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Retail
Curating Vinyl For Record Collectors Via Subscriptions
January 30, 2020

Kyle Matthiesen has always been an avid fan of music, with a passion for playing instruments and attending concerts. He expanded his interest by beginning to collect records as a hobby before he started to buy, sell and trade them. Beyond music, Matthiesen studied information...

Retail
Fast Fashion Isn’t Dead Yet — And Could Find Retail Rebirth
January 30, 2020

So-called fast fashion has been a big player in retail for years, but that part of the commerce-and-apparel world is facing some serious challenges. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Amazon One-Day Shipping Investments Could Impact Profits
January 30, 2020

As investors monitor the impact of Amazon’s one-day delivery investments on profit, the eCommerce retailer is set to report its Q4 earnings. The eCommerce retailer said in its last earnings report it would spend $1.5 billion during the holidays to grow its one-day delivery offering...

Retail
Fabletics Backs Brick-and-Mortar Growth With OmniSuite Platform
January 30, 2020

To create a frictionless commerce experience across channels, Fabletics, which was co-founded by Kate Hudson, is bolstering its physical presence with the creation and implementation of a cloud-based enterprise retail platform called OmniSuite. The system brings together the point of sale (POS), order management and...

Retail
KFC To Offer Meatless Fried Chicken At Select Locations
January 30, 2020

Fried chicken fast-food restaurant KFC is partnering with Beyond Meat to bring meatless fried chicken to stores in Tennessee and North Carolina, according to a report by Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
Plugging Expense Leaks With Spend Management Solutions
January 30, 2020

Talk of “friction” in the payments industry is mostly about removing obstacles to consumer transactions, and how easily (or not) those payments get processed on the backend by merchants and banks. But there are other types of unwanted friction in finance. Get the Full Story...

B2B Payments
Small Businesses’ Biggest Lease Accounting Pitfalls
January 30, 2020

New lease accounting standards are in effect for publicly traded companies in the U.S. after the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) introduced changes to the way businesses account for their outstanding leases. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

B2B Payments
Unwrapping APAC’s Faster Payments Fraud Threat
January 30, 2020

As faster and real-time payment schemes achieve ubiquity in more markets around the globe, speed is increasingly becoming the standard for payers of all kinds. This new reality isn’t without its challenges for financial services providers, however, with security and fraud mitigation among the largest...

B2B Payments
Banks, FinTechs Find New Open-Data Use Cases
January 30, 2020

Banks and FinTechs continue to discover new opportunities in unlocking corporate clients’ financial data, with banks embracing data integration for their own product development initiatives, and FinTechs finding new ways to collaborate with each other. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...