PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

By some accounts, the 2018 holiday season is going to be a bang-up year for retailers. retailers are expected to increase 4.8 percent this year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF) — well above the 3.9 percent growth seen by the retail market one year ago. Holiday sales for U.S.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Case in point, Stockwell: a self-service retail venture that got off on a very wrong foot with customers by, among other things, choosing the wrong name. The Washington Post branded Bodega the most hated startup in America. When Stockwell launched in September of 2017, it went by a different name: Bodega.

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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.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 13, 2020

WaFd, formerly Washington Federal Bank, is offering interest-free lines of credit of up to $200,000 to small businesses as a result of the pandemic. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, rattling the economy, banks are reevaluating their business propositions to clients.?

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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. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The program is available in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. . Instacart has partnered with more than 500 national and local retailers in several sectors, including grocery items, beauty products, wellness merchandise and electronics.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

In a press release , Instacart said customers in 14 states, as well as Washington D.C., can now have alcohol delivered in as soon as an hour from national, regional and local grocers as well as wine and liquor stores. and is available from one-third of its 300-plus retail partners. ”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., In a press release, Amazon said it teamed up with Enterprise Nation , which supports more than 90,000 U.K. planning to launch pop-up stores to give small businesses the chance to sell on High Street. country manager at Amazon, in the press release.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

To avoid publicity, retail stores in U.S. Of the approximately 2,500 retail stores that weren’t department stores and closed in shopping malls in the U.S. Many important national retailers are closing … where there hasn’t been fanfare, and it hasn’t been as obvious,” Sullivan said. “A

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s arguably no more polarizing macroeconomic issue in the retail world than the fate of the American mall. The problems start with how retailers view and serve the customer. It was an amalgamation of numerous challenges, either ignored or wrongly addressed, that has led to the question of relevance plaguing the industry today.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

On the positive side is the retailing trade group the National Retail Federation ( NRF ). Neil Saunders, managing director of research firm GlobalData PLC’s retail division, projects $26.4 It’s retailers’ first big test. billion in spending for elementary and high school, down 6.4 percent from last year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Just last week, the company announced the national expansion of Instacart Pickup, a new grocery click-and-collect service that provides customers with broadened delivery and/or pickup options, enabling them to order via Instacart and pick up the groceries at retailers. At that time, the company had a valuation of $4.35

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Burnett also serves as COO of a multistate cannabis business and was the former Washington, D.C. policy manager at the Drug Policy Alliance’s Office of National Affairs. Proponents say the legislation would eliminate federal concerns in states where marijuana is legal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

The prescription delivery service of Instacart lets customers of Costco finish their complete shopping trip through the web and comes after a multi-state experiment in Washington and California. As it stands, Instacart partners with over 350 local, regional, and national retailers to provide delivery from over 25,000 stores.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

Shoppers in 14 states along with Washington, D.C. can now have alcohol delivered in as quickly as an hour from grocers at the local, regional and national level, in addition to wine and liquor stores. Beyond Colorado, Instacart said in an announcement on Tuesday (March 12) it has expanded alcohol delivery for customers across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

We continue to work with our member stations to fully realize a complete local/national listening experience on NPR One. The rub, the backbone of the system and, until about 15 years ago, the way NPR — the Washington D.C. So Why Should A Retailer Care? Until then, we’ve decided not to promote on air.”. Ahhh, local stations.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2016

Although some fans have already begun burning his jersey, too, Patrick Rishe, director of the business and sports program at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. It remains to be seen if Durant’s decision will impact him and his brand as negatively as James’ move to Miami did at the time. It will only help his brand.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The National Football League (NFL) and pizza quick service restaurant (QSR) Papa John’s made news when they agreed to end their sponsorship agreement, but Pizza Hut has since signed up to be the league’s official pizza sponsor — and it’s reportedly paying more for it than Paper John’s did, according to the Washington Post.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

7) the national expansion of Instacart Pickup, a new grocery click-and-collect service. In a press release , the company said Instacart Pickup provides customers with expanded delivery and/or pickup options, enabling them to order via Instacart and pick up the groceries at retailers. ”

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious-disease expert, told The Washington Post. Across the pond in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed another strict national lockdown aimed at halting the coronavirus’ spread. Office for National Statistics , one in 100 people in England have COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2018

National Selfie Day has passed into the history books once again. The founding hero of National Selfie Day — not that he receives his full recognition among the selfie masses — is a U.S. Retailers are also relying more on selfies — or at least experimenting with the form. We are now in the golden age of the selfie.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Looks like retail sales are back on the street. With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. Part of that may be solved through personal contact.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2016

A Washington, D.C.-area Giant is just the latest retailer making it harder for consumers to purchase gift cards with the intent to fight growing fraud. Gift cards are a challenge,” Mallory Duncan, general counsel at the National Retail Federation, told WSJ.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Two government officials from European nations have advocated to have watchdogs engage in preventative measures against Big Tech to reduce their strength and handle on the market, according to reports. And so I made some mistakes — you know, just saying, ‘Hey, I never go to Washington, D.C.’ Regulation. a London news outlet, reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

We are strong believers that the future of grocery retail involves getting customers the best quality food, exactly when they want it, with the best customer service. The funds, according to the firm, will go toward expanding the online grocery business nationally. Even retailers' rationing is a demonstration of lessons learned.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Even those who swear by Airbnb when booking travel accommodations can only use the retail platform so often. cities, including, of course, San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as Washington, D.C. However, the company reportedly has plans to make the service national and even global.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2016

In-store retailers have been bullish on virtual reality for years, even if their plans for how to integrate it into their stores have been vague at best. However, one of the nation’s largest home improvement chains may have finally figured out a way to make it happen.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. She believes lockdown orders created a loophole that allowed large chains that offer essential retail to continue selling non-essential goods like toys and electronics. There is no shortage of other larger scale ideas.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Marketplace facilitator laws have been particularly murky, as many are written in broad terms that have complicated compliance for eCommerce platforms, according to Rachelle Bernstein, vice president of government relations and tax counsel for the National Retail Federation (NRF), a Washington, D.C.-based

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Congress advances cybersecurity, but retailer standards remain in check. However, another ICBA top security priority on Capitol Hill remains to implement uniform national data-security standards, even for retailers. We have to do something about data security at the major retailers. IB: What does Congress think?

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Congress advances cybersecurity, but retailer standards remain in check. However, another ICBA top security priority on Capitol Hill remains to implement uniform national data-security standards, even for retailers. We have to do something about data security at the major retailers. IB: What does Congress think?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

At the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Cicely Simpson, the organization’s executive vice president of government affairs and policy, and the Texas Restaurant Association’s vice president of marketing and innovation, Anna Tauzin, discussed the digitalization of the restaurant industry and its effect on delivery.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens. Google hired a courier service to pick up the orders at the retailer’s stores and deliver them to customers’ home or office, noted the report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Virginia has also pledged $195 million in infrastructure improvements, work that involves subway stations and a pedestrian bridge for people headed to Reagan National Airport. A reported 238 locations competed to land Amazon’s new headquarters.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

At issue is the way Whole Foods is repositioning itself in the new, Amazon-led era, where a national focus supplants the regional and local one, where the supply chain and the way fees are levied up and down that supply chain are changing too. National suppliers have to pay a $165 fee for those demonstrations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

After referencing its results with national crime statistics from the FBI, Shorr Packaging found that cities with high rates of larceny thefts also often had many Google users searching for “Amazon package stolen.” Cities such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C. cities with the term “Amazon package stolen.”.

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