PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Social shopping is the newest hot trend fueled by the pandemic, as new startups are emerging and established brands such as Macy’s are catching up to capture this area. In retail technology, Yotpo is helping brands capture the digital shift by making a compressed marketing stack for online shopping.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

When he first came up with the idea for an eCommerce technology company, Co-founder and CEO Finbarr Taylor was in the process of plowing through this story of medieval Japan. Shogun the company makes the details of running an eCommerce site easy enough for its users to live and profit from despite the deep technology that powers it.

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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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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 Costco seems to be taking in China. Chinese competitors are cramming Apple’s same technology into their smartphones, but are charging a fraction of the cost.

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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. and Carvana has next-day delivery in 146 markets.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2020

Corporates cannot expect to weather the economic and social changes taking place by virtue of their market clout and mastery of traditional supply chains and distribution channels. This environment requires enterprise-scale companies to forge new digital paths to market and form more direct relationships with consumers and end-users.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

What does it take for a fashion brand to stay on top of the trends? A lot of market data. A lot of brands are having a hard time keeping up with the pace of consumer changes,” StyleSage ’s Director of Marketing and Digital Strategy Elizabeth Shobert told PYMNTS in an interview. Its technology works like Google , in a sense. “We

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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

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

While most retail marketers have similar goals in 2017 in terms of enhancing consumer engagement and increasing sales, the online realm of marketing outreach remains king. The data shows a significant amount of retail marketers selecting these channels, at 68 percent for email and 54 percent for social media.

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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 10, 2019

From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers. While the pharmacy retailer had slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores, the rollout was subsequently publicized.

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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

JULY 31, 2020

The ongoing pandemic (COVID) has forced the fashion industry to vamp up the technologies which can make people safer as well as give [customers] an enriching experience. The fashion Industry is seen as one of the most competitive markets where something which is trending today may find itself in the corner the next day.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Retailers are facing a personalization paradox. Recent studies are showing counter trends right now that are proving the adage that consumers want what they want — even if it’s a contradiction. Other surveys reinforce the need for personalization at retail. But it also shows that privacy is paramount.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 4, 2023

Market volatility. Markets will continue to shift profoundly as tech players adapt to a landscape where economic uncertainty looms large. 11 Tech Trends To Watch Closely in 2023. 11 Tech Trends To Watch Closely in 2023. Get the free report to see the top tech trends poised to reshape industries in 2023. First name.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. The clothing market is a quickly evolving place, a fact showcased by Amazon’s quickly increasing share of the market.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. Retailers can engage with an “AI lite” strategy that produces lookalike customer data and a level of predictive analytics. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer. Not so fast.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The approach bucks a recent technology industry trend to move away from offering free subscriptions. Apple TV+ and Apple Card also are sold as part of the Apple One bundled subscription offering, which the company in its marketing materials calls “the ultimate collection of Apple services for one low monthly price.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Tim Moran, senior vice president of product and marketing at Worldnet , told PYMNTS that the age of automated retail is dawning — but there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Moran said the overall trend toward automation is being driven by the consumer, and in particular, by millennial consumers.

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FICO

JANUARY 12, 2022

I recently sat down with Sidhartha Dash, Research Director at Chartis Research, for a conversation about the technology and trends in enterprise fraud management. Fraud and Financial Crime Technology Convergence. Should you centralize or converge fraud and financial crimes operations and technology?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And where consumer demand blossoms, market interest follows – a rule that is particularly obvious in recent weeks, as players of all sizes and descriptions are beefing up their BNPL offerings just in time for the annual holiday shopping season. Affirm Eyes the Public Markets. million users access to checking and savings accounts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Coffee retailers are tapping into digital technology that helps them grow their reach beyond their stores, especially in China, where competition has been brewing between Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee and Starbucks. Luckin is hardly the only retailer tapping into the potential of vending machines.

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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.

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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. Chinese competitors are cramming the same technology as Apple in their smartphones but are charging a fraction of the cost.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Kiosks are gaining more power in retail, especially as it becomes ever more obvious that consumers are not quite ready to cut ties with physical forms of buying, contrary to the early fever dreams of the eCommerce age. The trend is playing out with increasing force outside the U.S., as a recent Amazon move has demonstrated.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

One example in retail and payments is tech incubators — specifically, those run by specific companies and brands, a trend that shows signs of growing even more in the 2020s (which, let us remind you, are only a few months away). This QR code can lead to a more expensive transaction and a less seamless experience compared to NFC.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Consumers shopping in droves via eCommerce channels is hardly a piece of breaking news — for the better part of a decade, that has been obvious to anyone watching the retail space. They are, Fiserv Senior Vice President of Retail Solutions John Nicola told Karen Webster in a recent conversation — and in great numbers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. The latest Automated Retail Tracker explores these trends and new developments in the unattended retail space.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

High-level market intelligence about the $18 billion expected to be invested over the next three years is a major focus of the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS , which serves as a bimonthly breakdown of developments in this rapidly growing business sector. Amazon Go’ Cashless. UR Making Me Laugh.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

households, retailers that enable digital payments while dropping cash are less than convenient. Unattended retail operators are taking a fresh look at keeping cash acceptance on the menu to appease lawmakers who recently issued legislation intended to ensure the inclusion of unbanked residents. A round the Unattended Retail World.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

Retail is getting more visual, and that stands to be the case for locally-focused merchants as they compete for attention and consumer dollars with the likes of Amazon and Walmart. Indeed, augmented reality is among the tools that local retailers look ready to adopt for further use. Contextualizing Commerce.

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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. The move, however, was publicized in the fall.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Speaking at a virtual conference about the future of money, European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Yves Mersch said a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a game-changer. “A However, a retail CBDC, accessible to all, would be a game-changer, so a retail CBDC is now our main focus.”. We have to be ready.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

Where many individuals and industries had previously been slow or reluctant to take up new technologies or processes, they had no choice but to do so in 2020, and many things took on completely different forms. It’s a trend — and investment — that’s expected to grow in 2021 and beyond. CPGs’ Big Bet. QSRs’ Big Pivot.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

That’s the case with the new employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that retail jobs held steady between January and February. Manufacturing, mining, wholesale and retail trade, and transportation and warehousing saw little change in employment for the month, the BLS said. Sometimes no news is good news.

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