PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

It’s a good time in America to have a retail space ready to rent out — eCommerce merchants are on the hunt and signing large contracts. By category, the biggest lease signers were manufacturers, with 14 percent of the market, followed closely by beverage providers (11 percent), retailers (7 percent) and tech firms (4 percent).

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

By and large, things are not great for retail (particularly of the brick-and-mortar variety). Indeed, it’s popular — dare we say, trendy, even — to postulate that retail as we know it is doomed. And if doing so can increase profits — as has been the case with Sheetz — that could stand as a pretty solid example for other retailers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

the Wisconsin-based FinTech, has joined the trend to offer a buy now, pay later ( BNPL ) option for purchases with interest-free installment payments. More than one-quarter of retailers already offer installment payments, according to a survey by Forrester Research. Fiserv Inc. , The expansion of BNPL payment options is growing.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Its Amazon store launched last year, and the company said it is planning to expand its retail presence. . New Tesla locations are being planned in Tucson, Arizona; El Paso, Texas; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Smithtown, New York. Last month, the company reported strong earnings and a record profit for the third quarter.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Which adds up to a situation for food-related retailers looking to enter into the world of buying and selling sustenance. Enter Willy Street Co-op — a small retailer in Wisconsin perhaps making a big step toward bridging the gap between what customers want and what the grocery marketplace supports.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The retailer noted that children and parents are invited to attend in costume. In addition, Walmart is holding a “farmer’s market-style event” in six college towns located in Wisconsin, Utah, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado for a “gameday marketplace.”.

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BankInovation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Wisconsin-based Horicon Bank is making use of its acquisition this year of fintech startup Monotto to drive digital innovation at the community bank. billion Horicon Bank made a strategic move with its acquisition of Atlanta-based Monotto, bringing both fintech talent and technology to the bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

In retail, Western Union has teamed up with Dollar General to let customers initiate money transfers digitally and pay in person at the merchant’s stores. percent: Increase in loans from Wisconsin credit unions during 2018. $5 million: Number of credit union members in the U.S. as of December 2018.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The news comes as the first Amazon Fresh opened , with the eCommerce retailer providing access to the general public to the Los Angeles store in September. As it stands, 69 SpartanNash stores in Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan provide the Fast Lane offering.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .”

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

BMO Harris Bank in Chicago has agreed to sell 31 Wisconsin branches to a California real estate investment trust.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

The retailer is adding more than a dozen new states that will receive the service, including in parts of Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin. The retailer also hopes that next-day delivery will boost its eCommerce sales. Walmart is expanding its next-day delivery service before the start of back-to-school shopping season.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

based Danielle Payton, who started an online fitness program called Kuudose, and Wisconsin-based Ian Oestreich, who started a bike mechanic business. Schneider said it “just felt like the right thing to do.” Other examples cited included Miami, Fla.-based

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MyBankTracker

AUGUST 11, 2020

Acima is a financing solution if you’re looking to buy appliances, mattresses, car tires, and other retail purchases. Once you find what you’re looking for, Acima will purchase the merchandise from the retailer and then rent it to you. ” You can apply online or in-person at the retailer’s store.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In Minnesota, Wisconsin and Colorado, Walmart is going to beef up a program in which patients can speak to a doctor through video from their homes. The retail giant signed a deal with large national insurer Anthem last year to get Medicare users to buy medicine and supplies at its stores. That service costs $4 per chat.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The program adds to the retailer’s Wellness Your Way platform, and was developed in partnership with GoodRx. As a result, Shopko pharmacy customers in Wisconsin will have their prescriptions transferred to a local Kroger-owned grocery store. Shopko recently revealed that it is shutting down 39 stores in 14 states.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

While we hear over and over again that retail isn’t just about the goods anymore, it is about the experience consumers have while shopping for them, it is easy to forget that offering the right retail experience for consumers is not as easy as just making a slight change to the existing format.

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The San Francisco-based bank had a total of 5,663 retail branches by the end of the third quarter, citing 207 branch consolidations during the first nine months of the year. Wells Fargo also said it plans to complete the previously announced divestiture of 52 branches in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and parts of Wisconsin in the fourth quarter.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio, which are heavy manufacturing states, will be the hardest hit. Overstocking costs retailers about $470 billion annually, according to one of the most recent estimates. Certain states will be heavily affected, like Indiana, Kentucky, South Dakota, Arkansas and Alabama.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Disappointing sales for Kohl’s have got the retailer looking into smaller-format ideas. As a result of those closures — plus organizational changes that were made at the corporate level earlier this month — the retail chain said that it anticipates about $150 million to $170 million in charges. 25) Kohl’s Corp.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 7, 2020

Cottonwood operates approximately 340 retail lending outlets in Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin under the name Cash Store. The CFPB announced that it has entered into a settlement with Cottonwood Financial, Ltd., The consent order requires Cottonwood to pay a civil money penalty of $1.1

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

The retail chain originally launched LEASE IT in 2012, aimed at providing an affordable solution to those who do not have credit or cannot benefit from layaway because they need the product immediately. There is also an online estimator tool to help members estimate their payment with different payment schedules and lease amounts.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If brick-and-mortar retail is fading, Batteries Plus Bulbs never got the email. Batteries Plus was founded in 1988 in Hartland, Wisconsin, where it is now headquartered. While some “essential” retailers have done well by capturing the consumer shift to digital, Batteries Plus arguably powers it.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Mills Fleet Farm and its new owner, investment firm KKR, announced that Duncan Mac Naughton, the former chief merchandising and marketing officer at Walmart, would be joining the retailer as its new CEO. Hugh Leasum was raised to COO and will report directly to Mac Naughton. “I

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Midwest retailer Meijer has signed on with the service 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. households and 70 percent of Canadians.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

I was calling it ‘Unscripted Lids’ and sold about 3,000 of the hats at local festivals in southeast Wisconsin.”. Alger said he isn’t sure how many, but they are available in a few retail specialty stores, as well as online. Soon after that, in April 2011, he applied and received the patent related to dry-erase boards on hats. “At

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

customers in Colorado, Missouri and Wisconsin. The free Echo Dot and the discounts on the smart home kits are currently available to Travelers home insurance customers in California and Travelers Quantum Home 2.0 Travelers said it expects to add more states later this year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2016

Apple suffered a negative ruling over a university patent last year and was ordered to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison damages of $234 million for infringing a patent regarding processor performance.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

The San Francisco-based bank had a total of 5,751 retail branches by the end of the second quarter, citing 114 branch consolidations during the first half. Wells Fargo also announced plans to sell 52 branches in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and parts of Wisconsin to Flagstar Bancorp.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

We’re selling the pods individually in these retail stores,” Cooper said. For now, Wise Apple distributes its meals in the Midwest — in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and St. But Wise Apple has also launched its pods in brick-and-mortar stores in Chicago. The Kid Food Market. The Road Ahead.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

With an underground network of shopping malls and restaurants, totaling approximately 20 walking miles, Montreal’s retail scene has been thriving for years, and there are no signs of it slowing down. In additional tech-area news, Wisconsin-based firm Three Square Market has announced plans to implant microchips into its employees.

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

Since he joined the bank in 2002 after graduating with a degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Harms has grown his portfolio to more than $51 million and serves more than 500 clients.

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

“Arlene does an amazing job of tending to her customers’ technical needs and also their emotional needs,” says Hovell, the bank’s senior vice president, director of retail banking performance. Merchants Bank operates branches in 19 communities in southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report. Founded: 2012.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

Here’s another one: A Florida clothing retailer needed to move a bunch of mannequin arms and legs up to Wisconsin. It just so happened that a local man was headed up there shortly – and he had a pickup truck. He was more than happy to fill the bed with spare mannequin limbs and drop them off when he arrived.

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