PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

It seems that old-fashioned video games are that hot new item, assuming they are in pristine condition and come in factory packaging, according to a new report in The New York Times. But there is always some kind of market for collectibles, and not just video games from a generation ago. Take the general toy market.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Borrowing from the playbook of Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart reportedly intends to begin a free video streaming service in India in the coming months. The eTailer is looking to launch video streaming for Flipkart Plus loyalty program members by September before the peak Diwali shopping season, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Video is critical,” Mullin noted. As a microbrand, we have to figure out ways to compete, and if a picture tells a thousand stories, a video tells a million.”. From a marketing standpoint, it doesn’t make sense,” she said. Before the pandemic, a good deal of the company’s marketing and sales came from trade shows and events.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Online brokerages Robinhood, Charles Schwab and others were hit by outages again as the markets continued to reel and amateur traders on Reddit fueled the rapid rise of GameStop and other stocks, according to reports on Wednesday (Jan. Troubled video game retailer GameStop saw shares escalate almost 2,000 percent since the start of 2021.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2018

P2P payments service Zelle was once not too keen on social media, but its new video message feature might indicate a change of heart. The video feature, which is being marketed on Zelle's website seems a little, well. The feature works this way: the user adds the name of the person who owes them […].

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. The company’s digital ad market share is expected to go up 2 percent this year, from 6.8 Video Ad Growth.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Advancing its advertising efforts, Pinterest said that it plans to offer a promoted video tool, which allows marketers to gain more real estate than the platform’s typical grid-style layout, TechCrunch reported. The news comes as Pinterest is expanding its Shopping Ads tool to reach hundreds of marketers and advertisers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Regardless of what happens with the sale of TikTok, social commerce could become a retail factor to reckon with in Q4, and is definitely ready for its close-up in 2021. In fact a new report puts the global market for social commerce at $89.4 billion this year and says it will reach $604.5 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 31.4

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

It’s not enough to just be a retailer these days, it seems. The retail chain reportedly has been in discussions with Triad Retail Media , the retail advertiser owned by WPP PLC, to acquire it. The company’s digital ad market share is expected to go up 2 percent this year, from 6.8 Video Ad Growth.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

Amazon, in an attempt to capture a piece of the $129 billion digital advertising space, will sell video ad spots on its mobile app, according to a report from Bloomberg. The company’s digital ad market share is expected to go up 2 percent this year, from 6.8 They are expected to spend almost $16 billion on video ads , which is up 22.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

In a time period dominated by retail sales declines, the hardest hit has been the automotive industry. While March retail sales dropped 8 percent overall, new cars dropped as much as 36.9 For example, a company called Flick Fusion has introduced a video platform for dealers to communicate with customers remotely.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

However, AR is now rewriting the rules of the retail game. A growing number of retailers are leveraging the technology to entice customers with a “try before you buy” shopping experience, having already been adopted by several big names in retail, including the likes of Walmart and Target.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Online giant Amazon is reportedly developing a video game streaming service that wouldn’t involve a peripheral and would solely exist on the internet, according to reports. The video game industry has been steadily changing from a physical disc business into a download-type service, with the proliferation of faster online download speeds.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

Facebook is gearing up to enter the hardware market with Portal, its video chat device aimed at Amazon’s Echo. Facebook is reportedly looking to market Portal at a price of $499, but could go lower to spark demand. A formal announcement about the device is planned for May. ”

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Perficient

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This will now be the ‘new normal” for customer onboarding across all products and services, whether retail and commercial. Marketing : The financial industry will use videos to engage with customers, replacing FAQs, and product demos. Video tools to engage for a more human touch.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

After investing in over 800 firms, Chinese tech company Tencent Holdings said it would bolster its international investments and in industries like “smart retail.” However, with the development of Tencent’s WeChat mini-app ecosystem and payment platform, we will pay more attention to smart retail and payment platforms in future.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

News came last week that Facebook is trying to get into the video streaming subscription business and attempt to steal market share from YouTube and Amazon. This is the first time Facebook is trying to sell subscriptions directly to users without an intermediary, indicating eagerness to enter the video streaming business.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Google is testing a new feature that has shopping links placed underneath YouTube videos, according to reports. The feature has been seen under some Nike videos. Google Express is attracting a number of retailers, and continues to grow, and earlier this year, Google also started testing shoppable ads in image searches.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

retail reopening. Most reports of mall reopenings and other retail post-pandemic debuts in the U.S. Down the street at Altar’d State, during the store’s shutdown, employees posted videos of their clothing marketed to young women. The station also reported that retailers who did see crowds followed strict guidelines.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

QVC, the television home shopping network, is releasing a video shopping app for the iPhone, to create what the company calls “immersive, engaging, video-based shopping experiences” in a mobile platform. The app is called Q Anytime, and it will have constantly changing shopping content on video in segments of five to eight minutes.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Regardless of whether you think it’s a good idea for the market or a legal misstep, the T-Mobile and Sprint merger is going to put 5G on a faster track. For retailers, 5G stands to be an opportunity to get closer to consumers and amp up the in-store experience. 5G also makes video chat viable. But one thing is clear.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Some of us barely sleep that many hours, but for the average consumer, that’s how much time is spent in front of video content daily. The only thing that keeps eyes on a web page longer, said Caidar, is video, which holds a consumer’s attention for 30, 60 and even 90 seconds at a time. Five hours a day.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine and newspaper advertisement from, say, before the 1960s can be fun and illuminating. There is also a capture button to trigger video or photo shooting on either side. They record at 60 fps and capture in HD.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Customer service should be fit for a king," Burger King exclaimed in a video about the guerilla-marketing campaign. Daniel Schröder, marketing director at Burger King Sweden and Denmark, told Adweek that the new social media push grew out of an effort to fix the chain’s own online communications with guests. A free Whopper.

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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

APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. We want our users to see themselves in our marketing materials and identify with those people.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. The user can then upload photos or videos about the car, and the app will automatically sort them into different categories, like interior, exterior and engine or drivetrain. This is the first time eBay has allowed direct video uploads.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Instead of sitting alone in the dark, users can “hang out over video chat, explore products and shoppable content, see what others are browsing and shop together,” the company added. While the tech itself may not be all that new, consumers’ comfort with digital video and interaction has steadily grown over the years.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

With personal interactions under scrutiny due to the COVID-19 disruption, it’s a good time for retailers to take stock of their mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. The company announced this week that it has signed high-end fashion retailer Anine Bing. The first is Perfect.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

By 2023, manufacturers and retailers will have to donate, reuse or recycle the goods” under a program that the French prime minister called the first of its kind from any national government. Amazon apparently played a part, indirectly at least, in turning public opinion against such retail waste. Amazon’s Role. Liquidation Trends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The global retail automation market is expected to exceed more than $19.5 The next five years will see rapid growth of the automation market, but what’s driving this and which industries are seeing the greatest uptake? Consumers are mixed on automation and self-service in retail and other settings. Inventory Automation.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Business buyers, including retailers and interior designers, often prefer to view products in person in order to gain a better grasp on a product’s minute details, like fabric texture or true color. If a retailer comes in and wants to see a product before they order 10 of them, we offer that type of visibility,” said Hatcher.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

To provide a soundtrack for brick-and-mortar retail stores, Apple has been quietly testing out an Apple Music version for use in business, including at Harrods and Levi Strauss & Co. The offering has turned its focus to retail chains with 100 locations or more, but it reportedly plans to expand into small as well as mid-sized businesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2017

Google could be next to roll out a streaming video service – Google Unplugged – as soon as February. Google Unplugged is slated to be operated by Google-owned YouTube and will be yet another on-demand subscription option among the likes of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, Sling Orange and Vevo.

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