PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the platform to retailers, according to reports on Wednesday (March 11). . OTG operates 350 restaurants and shops in 10 airports, including in Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

The company told Forbes that its goal is to provide a physical location where those small businesses can sit down across the table from experts who can help them navigate the turbulent retail waters ahead. and Canada — some of them open now, some slated to open isoon in cities such as Miami, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

Cashless retail, to a point, and then cashless and cash, too. Steve Kessel, who as a senior vice president helms the physical store operations for Amazon, reportedly said last month that the expansion of payment options would take place at the stores, but no timeline was available as of this writing.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The new license from the nation’s central bank will let it have independence in making and directly operating financial services there, along with accessing new kinds of financing. More than 3 million retailers harness its technology. MercadoLibre’s credit division MercadoCredito was started in 2017 in Brazil.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

Officials are warning of a rise in phishing attacks, while retailers have also been warned about fraud risks, with Amazon recently removing 1 million products for allegedly making fraudulent claims, recent Forbes reports said. Payroll Professionals Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Other states and cities have passed similar laws, including New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York City and Philadelphia. Many people do not have access to consumer credit, and any effort by retail establishments to ban the use of cash would be discriminatory toward those people,” said Rep. Not all companies are happy with the decision.

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Digital delivery service goPuff will acquire BevMo , a specialty beverage retailer based on the U.S. Philadelphia-based goPuff, which bills itself as a kind of catch-all service for helping customers with various everyday shopping needs, is hoping to use the announcement to enter into the California market, the blog post stated.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

When it comes to fulfilling consumers’ need for instant gratification, physical retailers might have an upper hand, but they can struggle to gain the depth of insights that eTailers have on their customers’ demographics and buying behavior. Around the Unattended Retail World. Catering to “Immediate Gratification” with Automated Retail.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Small to medium-sized retailers, the denizens of Main Street , are facing an existential crisis in the face of the pandemic. SMBs – and any other retailer, for that matter – recognizes the urgent call to embrace the digital shift. SMBs – and any other retailer, for that matter – recognizes the urgent call to embrace the digital shift.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2020

Despite trimming jobs and minimizing operations as COVID-19 spread earlier this year, large U.S. The London-based, international sandwich shop chain is just one of many retailers and service delivery providers that once considered the impacts of the pandemic to be temporary. companies now say that’s not enough.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The data painted a dark picture for Main Street retail this week, with a new Facebook & Small Business Roundtable study showing that over 30 percent of small to medium-sized businesses have either failed or don’t see a way forward due to the pandemic. It’s called Main Street Regenerators.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

Kiosks are increasingly becoming part of the retail landscape. As reported in the latest Unattended Retail Tracker , done in partnership between PYMNTS and WorldNet Payments, unattended retail is gaining traction worldwide, on the heels of growth in consumer demand and as employers look to increase their operating profits.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. SPOT serves cities including Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia, per a report last year. company-operated transactions. percent – of commuters – who did the same in 2017. Currently, 58.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

For one change, that form of retail is expanding to include new and fresh areas, which includes cars and trucks. Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, has reportedly bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Amazon has established smaller warehouses around Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Orlando to make its same-day deliveries faster. . We’re proud of the fact that our Same-Day services are driven in partnership with local communities where we operate and made possible by the people who live there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. Fashion retailer Charlotte Russe , which has over 500 stores in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Macy’s, Best Buy and Kohl’s have all recently stepped up same-day delivery options that were in testing mode to full-scale operations in some locations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2017

Walmart is gearing up to square off with Amazon across all retail fronts — and European price cutters like Aldi on the grocery front, where it has been heavily investing in lowering prices. percent lower than the average in the greater Philadelphia area. Grocers nationally are feeling the bite — operating profits for U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Since Amazon made on-demand delivery the feature of choice for any retailer capable of delivering it, plenty of merchants who had no business doing so had no choice but to stomach the costs and ship like they’ve never shipped before.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended retail.” Look to the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia for the freshest evidence of that. The eCommerce retailer reportedly plans to install 100 kiosks in malls across India by the end of 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

About 1,200 miles, one time zone and significant differences in climate and culture separate New Orleans and Philadelphia, but on Monday and Tuesday nights, that distance can seem much smaller. locations, offers a glimpse into a growing part of retail, and lessons for other such endeavors. Pop-Up Growth. Pop-Up Planning. Cash Concerns.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

However, even as the use of cash declines, there is mounting evidence that it’s not going anywhere, whether it be the ongoing political backlash to the concept of a cashless retail economy or merely the realization among many consumers that using cash instead of credit cards is a better way to keep from sinking into debt. Kickfin Play.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

News has emerged, via Bloomberg , that Singapore-based automotive subscription operation Carro has gained the top automotive investment banker for HSBC in Asia as the company’s new chief financial officer. Drivers will be able to access Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Philadelphia and Nashville with the launch, the company said in an announcement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

These are just some of the ways companies are tapping into the latest restaurant innovations with the help of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automated retail: Among diners, 71 percent would be open to QSRs incorporating AI. The new law would require most retail outlets to accept physical currency.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Orlando, Tempe, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas City, Greensboro, Westminster (L.A.), Apparently that will get you in trouble on the Street. Ontario (L.A.),

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

eBay has announced its intention to grab up Ticketbis, a Spanish online ticketing platform that operates in 47 markets. The firm primarily operates in Southern Europe, Latin America and Asia. The firm primarily operates in Southern Europe, Latin America and Asia. StubHub’s main base of operations remains in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

That said, mobile order-ahead apps — as can be the case generally when comes to many types of retail innovations — have lower adoption among smaller QSRs. Additionally, 86 percent of mobile app operators said their offerings boosted revenues, and 93 percent said apps improved guests’ experiences and encouraged repeat purchases.

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2017

Terms range broadly based on the interests of the bank and the activities and needs of the CDFI—from short term operating lines of credit to long term loans that support a CDFI’s lending to affordable housing and community facilities developers, for example. Banks and CDFIs will also frequently co-invest in projects.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2018

The earnings report comes amid efforts on the part of the coffee chain operator to repair its reputation after the arrest of two black men in one of its stores in Philadelphia. A customer filmed the incident, in which the men were waiting for a friend to arrive, which went viral and resulted in calls to boycott Starbucks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. billion in 2022.”. The issue isn’t really about brand-new taxes, but is about enforcing existing tax laws and applying them to eSports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The idea is to give them a choice of where to fill and refill those vital prescriptions at the cheapest cost, to learn more about that effort and how to ease the hassles of one of the most frustrating parts of healthcare retail. “We The plans, thus far, are nebulous. million employees.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

That “Game of Thrones” has spawned in its wake a host of retail concepts and products in unsurprising — where there is success, there is merchandise, and there is no shortage of GoT branded items out there. It is an opportunity to create an entire retailing event.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

Vending machines have come a long way from their origins as coin-operated appliances that dispense sodas or candy. cities, including Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City and Philadelphia, and it plans to expand to additional locations. From the supply-chain side, I have to be able to manage a highly perishable inventory,” he said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

When one of these variables falls out of place, the whole operation can be out of whack. We are also expanding into retail partnerships as a “last mile” service. By promoting and offering in-store access to the Truxx service, retailers drive sales by conveniently solving a problem for customers for no additional cost.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We The startup is said to have a post-investment value of $600 million, and co-founder and CEO Ari Mir said the investment would help the firm expand in existing markets — such as New York and San Francisco — and come to new cities like Philadelphia.

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