Apple is planning to test a hybrid in-store and work-from-home arrangement for its retail employees later this year, an acknowledgement that even as consumers return to shopping in person, digital demand will likely remain high. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Plus-size retailer Torrid’s debut as a public company on Thursday (July 1) was met with much excitement from the market, a further sign that direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales may be key to addressing a long-underserved market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
It’s hard to beat the excitement that Amazon’s Prime Day and Walmart’s Days of Deals generated last week and, as may be expected, the two companies were comparatively quiet this week, albeit far from silent. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Merchandise from PillowSheets, which makes a patented bedsheet that “eliminates loose bedding and integrates a pillow system,” will roll out on Target’s website before arriving in some of the retailer’s brick-and-mortar locations in future months, according to an announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Life Time has opened a “luxury athletic resort experience” at the Northshore Mall, a Simon property near Boston, as shopping centers keep evolving to “meet the changing lifestyle needs of consumers,” according to a Friday (July 2) announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
To help firms make cross-border payments and manage logistics, among other tasks, a host of companies from the U.S. to the U.K. and India have revealed investments. This week’s B2B FinTech roundup finds an eCommerce fulfillment service provider from Chicago raising $200 million in new...
Amid the great digital shift, smaller firms are increasingly vulnerable to complex and ever-evolving fraud schemes. 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 our daily...
Among the many consequences of the eCommerce explosion of the last year-and-a-half or so has been a tremendous upgrade of consumers’ expectations of faster delivery. Two-day shipping – the standard a scant two years ago – has given way to next-day, same-day, same-afternoon and even...
Everyone wants to be healthy and in good shape, but getting motivated to actually achieve and maintain that goal is, of course, much harder. It’s a number told in various grim statistics reflecting our collective health — only about 25 percent of Americans get enough...
