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.

Retail 180

Retail Houston Minnesota Austin 180

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

After a 7-Eleven location near the University of Texas got swamped with customers after a football game , the store had to stay open later than 11:00 p.m. So c-store owners had a captive market: Consumers, who had to walk into their stores to pay for their gas, saw all the merchandise for sale while they were there. to 11:00 p.m.

Texas 100

Texas Retail Dallas Seattle 100

Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The new branch will expand operations in the Fort Worth market Community Banking Feature3 Feature Retail Banking Branch Technology/ATMs Customers People.

Fort Worth 78

Fort Worth Texas ATM Community Bank 78

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

Retail 198

Retail San Francisco Houston Branding 198

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

To differentiate his eCommerce site from the many other sock sellers, Williams came up with the idea of introducing a vending machine for socks – otherwise known as an automated retail unit – at the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall. It sits at the Powell/Market Street Bart entrance of the mall’s concourse level. The Market.

Retail 140

Retail San Francisco Austin Samsung 140

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft.

St. Louis 129

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

To bring nutrient-dense meal options into buildings, prepared meal companies are turning to unattended retail. Alpaca Market , for instance, has a network of vending machines and smart fridges in Austin, Texas. Alpaca Market sources local and organic ingredients whenever possible, and also stocks the devices with seasonal menus.

Retail 108

Retail Austin Texas Marketing 108

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Vichot pointed out that the market is ready for quick, healthy food. At the same time, according to the latest PYMNTS Automated Retail Tracker , the estimated number of vending machines in the U.S. The Automated Retail Market . is about 4.5

Retail 108

Retail New York City New York Chicago 108

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing convenience store designs that let consumers skip the checkout line and pay for their purchases with their mobile phones. 7-Eleven , in one case, is experimenting with a cashierless store concept at its corporate headquarters in Texas. Mike Motz, CEO of Staples U.S.

Retail 143

Retail Dallas Massachusetts Technology 143

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

CEO Elon Musk raised the possibility of shuttering its stores and selling only online , the California electric vehicle and clean energy company is planning to expand its retail presence. Europe has been a tough market to break into given that electric vehicle sales are dominated by Renault and Peugeot, domestic automakers.

El Paso 109

El Paso Retail Tucson US 109

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Registration is open for small merchants at MainStreetEXPO.com , a website created to assist local companies with selling to a larger market, according to a Friday (Oct. The website was created to provide a simpler, more cost-effective method for small merchants to market to the country through the web. "We 2) announcement.

Montana 235

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Retailers that are unable to call on substantial financial reserves are struggling in the current environment. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. Mobile shopping is growing and a key focus of retailers going into the holiday season. to less than $0.29. Sears Holdings Corp.

Retail 100

Retail Marketing Branding Austin 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Amid London’s sluggish home sales market, billionaire Henry Cheng Kar-Shun’s firm intends to create its inaugural rental homes at an East London development. Knight Dragon has teamed with Texas-based Lincoln Property Company and MGT, the British real estate investor, to create 500 rental apartments, Bloomberg reported.

Marketing 130

Marketing Texas Taxes Tools 130

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Listings for employment at a Texas call center also reportedly reflect the launch of Walmart Insurance Services. The retailer is said to have active postings for licensed insurance agents and Medicare sales supervisors that read, “Yes, you read that right, Walmart now has an insurance agency.”.

South Carolina 150

South Carolina Arkansas Company Georgia 150

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. Retailers in high-tax states have largely not been able to build themselves up or expand online beyond their local markets to the same extent, Rogers said. .

Retail 109

Retail Taxes Virginia South Dakota 109

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Brick-and-mortar fashion retailers are developing in-store experiences to encourage customer loyalty. markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio. The retailer, which has 1,143 stores globally, closes an average of around 15 stores annually.

Branding 129

Branding Retail Columbus Las Vegas 129

Banking Exchange

APRIL 22, 2020

S&P Global Market Intelligence has revealed the biggest banks in the US and the world by assets Management Feature Financial Trends Financial Research Retail Banking Feature3.

Texas 78

Texas US Trends Retail 78

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

In retail, Macy’s and Simon Property Group are heading up the list of reopenings. Data: 1,033: Number of new COVID-19 cases Texas had by May 1. 39.2%: Share of consumers who shop for retail goods online more often than they did on March 6. healthcare market. healthcare market. All this, Today in Data.

System 130

System Texas Retail Data 130

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

Retail 108

Retail Georgia Houston Dallas 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As coronavirus cases surge in the United States, some supermarket retailers are re-instituting buying restrictions on specific products such as toilet paper, USA Today reported. H-E-B, for its part, supervises over 400 retail locations, primarily in Texas. has approximately 190 retail locations throughout the country.

District of Columbia 131

District of Columbia San Antonio Texas Pennsylvania 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The deal, the report stated, would result in a bank with over $550 billion in assets and the fifth-largest retail bank in the country. The acquisition could have the effect of boosting PNC's presence in the southeast and west where the markets are growing quickly, according to WSJ. A deal would also signal a BBVA pullback from the U.S.,

Report 247

Report Alabama US Texas 247

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.

Retail 100

Retail St. Louis San Diego Los Angeles 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The company has teamed up with Regions Bank to provide the possibility of virtual loans to consumers in Texas, the South and the Midwest. and Carvana has next-day delivery in 146 markets. Carvana , the company that lets consumers browse and purchase vehicles online, has added a new virtual financing option, according to reports.

Trends 134

Trends Retail Fort Worth Regional 134

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. 5G Potential. A glimpse of the 5G future recently came from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Mobile 168

Mobile Indianapolis North Carolina Minneapolis 168

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus has decided to pivot away from discount stores to focus more on its luxury customers, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The retailer has plans to close over half of its Last Call discount stores. The company is also shuttering two centers for distribution in Texas.

Texas 131

Texas Training Retail Strategy 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When Miami-based Retail e-Commerce Ventures (REV) recently announced that it purchased the remains of twice-bankrupt RadioShack , it wasn’t some one-off strategy to acquire distressed assets for pennies on the dollar. It’s a plan the company describes as “transforming well-known, distressed retail brands into eCommerce success stories.”

Branding 254

Branding Retail New Jersey Miami 254

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Trading FinTech Robinhood Markets Inc. The funding highlights investors' interest to provide funds to the firm at a time when it has seen the rewards of higher trading activity on the part of retail traders amid the pandemic. In August, Robinhood Markets unveiled a $200 million Series G fundraising, bringing its valuation to $11.2

Arizona 178

Arizona Customer Experience Texas Millennials 178

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

Retail 100

Retail North Carolina Branding Washington 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

With CVS Health on the path to meeting its goal of revamping more than 1,000 of its stores, the health retailer is reportedly seeing positive early results. CVS rolled out three HealthHUB concept stores in Texas close to the conclusion of 2018 and grew the offering to 50 locations in four markets by the end of last year.

Puerto Rico 131

Puerto Rico Fort Worth North Carolina Texas 131

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

The retailer is officially opening its Intelligent Retail Lab at a Long Island Neighborhood Market grocery store location, the Associated Press reported. In November, it was reported that Walmart planned to bring an Intelligent Retail Lab to a Levittown, New York store to test associate and shopper experiences.

Texas 168

Texas Retail New York Technology 168

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“No other platform features the PICKUP Good Guys, a curated network of vetted independent contractors delivering big and heavy goods, enabling PICKUP to provide retailers greater value across their assortment than any other solution on the market today,” she said. Postmates was launched in 2011 and is based in Silicon Valley.

Dallas 150

Dallas Texas Retail Customer Experience 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

The coronavirus struck when JCPenney was already struggling to survive in a fiercely competitive retail market, one in which an ever-growing number of shoppers are choosing to buy online instead of at their local mall. In the wake of the virus, JCPenney was forced to close more than 800 stores, but has since reopened at least 500.

United States 158

United States Texas New York Retail 158

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Texas might be known for its BBQ, chicken-fried steak or chili, but food innovators in the Lone Star State are making their mark with meat-free products inspired by the local culinary landscape. The company uses the prickly pear because it is the Texas state plant.). The Market.

Texas 139

Texas New York City Denver social media 139

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

It’s difficult to say what retail and payments use cases will emerge from these early 5G deployments in South Korea – but they are coming, and not just from that country. A big part of the 5G pitch involves its retail capabilities. The work toward 5G services that could directly impact payments and commerce has started.

Las Vegas 161

Las Vegas Los Angeles North Carolina Indianapolis 161

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

The offering was led by Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Jefferies Financial Group and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Bloomberg reported, with the company trending on the Nasdaq under the symbol BIGC. The most common users, according to Bloomberg, include fashion, health and beauty, food and beverage and manufacturing and automotive retailers.

Software 194

Software social media Austin Texas 194

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. There’s a lot of energy in the southern half of Texas, and it’s not just the resources that power our homes and cars. Some clients who have relationships with ANB have expanded their businesses into downstate markets.

Texas 182

Texas San Antonio Community Bank Community 182

BankInovation

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Bank’s investment in digitalization has enabled it to reach beyond its branch network as it plans to expand to seven new markets. The $668 billion bank is expanding to Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Texas and Tennessee, according to its presentation at the BancAnalyst Association of Boston Conference on Thursday.

North Carolina 59

North Carolina Tennessee Arizona Georgia 59