PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Times change, tastes expand and brands that don’t evolve generally don’t survive – a lesson that any number of retailers have spent the last several years learning the hard way. But even by the rapidly shifting standards of their vertical, Japanese retail apparel brand Uniqlo is, well, unique. The question now is, will it work?

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

Some of the difficulty is that alcohol is one of the most regulated retail goods – and those regulations aren’t always consistent state to state, or even town to town. The system is controversial within the industry, with supporters noting that it controls the flow of alcohol within the U.S. where the sale of alcohol is still illegal.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2017

With eCommerce enabling global reach for most retailers, keeping track of all the moving parts can be a difficult feat. Cloud and on-premise software company NICE just announced its recent business win of one of the largest home furnishing retailers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

To help shoppers check out without waiting in line, grocery retailers are rolling out entire stores centered around cashierless shopping experiences, enabling consumers to purchase fresh food and grocery items with a mobile payments app. ABI Research predicts that one million automated retail units will be in the Asia-Pacific region by 2023.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Walmart recently announced it would be using WeChat Pay at all of its stores in China’s western region. Walmart previously partnered with Alibaba and will now be replacing its Alipay digital mobile payment system with WeChat Pay.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2016

As a result, companies are saving costs by employing less staff and deploying existing staff for other tasks,” said Brijesh Kumar Choubey, one of Technavio’s lead industry analysts for retail systems. How much the global self-checkout terminals market has grown by geography, varies by region. Americas 44.66

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Okay, that’s not the best joke ever from the PYMNTS Bureau of Stand-Up Comedy, but the point is that the popularity of pizza constitutes a driving force for ongoing retail innovation – and we have proof. Bringing that attitude to the revamped rewards system was a key priority as well. “We Let’s take the Washington, D.C.-based

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions. has seen slow adoption compared to other regions. Growth is being fueled in part because more retailers are participating. By 2018, about 50 percent of retailers and restaurants starting accepting Apple Pay. smartphone users. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

The largest brick-and-mortar retailer in the United States is replacing its traditional, cashier-staffed checkouts with self-checkout registers at its store in Fayetteville, Ark., Whether cashiers go the way of the horse and buggy could hinge on an experiment Walmart is running in Arkansas. according to local news reports.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

While online commerce has allowed eRetailers to source consumer data and to deliver targeted, personalized advertisements, physical retail has often lacked these capabilities. Los Angeles-based tech company Bridg is closing the loop for brick-and-mortar restaurants, and soon for retailers, by providing them with key consumer insights.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

A possible partner will assist the central bank in making a CBDC system framework based on the results from the first stage's research results. In July, BOK had completed its first-stage review prior to getting the CBDC pilot system ready. Companies who wish to team up on the effort can make an application to the central bank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

This year has been big for retail — big on change, innovation and some surprises along the way. Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

On the restaurant side, Dine Brands and Postmates will integrate delivery orders into IHOP’s and Applebee’s point of sale (POS) systems, which the companies say will streamline the order fulfillment process and provide an even better experience for guests. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check out next week’s Retail Pulse.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Determining how to bridge that awareness divide and build out instant payments at speed might require these entities to look outside of their own markets, such as toward regions like the Nordics where instant payment solutions and usage has been s teadily gaining ground.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

The company wrote in the document that under the system, users could “hold digital currency with the same denomination as the local physical currency (e.g., $100 A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation. However, a retail CBDC accessible to all would be a game-changer.

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Insights on Business

JUNE 28, 2018

Although DLT is challenging these other concepts for media interest, the technology is still in its infancy and not yet powerful or cost-effective enough to justify its implementation within mainstream banking – particularly as a replacement for the core banking systems currently in place. A time for change.

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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. The project will be approximately 10,000 square feet and for an unidentified regional grocer. grocery market at approximately 3.5

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Every Bank Has a Certain Level of Small Business Banking Channel Confusion While few said it, almost every major bank implied some level of channel confusion with small business banking as it overlaps with retail, commercial, and specialty lines of business. However, this was the most common structure.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Audio equipment company Bose has announced it is closing 119 retail locations due to changing customer demand, according to a report. In 1993, Bose opened its first store in the United States to provide personal, private demonstrations for Wave music systems and Lifestyle home theater systems.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Tencent and UnionPay’s working together will enable multiple retailers to interface with a greater number of mobile payment apps without displaying multiple QR codes. Regional rival Alipay interacts with its customers with a similar, but not integrated software system. The collaboration also increases options for consumers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Fashionphile, which was started in 1999, says it is renowned for its inventory of handbags as well as accessories, as well as its "best-in-class authentication" and its direct buyout system. and other countries. and other countries.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

Waymo announced it is partnering with Valley Metro, the Phoenix, Arizona area’s regional public transportation authority, to explore mobility solutions using self-driving technology.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

On the other side of the supply chain, farmers will have near-instant access to sales and market data related to the beans they produce under the newly opened system. For coffee blends, Starbucks will provide information about the country or region of origin, since beans from multiple farms are likely to have been combined, Bloomberg reports.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

Consumers value seamless, personalized checkout experiences, which means retailers who wish to earn their business must accommodate their various preferred payment methods. These include everything from transaction success rates to currency exchange rates to local or regional security regulations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From a custom microwave to new and improved Echo buttons, to a line of smart houses that come built from the ground up with Alexa-controlled systems (think Wi-Fi, home security, doorbell and light), and an appointment with an Amazon Expert to customize the smart home experience and offer activation support, Alexa was on the go in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Open banking — a system in which banks allow third parties to freely access their data to develop new apps and services and provide bank customers with greater transparency — is accomplished with APIs that allow third parties to interface with bank systems and access data with minimal friction. Both the U.K. Banks in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The food system as it stands is optimized for scale and taste,” Territory Foods Founder and CEO Patrick Smith told PYMNTS.com , yet his company is designed around nutrition. To order a meal from Territory Foods, customers start by selecting one of the four regions – Washington, D.C.; The Customer Experience.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

QuadPay , which works in buy now, pay later (BNPL) services, has partnered with Mastercard Vyze , an alternative financing platform, to offer a new installment-based payment system, according to a press release. Vyze uses an end-to-end technology platform that can work with businesses and lenders to offer more variety in payment methods.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The service will be available next month in the Chinese cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou, where AlipayHK customers can use their app in any places that accept Alipay, including theme parks, hotels and retail stores. We believe the availability of AlipayHK’s services in the Greater Bay Area will contribute to the regions’ connectivity.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Most of those gains, however, were lost later in the day following Mastercard’s separate announcement of a potential regulatory fine from the European Commission over its inter-regional interchange fees. Banga also praised Mastercard’s same-day ACH system that is now up and running in the U.K.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Retail and multi-family CRE opportunities Similarly, retail CRE has been painted as too risky because of online sellers’ growth. Certainly, one asset class, the regional mall, is quite dead,” Kirby said. I'm not saying go out and make every retail loan that you can get your hands on,” he said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Oakes will work with a variety of entities – governments, regulators, central banks, schemes, and retail and commercial banks. In a collaboration with regional Mastercard teams, she will handle the strategic development of real-time payments programs around the world. Mastercard announced on Friday (Dec.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 20, 2015

Mortgages, autos, consumer and other retail-type of loans tend to be more standardized since liquidity is greater. While this is understandable between banks, this credit gap can even be found within one bank as different regions, branches and even lenders can propagate these systemic differences.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

New Jersey joins Washington, Illinois and other states and regions in introducing data privacy laws. The result of single-state legislation could result in a patchwork of laws that force businesses to establish state-specific compliance systems, he added. “It

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

This partnership demonstrates our flexibility to work with Japanese and other international barcode payment providers while meeting an important consumer need in our region.”. Installing InComm Japan’s highly reliable mobile payment system helped us do that. This is the latest partnership for InComm.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

None of these 57 systems is universally applicable – at least not yet. Different regions have their own unique payment rails, and no two abide by the same regulatory framework. Other initiatives are being spearheaded across regions. APIs serve as bridges connecting national or regional real-time payment rails.

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