, many CUs have turned to technology-driven solutions to help members more efficiently communicate their needs and feedback. Many members first engage with their CU through its website or other online portal. Communication and engagement with members is an essential part of any credit unions’ (CUs’) retention strategy.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. That’s less than New York City. It rolled out its Prime service in China in late October. Singapore, it turns out.

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JUNE 26, 2019

In the digital age of shopping for clothes and accessories, modern-day consumers don’t want retailers to entertain them: Instead, they want these merchants to bring them an easy experience, offering seamless shopping in store and online. The technology has been made famous by Amazon through its checkout-free Amazon Go stores.

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JULY 22, 2020

And 3), the onset of coronavirus, which expedited what many analysts had previously predicted would be a three-year journey to a 50-50 Online/Offline shift in retail.”. The Collective was conceived by Fayez Mohamood , co-founder and CEO of retail technology company Bluecore.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Starbucks Rewards members account for approximately 42 percent of the chain’s daily transactions, and its delivery program, Starbucks Delivers, has expanded to more than 2,700 stores in 11 markets, thanks to a partnership with Uber Eats. For more on these and other mobile order-ahead news items, download this month’s Tracker.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

In fact, the old-fashioned form of outdoor advertising is winning over digital marketing heavyweights and finding ways to thrive in the online world. Amid data sharing and online privacy controversies, Facebook recently promoted on billboards what Bloomberg called the social media operator’s “new approach to user safety and privacy.”

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of the most commonly talked-about and executed strategies in the 2020 connected commerce world is experiential marketing. But experiential marketing is also a customer-centric strategy intended to drive customer retention and strengthen the bond between retailer and consumer. Wine and cheese for the shoppers? Pop-up stores ?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

In the February 2020 Order to Eat Tracker ®, a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration, we explore the radical transformation that order-to-eat commerce is delivering to the restaurant sector, as well as the technology firms catering to it. One example is the online-only sensation Zoku Sushi , which is profiled in the OTE Tracker.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Dutch global grocery conglomerate Ahold Delhaize — the firm behind grocery behemoths Giant and Stop & Shop — has acquired a majority stake in supermarket delivery startup FreshDirect in an attempt to up the level of its digital grocery offerings amid the online shopping surge created by COVID-19. “We Farmstead Picks Up $7.9M

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Parking has remained a nightmarish endeavor for modern drivers, even as technology has developed to help them find sought-after spaces. This has been a challenge especially in urban areas like London, Montreal and New York City.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Now, with this shift, retailers are creating engaging experiences that digitally-connected consumers can tap into online with the help of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies. In addition, this technology can help train employees with virtual experiences.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Consumers in the key luxury market have been buying more handbags and watches at home instead of abroad in recent months, a trend that [Louis Vuitton] Chief Financial Officer Jean-Jacques Guiony has previously flagged.”. Online Push. This approach can be challenging for luxury brands , which prefer to sell through their own platforms.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Big brands are opening big stores in big cities, but Nike is taking a decidedly digital approach with its New York City flagship: that is, the customer payment and shopping experience in the new space is powered by mobile technology. The retailer’s comparable sales slid by 5.4

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Diners, as it stands, spend more via online channels or mobile than when buying in person, which makes delivery rewarding for restaurants and moves them to encourage ordering through those channels. The brand also rolled out a new platform for online ordering that is said to have come out ahead of expectations.

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