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Retail
Is Dining Out At Risk Of Dying Out, At Least For The Time Being?
May 14, 2020

The future of dining out is looking increasingly dark these days. The ranks of high-profile restaurateurs announcing that their grand reopening will be greatly delayed seems to be swelling by the week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

International
France Looks To Create Its Own Home Booking Platform
May 14, 2020

France is set to launch another battle in its war with giant U.S.-based homesharing businesses. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS...

Delivery
FedEx Imposes Limits To Stem Flood Of Deliveries
May 14, 2020

FedEx Corp. could be the first major delivery company to limit the number of items retailers can ship to protect its network from being overwhelmed during COVID-19, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Faster Payments
Why Instant Paychecks Will Be A Necessity Instead Of A Luxury
May 14, 2020

While many advancements have been made over the last five years toward enabling 9-to-5 employees to gain instant access to wages they already earned, the progress has been uneven at best. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Payment Methods
The (Digital) Transformation Of Remittances, Bit By Byte
May 14, 2020

The pandemic has kept us all home — and for firms that have depended on walk-in business, transactions have slowed, or simply stopped. That’s certainly true of firms that help transfer money, sent by individuals back to recipients (including their families) domestically or across borders....

Retail
Fast Races To Launch One-Click eCommerce For The Masses
May 14, 2020

Sometimes illness can have a happy ending. It’s certainly a story that resonates right now and Fast CEO Domm Holland is happy to tell it. It started a few years ago when Holland’s son was briefly hospitalized and his wife’s grandmother was visiting to help...

Retail
Wine For The Win: Consumers Stock Up With Online Retail
May 14, 2020

Consumers may not have returned to their pre-crisis shopping behaviors, but they are setting records for drinking wine. Every online wine company that reports sales has noted big spikes during the pandemic. The latest to report, Wine.com – which bills itself as the nation’s leading...

Retail
Shipping Blues: Infrastructure Staggers Under Digital Shift
May 14, 2020

Infrastructure built for pre-pandemic eCommerce levels is staggering under the weight of the digital shift. With the PYMNTS COVID-19 tracker showing that nearly two times as many Americans have little or no interest in leaving their homes to reengage in the physical world as those...

Retail
Porsche Rolls Out Pre-Owned Vehicle Finder Tool
May 14, 2020

To meet increasing client demand for digital access to its brand, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) is speeding up its eCommerce strategy. The luxury automaker rolled out Porsche Finder, its new pre-owned and certified pre-owned vehicle search platform that streamlines and bolsters the client’s ability...