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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

16), Pinduoduo said it will use the money “to invest in agricultural logistics infrastructure and responsive manufacturing as consumer behavioral changes accelerate the online migration of retail.”. Pinduoduo added that demand for online grocery shopping in China has surged since the COVID-19 lockdowns.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. European Union and other regions currently fighting the pande mic. Security .

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Perficient

JANUARY 5, 2021

Over this past year, we have seen a great amount of customer influence introduced and reinforced with our online commerce experiences. Digitalization of online shopping experiences is at the greatest it has ever been, especially the emphasis on creating a safe and exceptional space for customers to shop.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

the British online grocer, have announced a joint plan to build three customer fulfillment centers. Through our strategic partnership, we are engineering a model for these regions, leveraging advanced robotics technology and creative solutions to redefine the customer experience.”. billion in April, a 37 percent rise over March.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Online delivery platform Instacart is teaming up with regional Midwest retailer Meijer to provide same-day delivery of groceries. Customers rely on Instacart to get the groceries and goods they need from the retailers they love," Instacart President Nilam Ganenthiran said in a Thursday (Dec. 3) press release.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2020

If the Uber-Cornershop deal is fully approved, Uber said it would expand grocery delivery beyond Mexico, Chile, Canada and Peru, and into other regions worldwide, according to Reuters. The agency ultimately decided the acquisition would not affect competition. There is no set time regarding when Mexican regulators will make a decision.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

One area where the pandemic may significantly impact emerging data protection and open banking rules is the Middle East and North African region (MENA). Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to square away increasing consumer use of online channels with their privacy and banking standards.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

To bring their merchandise in front of millions of shoppers through eCommerce, several Goodwill regions are teaming with mobile marketplace OfferUp. 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.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

As they aim to fill eCommerce orders faster, supermarket retailers are piloting micro-fulfillment systems that can be positioned in the back of brick-and-mortar locations or in urban areas. Online orders still comprise a small portion of the U.S. online shopping vertical per eMarketer. grocery market at approximately 3.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Today’s coverage includes Walmart’s newest online initiative, the latest challenger to Flipkart and Amazon in India, Dunkin’ Donuts cozying up with Alexa, the SWIFT debate gets heated and a corporate travel executive discusses the pros and cons of virtual cards with PYMNTS. Walmart, Handy Tie-Up Goes Live Online.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

But the retail industry may need new and bigger adjectives as the COVID-19 crisis wears on in some geographic areas and moves on in others. It reports that online sales for retailers are up 54 percent in the U.S., For fashion and accessories, online sales in the U.S. And as usual all things in the U.S. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

And in online shopping, eCommerce retailers such as eat2explore are helping to introduce families to new cuisines with boxes of recipes, spices, sauces and grains, among other items. 17: Number of countries/regions for which eat2explore offers foods. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. With the launch, the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets, Chain Store Age reported. The internet platform is also coming to regions of Asia and the Caribbean. The full online catalog will be operational by 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

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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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2020

If the Uber-Cornershop deal is fully approved, Uber said it would expand grocery delivery beyond Mexico, Chile, Canada and Peru, and into other regions worldwide, according to Reuters. The agency ultimately decided the acquisition would not affect competition. There is no set time regarding when Mexican regulators will make a decision.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. Unspent budget from big box retailers will be let loose as early as Oct. There are many critical aspects to SMB retail media strategy but two stand out this year: when to advertise and where to advertise.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

But right now, most firms that enable commerce are struggling to enable it across the IoT, narrow channels, defined as either online or offline. Turns out that throwing a bunch of sensors at the retail experience is not nearly enough. You don’t have to go into the shop.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The firm’s Gladiator iPay Enterprise Security Monitoring (iPay ESM) tool is now live for financial institutions to monitor and mitigate the risk of fraud linked to online bill payment, the company said in a press release.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors , a new app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. The company has teamed up with Regions Bank to provide the possibility of virtual loans to consumers in Texas, the South and the Midwest.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

Common sense isn’t so common when retail is still experiencing its fair share of upheavals from each new disruptor to make it to market, but the decade-plus of online and in-store retail operating side by side has established a few new ground rules that almost everyone can agree on.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. Retailers can engage with an “AI lite” strategy that produces lookalike customer data and a level of predictive analytics. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer. Not so fast.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 25, 2016

Regions Bank tied with Amazon.com in a recent ranking of web experiences. How does a super-regional bank match the efforts of one the most sophisticated digital companies in the world, one that obsesses over customer experience?

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

consumers more frugal, but other individuals are still turning to retail therapy to cope with stresses. Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . Shopping on mobile devices has increased 7.7

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 14, 2021

Bank of America ranks highest in banking mobile app satisfaction, reports JD Power Retail Banking Feature Lines of Business Technology Mobile Online Tech Management Feature3 Community Banking Consumer Compliance Customers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

That’s the case with the new employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that retail jobs held steady between January and February. Manufacturing, mining, wholesale and retail trade, and transportation and warehousing saw little change in employment for the month, the BLS said. Sometimes no news is good news.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

And nowhere is that aphorism better illustrated over the last decade than with the statistic that more than 90 percent of all retail sales took place at brick and mortar stores. It gave retailers the illusion that digital was the retail cart driven by the physical store horse. The answer, she noted, is complex.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Retailers are doubling down on toys amid a gap in the market left by the bankruptcy of Toys R Us. toy retailer Hamleys , for instance, is eyeing a potential New York City location for a flagship store. The atmosphere comes as brick-and-mortar retailers have to differentiate themselves from their eCommerce counterparts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

And yet, the bank has said this week, too, that Russian assets under management grew by 24 percent in the past year, and as Reuters reported, retail client accounts and deposits were up 8 percent year on year – and Citi thinks that growth rate is sustainable.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Some retailers might be taking that to heart in this new year as part of the larger and ongoing effort to breathe new life into brick-and-mortar retail — a struggle that has been around almost as long as “The Simpsons” has, in fact. And other retailers are turning to alcohol to increase the appeal of their physical offerings.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. It’s one approach to a growing retail vacancy issue that local governments are getting more aggressive in trying to solve. Backers of the tax position it as a solution to the increasing amount of empty retail space in the city.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wayfair case that allowed states and individual cities to launch tax policies aimed at remote sellers and marketplaces is still reverberating in 2019 and will likely affect online retail in 2020. In Q3 2019, 14 states started collected online sales tax and 11 more followed in October. eBay Makes a Deal.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. United Kingdom retailers saw the equivalent of €706 million ($827 million) in card fraud losses in 2019, for example, and the pandemic is expected to add to these woes as it pushes more retail shopping online.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

parts of the business in other regions are still active and purchase goods as well as pay royalties to Tru Kids. The idea, Barry told the outlet, is to have locations that combine offline and online experiences. Currently, the company operates more than 550 stores in the region. Australia and the U.K., Tru Kids Inc.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Looking past the cheerful numbers tied to holiday shopping and the tens of billions of dollars spent on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and into Christmas, the decline of retail, at least the traditional retail model, continues into the new year, and across oceans. The retail sector is among the largest employers in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

One might imagine that mall operators nationwide take a rather jaundiced view of the internet, since online shopping has more or less killed the mall. But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The first were the Pepsis, Heinzes and Krafts that either didn’t like their retail distribution or saw a pandemic-driven opportunity to get new products in new configurations to the consumer. After receiving a round of funding from an angel investor, Green Goo has hired regional sales executives and a marketing team.

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