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eCommerce
Platforms Offer Playbook for SMBs to Forge Digital Relationships with Consumers
May 03, 2022

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Retail
Retail Tech Company Clerk Announces $30M Series B as Grocers eCommerce-ify Stores
May 03, 2022

As grocers look to apply the learnings of eCommerce to the in-store experience, companies that offer the ability to blend the physical and the digital to drive conversion have a major opportunity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Delivery
Fast Payments Key to Modernizing Vehicle Shipping Industry 
May 03, 2022

As car dealers sell more vehicles online and have them delivered directly to customers, consumers’ expectations are driving changes in the business of shipping vehicles.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Retail
UK Retail Jobs Alliance Embrace Shift from Shops Tax to Online Sales Tax
May 03, 2022

U.K. retail firms Tesco, J Sainsbury, Greggs and Waterstones, among others, have formed the Retail Jobs Alliance, a coalition that will push to eliminate the so-called Shops Tax, a business rate that has cut into retailers’ overheads for decades, and possibly replace it with an...

Retail
Macy’s Accelerating Small-Store Rollout
May 03, 2022

Macy’s Inc is fast-tracking the opening of its smaller department store footprint, expecting that retail outposts with fewer products and more digital services in areas where customers run daily errands will attract more shoppers, according to a Tuesday (May 3) report in The Wall Street...

Payment Methods
Worldline, Myra, Team Up to Provide Better Hospitality Payments
May 03, 2022

European payments services company Worldline is working with Myra, a maker of self-check-in technology, to develop a payment solution for the hospitality sector. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Retail
Home Depot Launches $150M Venture Capital Fund
May 03, 2022

The Home Depot unveiled Home Depot Ventures, a venture capital fund that will “identify, fund and partner with early-stage companies to accelerate emerging technologies that aim to improve the customer experience and shape the future of home improvement,” a Tuesday (May 3) press release said....

Delivery
Uber, Albertsons Companies Expand Partnership to 2,000 Stores
May 03, 2022

Uber and Albertsons Companies are expanding their partnership to include more stores on Uber Eats, and will now be including 2,000 of the grocer’s stores, according to a Tuesday (May 3) press release from Uber. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Investments
Indian Grocer Zepto Nets $200M for Expansion
May 03, 2022

Zepto, the Indian grocery startup, has said it’s raised new funding of $200 million, a Reuters report says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...