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How Payment Platforms Connect Merchants With Augmented Reality

PYMNTS

To let shoppers discover and try out new products, payment companies are helping merchants launch augmented reality (AR) experiences within social media platforms. The firm chose a Kenyan brand, Huddah Cosmetics , as the first social commerce merchant on its Mula service to roll out the platform.

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The Trends Driving Retail Into The New Decade

PYMNTS

Change came from various areas for retail in 2019. Retail merchandising was, at best, a hit-or-miss system in its heyday, Nextail CEO and Co-Founder Joaquin Villalba told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Analytics, too, was another hot spot for retail change in 2019 and will continue to be for the 2020s. Role of Data.

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Does Destination Maternity Chain Bankruptcy Signal Larger Trends?

PYMNTS

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., Another one seems ready to bite the dust. Larger Trends.

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For Visa, She’s Next Is What’s Next

PYMNTS

In addition, the firm said that it is launching the second phase of its advertising campaign known as “Money is Changing,” and where the campaign will train a spotlight on millennial women, with focus on steps they have taken to tackle and overcome money-related challenges. For example, Simon said, the Jan. India and Mexico.

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Winning the Customer

Banking 2020

That’s why digital capabilities have revolutionized every industry from retail and healthcare to banking—if the same services can be had from half a world away, and for a lower cost, why not avail of them? No one understands this trend better than those pesky millennials. When we’re online, we can go anywhere, and surely do.

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PYMNTS’ 2017 New Year’s Resolutions

PYMNTS

The startup drew jealous ire from competitor Facebook/Instagram , success from millennials and confused befuddlement from baby boomers this year, along with a $1.81 Amazon plans to add another 600 million to its retail family by breaking into Southeast Asia, starting with Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Resolution: Study up. .

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

CB Insights

Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.