PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Facing a downturn in customer foot traffic and fierce competition from major online players like Amazon, some physical retailers are now turning to Payments-as-a-Service solutions as a way to level the playing field by improving the customer experience.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Online pet food and products retailer Chewy has found another way to connect with pet owners and ultimately fuel sales, telehealth sessions with licensed veterinarians. Steven Carter , CEO of online platform TeleVet , recently chatted with Karen Webster about the growing interest in telemedicine for pets. 28) press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. In preparation for the holiday season this year, the retailer has updated its website and also plans to have a larger array of electronics, toys and fashion products.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Amazon has opened its first physical store in Massachusetts. Located at the Natick Mall in Natick, Massachusetts, the 4-star store is the fifth physical location nationwide for the eCommerce giant. Every product in the stores are rated 4 stars and above, is a top seller or is new and trending on Amazon’s online platform.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Supreme Court ruling has started the ball rolling for states and municipalities to tax eCommerce – specifically, out-of-state firms and online marketplaces. Data: $57M: Expected value of state revenue to be generated by Arizona’s online transaction tax in 2020. 12,000: Number of different sales and use taxes in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The Saudi Arabia-based company hopes to take advantage of the surge in demand for its online delivery business due to the shutdown. The company’s retail revenue exceeded $1 billion in 2019. In February, Reflexis Systems , a Massachusetts provider of workforce management, announced a partnership with BinDawood.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The move comes as the retailer seeks to top the $1 billion mark in sales, Chain Store Age reported. “We Today, over 30 percent of our sales are generated digitally, we have optimized our retail footprint and have the talent and infrastructure to capitalize on our strengths.”. By 2022, online retail sales will go beyond $712 billion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

On October 4, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) issued its final four recreational marijuana licenses to businesses, meaning legal marijuana will soon be available for purchase. Massachusetts joins a handful of states, including Colorado, Washington and Maine, that have taken steps to legalize recreational marijuana.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, Massachusetts Gov. A new NPD Group report , which offers research to retailers, said business is probably not going well. But online orders represent only a small share of restaurant orders, only 13 percent of off-premise dollars. Charlie Baker ordered restaurants and bars to close on March 17.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the legislation requiring all brick-and-mortar retailers to accept cash was unanimously approved by the N.J. The bill, which is set to go before the full state Senate, excludes retailers inside airports from the cash requirement, as well as sales made online and by telephone or mail.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

A former eBay communications chief and veteran public relations executive was involved in a campaign to cyberstalk and harass a Massachusetts couple behind a newsletter critical of the online retailer, according to a Bloomberg report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

After testing out pop-up shops last year, digital furniture retailer Wayfair plans to open the doors to an outlet store in Kentucky. As it stands, Appriss Retail data indicates that merchandise returns have led to $351 billion in lost sales.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The Boston-based online sports gambling company announced Friday (June 19) it will sell 16 million shares of its stock. For the first three months of 2020, DraftKings, which has 800 employees in Massachusetts, posted a net loss of $68.7 billion. . “I million in the first quarter, Boston Business Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Instacart, the online grocery company, announced Tuesday (March 12) it has expanded alcohol delivery for customers across the U.S. Instacart said customers in participating states will now see a new in-app banner that lets them shop directly from beer, wine and spirit “aisles” of select retailers on the Instacart marketplace.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Great news for innovative retailers. Labor laws were the impetus for French grocery conglomerates Casino Guichard Perrachon and Carrefour to begin experimenting with automated retail. The move helps both retailers circumvent laws that prevent grocers in France from making employees work late-night hours or on Sunday afternoons.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Now that Walmart is officially enjoined in a bid for TikTok with the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, the jury is not out on whether the deal can actually happen, the jury is out on whether Walmart can make TikTok fit into its digital retailing needs. I think there’s a lot of different synergies there.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Retailers have long enticed consumers with rebates, cash back and other rewards. The rapid rise and adoption of instant payments among retailers has solved this issue. Online rebates are becoming more popular, too. Rebate platforms are not alone in recognizing and reacting to the growing demand for instant payments, however.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Looking at the past several weeks of PYMNTS consumer survey data, four times more consumers are buying groceries online instead of going into the grocery store these days. Smith suffers from a chronic medical condition affecting her connective tissue and laments the fact that she can’t use her SNAP to easily shop online.

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MyBankTracker

AUGUST 17, 2020

Online shopping isn’t only convenient. This company offers point-of-sale financing when shopping with retailers. If shopping through the Klarna app, you can use this solution with any retailer. Or, select this payment method when shopping with select retailers online. How does Klarna work?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

To serve customers who want to shop in stores and online, retailers and solution providers are working to offer a unified retail experience across multiple channels. According to the latest PYMNTS mPOS Tracker , almost two thirds – or 63 percent – of retailers plan to offer this option within the next three years.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

The funding also included participation from existing investors Synchrony, MassMutual Ventures, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and Wellington Management. financial institutions, as well as leading healthcare, insurance, technology and retail companies. Payfone serves six of the top 10 U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Wells Fargo: The beleaguered bank does not have many champions, and perhaps least among its fans is Massachusetts Sen. And physical retail continued to show across the board weakness – net sales and brick and mortar stores was down 5.0 percent less according to the National Retail Federation. Elizabeth Warren.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

cities this year, with big brands testing retail concepts “in real life” with temporary spaces. And, in some cases, brick-and-mortar retailers brought these concepts to their sales floors with their own takes on pop-up shops. Pop-up shops welcomed consumers in malls and major U.S.

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Perficient

JANUARY 7, 2021

From retail to consumer goods, online and mobile sales are up significantly. The omnichannel (online-offline) approach is essential, but digital has the opportunity to make the most significant impact. For example, some states, such as California and Massachusetts, plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by the year 2035.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Waltham, Massachusetts-based eCommerce solutions company Yottaa has made a big splash in the commerce space in the past few years. Its SaaS platform for accelerating eCommerce has been picked up by major retailers, including Puma, eBags, King Arthur Flour, Jo-Ann Fabric and Moosejaw, to name a few. Think back a few years ago.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the help of connected car technology, the morning and evening commutes are no longer just a time for consumers to drive to and from work: These periods of the day between home and work life are also becoming a time where retailers can engage shoppers in contextual commerce experiences. More than three in 10 commuters — or 33.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

As online shopping is showing no signs of slowing down, it has affected shopping malls greatly resulting in less foot traffic alongside less dollars spent in brick-and-mortar locations. Are shopping malls doomed to fall by the wayside along with retail trends of the past? Not quite yet. They’re evolving and frankly, they’re packed.’.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

And in Quincy, Massachusetts, The Pour Yard has debuted an "igloo" concept to help protect guests from the cold weather and also keep them socially distant. Grubhub and the Restaurant Strong Fund are aiming to help with $2 million grants for independent restaurants through the winter, according to a report from Restaurant Business Online.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, BJ’s Wholesale Club doesn’t always attract the same level of interest as its larger counterparts at Costco or Sam’s Club — mostly because those competitors are much larger. BJ’s is the smallest warehouse retail player in the business. A Unified Omnicommerce Focus.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

SUNY Stony Brook is one of many schools who have teamed up with Amazon as the official book retailer for the school. Students are buying their learning materials online. The bookstore at University of Massachusetts Amherst now only sells novels and campus merchandise. Sweatshirts, baseball caps and other garb, sure. Not so much.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Earlier this month, Wayfair announced that it is opening two pop-up shops at the beginning of November: One of the stores will be located at the Natick Mall in Massachusetts and the other will be at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. “We The Boston-based company generated $5.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Building The (Retail) Use Cases. The Federal Reserve said this year that its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. As reported, the company also said bought $50 million of bitcoin to hold on its balance sheet.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

Amazon’s expansion into physical commerce was a similarly non-linear progression: news that the retail giant was expanding its grocery efforts beyond Whole Foods came right before the firm announced plans to scale back its pop-up shops. Massachusetts already has a law requiring cash acceptance. So too, is Costco.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

The lockers, of course, are located in-store and offer a place for customers to pick up their online orders. We all know the lure of buying things online and having them delivered, from clothes to electronics to meals. A strongly emerging vertical is retail stores,” said Oliver. “We locations throughout the year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The industry is booming, and consumers who shop for beauty products have no shortage of brand options in stores and online. In a recent interview, Lord explained how NARS is working to carve out its niche by investing in data and personalization tools for both online and offline customers. It’s also seeing a similar shift in the U.S.,

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