PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest merchants to test out the brick-and-mortar waters. The wedding retailer opened a store in New York City’s Flatiron District that is billed as a “one-stop-shop for wedding planning.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Outdoor apparel retailers are reinventing their brick-and-mortar spaces to connect with customers by making stores into destinations that offer experiences. In the updated retail space, the company said, customers will “immediately feel The North Face heritage and experience the brand’s values.”

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Retail New York City New York United States 108

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed offers bulk-sized products similar to those found at big warehouse retailers like Costco Wholesale.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Retail continues to migrate toward eCommerce, but warehouse space is not designed to keep up with the increasing pace of online orders. Construction of new warehouses is occurring in areas such as California, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Atlanta. are in areas such as New Jersey, Boston, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The eCommerce retailer is also reportedly eyeing grocery spaces in New Jersey, Connecticut and the New York metro region. That was compared to 16 percent growth notched in its online stores per Amazon’s earnings statement, as cited by the report. Those locations could open as soon as the end of 2019. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

Retailer Kohl’s will boost both its brick-and-mortar and eCommerce capabilities this year by adding four small-format, brick-and-mortar locations to its roster of stores and a fifth eCommerce fulfillment center. 2017 will be located in Rhode Island, Ohio, New Jersey and California.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The first quarter of 2020 should have been business as usual — especially for the payments processors and financial services technology companies — the firms that keep commerce humming across offline and online channels. Merchants, too, enjoyed the tailwinds of a strong economy and sanguine consumer mindset. Setting The Stage.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

To help tell consumers about less expensive alternative offerings, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey is teaming with Price.com. That picture is then sent to the service, which analyzes the material via machine learning technology and provides an opinion about the item’s authenticity.

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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 12, 2019

More than 100 Goodwill store locations ranging from New York to San Francisco are uploading products like collectibles, clothing and furniture to the platform to drive in-store and online sales. Goodwill organizations have worked with other tech companies to help sell their merchandise online. for sellers and buyers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

The retailer is testing the new strategy at a warehouse in New Jersey. The facility is making smaller and more frequent shipments to stores, while using the same inventory supply to fill online orders as well. In fact, same-day delivery will include all major product categories at Target by the end of 2019.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

A recent deal that expands Instacart ’s same-day grocery delivery for Sam’s Club members stands as more than good news for the delivery service. This is the latest example of how the digital and physical are merging in retail — and also shows just how far consumer convenience has developed over the last few decades. Instacart Benefits.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

While much has been made in the past few months about Amazon’s grocery store of the future, Amazon Go isn’t the online retailer’s only brick-and-mortar play — and a new move indicates that Amazon looks to continue expanding its physical retail presence outside of the grocery space. That’s not all.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Lease-to-own services are making a comeback with eCommerce retailers. The option, provided by Progressive Leasing , allows customers to lease products for as long as a year and is available for over three million products on the retailer’s website. Progressive Leasing, a division of Aaron’s Inc. , Modern Takes On Lease-To-Own.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Most of the industry still relies on 1970s era technology like mainframes and COBOL, he said. In October , Deserve partnered with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to offer a branded card to its student body and alumni. “We It then expanded to people having an insufficient credit history. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

The retail giant is working on developing smart shopping carts that are capable of helping customers look for items on their shopping list. Walmart is reportedly working with Five Elements Robotics , a New Jersey-based company to develop the new variety of carts. The company reportedly spent $10.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

buttressed by the adoption of EMV technology, is now leaving behind its status as the global outlier where contactless is concerned. In New Jersey, for instance, mobile sports betting is growing to the point where the state is reportedly near topping Las Vegas as the country’s biggest market. More notably, the U.S., Several U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

To help build customer loyalty, eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailers have a myriad of tools on hand: Cashiers can sign customers up for loyalty cards at brick-and-mortar stores, and eCommerce sites can send customers special offers and coupons by email. We love shrinking down, and bringing the design and technology a whole new flavor.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

retail and culture, but which these days are often clinging to life thanks to the rise of eCommerce and other factors (including the rise of at-home retail activities and connected commerce, both a recent and ongoing focus of PYMNTS research ). The gaming part of the mall will reside alongside some 200 retail stores there.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2017

They say robots could replace as many as 38 percent of retail workers in the next 10 years, starting with cashiers. Looking ahead,” said President and CEO Doug McMillon , “we will compete with technology, but win with people. At 30 Walmart Academy training centers, new employees are learning their job from a virtual reality headset.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

But consumers, as it turns out, had a few surprises in their shopping carts, translating to surging sales online, department stores squeaking out a bit of a comeback and even brick-and-mortar stores grabbing some strong early anecdotal reports. Then again, not all of the news was chipper. Online Sales Surge: The $1M Minute.

Retail 102

Retail Online New Jersey Report 102

PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Standing one’s ground in an Amazon -dominated retail market doesn’t happen by accident. The retailer has announced that it will be adding more than 1,000 new employees to its technology teams this year, increasing the size of its tech department by more than a third. The company is investing $3.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

The shipping service is operational for sellers that have warehouses in the greater Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey and Chicago areas. The global infrastructure, the technology, the capabilities and the knowledge needed to compete in our business is quite extraordinary, and we have built that up over 40-plus years.”

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Los Angeles New Jersey Chicago New York 124

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The partnership would apply Goldman’s lending technology to SMB loans on Amazon’s underwriting platform, according to unnamed sources. Amazon is easily less than halfway through transforming retail by exploiting deep fulfillment moats established over many years,” said Canaccord Genuity Analyst Michael Graham.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. Some states, such as New Jersey and New York, have granted distribution centers “essential” status, so they can remain open. And eCommerce success is dependent upon shipping.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

The beauty of online grocery shopping is that you can add to your order throughout the week and at the very moment you remember that you need something,” said Cat de Merode, Peapod’s vice president of product. We love new technologies, particularly when they fit so naturally into household planning.”. In Other News….

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news of the week, the USDA’s decision to start officially moving forward with digital ordering and delivery capacity for 38 million or so Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ), hit both retailers, as they are two-thirds of the grocery participants in the initial New York-based pilot round.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 29, 2015

A key player in this transition is Jason Boling, whose broad job description includes helping develop and implement the $340 million-asset community bank’s retail strategy. Retail locations: Five (and a call center). Countybank. Greenwood, S.C. Assets: $340 million. Full-time employees: 145. Chartered: 1933.

Retail 70

Retail New Jersey Training Compliance 70

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Majesco , a New Jersey-based core insurance technology vendor, acquired Inspro Technologies , a Pennsylvania-based core insurance technology vendor, for $12M. . Justworks , a New York-based HR and benefits platform, raised a $50M Series E led by Union Square Ventures. Health & benefits. Multi-line.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

//Jeff Marsico remarks to the 2023 New Jersey Bankers' Association Annual Convention: May 19, 2023// Four decades ago, the prolonged savings-and-loan crisis devastated the industry. First municipalities and larger commercial customers, and more sophisticated retail depositors. trillion failed. Then depositors woke up.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Today Fairway operates 15 stores in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut tri-state area, as well as four liquor stores. Via FutureProof Retail to introduce the grocery technology, Fairway now lets shoppers use the Fairway-branded mobile checkout app to scan products with their phone cameras.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. A finance pro who was not afraid of technology, Trylko brought respect and class to every endeavor he undertook. picks up Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. Change Agent of the Year.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 27, 2016

Retail locations: Eight. That’s because some still cling to the outdated idea that community banks may not have all of the first-rate products, services and technology to meet their needs, says Eric Morse, senior vice president of marketing and business development of Needham Bank, a $1.9 That’s the job of marketing to overcome.

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Community Bank Community Boston Branding 70

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

technology markets, investigating any potential anti-competitive conduct in those markets, and taking enforcement actions when warranted.”. The new entity, called the Technology Task Force, according to the FTC, will “draw upon existing staff and expertise,” and have “approximately” 17 staff attorneys working for it.

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