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Digital Drive: PartsHawk Turbocharges Its Data
September 17, 2020

It’s not often that eCommerce companies critique the products they’re aligned with. After all, Dick’s Sporting Goods doesn’t rate NFL players, and Best Buy doesn’t wax poetic about the beauties of the Apple campus in Cupertino. Such tasks are usually left to their customers. But...

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Pet Spend Shifts Online With Pandemic
September 17, 2020

Americans spent $95.6 billion in 2019 feeding and caring for their pets. To provide some perspective on how big that number is, if the pet industry was a country it would have the 60th highest GDP in the world, right between Angola and Kenya. With...

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GameStop Collaborates With QuadPay For BNPL
September 17, 2020

Amid the approaching holiday shopping season, GameStop has joined forces with QuadPay to offer access to its buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment platform. QuadPay is currently available on the retailer’s website and at its brick-and-mortar stores, according to an announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Sam’s Club To Bring Scan & Go Fuel To 518 Stations
September 17, 2020

Sam’s Club is rolling out its mobile pay-at-the-pump Scan & Go Fuel experience at over 70 locations throughout the nation in September, with a “full-scale” launch to 518 gas stations anticipated prior to the close of 2020, according to a Thursday (Sept. 17) company announcement....

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Retail Sales: Rough Days Ahead At The Register?
September 17, 2020

Four consecutive months into positive consumer spending trends, one wonders if there might be — indeed must be — a lull, a pullback that might indicate a tougher road ahead for retailers headed into the all-important holiday spending season. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Retailers And Landlords Work Together (Not Always Happily) To Save Brick-And-Mortar Stores 
September 16, 2020

U.K. retail chain New Look made headlines this week for striking a deal to effectively receive a three-year rent holiday on 68 of its stores and massive rent reductions on more than 400 others. The deal allows the struggling apparel seller to potentially stay alive and keep roughly...

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Kohl’s Reduces Corporate Workforce By Approximately 15 Pct
September 16, 2020

Kohl’s Corporation decreased its corporate headcount by roughly 15 percent as it took different measures to “further align its cost base” in response to the impact of the coronavirus on its business, according to an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....

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One-Click Checkout Gets Wheels With Company’s Fast Pivot
September 16, 2020

Talk about reinventing the wheel. Meet Shark Wheel, a company that has literally invented a wheel that’s not round and added some innovation to the eCommerce space by partnering with a new one-click checkout system. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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US Retail Sales Rose 0.6 Pct In August, Short Of 1 Pct Prediction
September 16, 2020

Retail sales increased in August to $537.5 billion, up 0.6 percent, according to data published on Wednesday (Sept. 16) by the U.S. Census Bureau. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...