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Retail
ThirdLove Expects to Keep the Customers Victoria’s Secret Lost
September 03, 2021

When Heidi Zak and husband David Spector started ThirdLove in 2013, their ambition was to be “the antithesis of Victoria’s Secret,” seizing what they saw as an opportunity to build a brand focused on speaking directly to women in a way that was realistic about...

Retail
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: Retailers Look to Fill Thousands of Jobs and Walmart Heads to...
September 03, 2021

Just days after Walmart opened its new white-label, last-mile delivery service to other retailers across the U.S., the box store giant said this week that it plans to add 20,000 employees to its distribution centers, fulfillment centers and transportation offices. Available jobs include order fillers,...

Retail
Mall-Based Micro-Distribution Centers Put Fulfillment ‘Closest to the Population’
September 03, 2021

Getting a package in the mail is no longer a surprise for many consumers, especially when it comes to online shopping. The ability to track an order from the minute it’s placed to the second it lands on the front stoop has become an expectation...

Retail
Labor Day Weekend Car Sales Could Be Slow
September 03, 2021

Car buyers could find it tough to locate the traditional Labor Day weekend deals that had been a hallmark of the auto retailer calendar until the COVID-19 pandemic as dealers struggle to keep their lots full amid supply chain bottlenecks this year. Get the Full...

B2B Payments
COVID-era SMB Boom Spurs Neat Company Expansion Into Bookkeeping and Invoicing
September 03, 2021

At a time when pretty much everything seems to be happening on the go, The Neat Company’s two new record-keeping initiatives are no exception. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

B2B Payments
Sizing and Seizing Payroll’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Innovation Opportunity
September 03, 2021

If you ask Zeal Co-Founder and CEO Kirti Shenoy how her business is going, you’d better have a few minutes as the energetic entrepreneur rattles off a litany of ways that her company is looking to disrupt the world of B2B payroll services. Get the...

B2B Payments
SMBs Can Leverage a Large Customer’s Better Credit Through Supply Chain Financing
September 03, 2021

Like much of the world, Southeast Asian businesses have been hard hit by the Delta variant, including the region’s many ports that are bearing the brunt of supply chain disruptions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Payments Innovation
Exploring the Varied Real-Time Payments Adoption Rates Among FIs
September 03, 2021

A battle has been raging in the financial industry over the past several years as FinTechs grow more popular and begin to offer more banking products and services to customers of traditional banks and credit unions (CUs). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Cross-border Payments
APIs Enable Shortcuts for US and Brazilian Cross-Border Commerce
September 03, 2021

As millions of consumers shifted their shopping activities online, businesses faced numerous barriers when meeting them there, particularly companies seeking to penetrate the United States market from abroad. From complex anti-fraud and anti-money laundering regulations to the difficulty of opening bank accounts in the U.S....