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Retail
Selfridges Launches Pop-up Shop Devoted to Pre-Owned Clothing and Accessories
May 16, 2023

Selfridges has launched a pop-up shop at which consumers can resell or restore pre-owned clothing and accessories. The United Kingdom-based luxury department store chain is offering The Stock Market at The Corner Shop for a month, hosting it at the firm’s permanent pop-up space at its flagship location...

Retail
Elizabeth Arden Launches Shoppable Virtual Store to Reach New Generation
May 16, 2023

Elizbeth Arden has launched a virtual store that enables browsing, gameplaying and shopping. The Revlon-owned beauty brand created the metaverse shopping experience in partnership with experiential eCommerce platform Obsess and launched it Tuesday (May 16), Elizabeth Arden said in a Wednesday press release. “We are truly operating as an omnichannel business to evolve...

Retail
Century 21 and Macy’s Embrace Inventory Lightness as Premium Label Stores Downsize
May 16, 2023

Inspired by Macy’s, Century 21, the department store chain celebrated for its deeply discounted designer clothing, is staging a comeback following its closure in 2020. With a renewed strategy, it is embracing a more streamlined approach to retail as it strives to reclaim its prominent...

Social Commerce
As Meta Exits, Can Amazon, Google and Reddit Get Social Commerce Right? 
May 16, 2023

The realm of social commerce is undergoing remarkable advancements with key players such as Google, Amazon and Reddit venturing into the trend of integrating eCommerce within their platforms. But what does that mean for the state of social commerce? Particularly in light of Meta’s influential...

Retail
Home Depot’s Sales Fall as Consumers Hold Off on Renovations
May 16, 2023

The Home Depot missed Wall Street revenue expectations for the second quarter in a row. The home improvement retailer on Tuesday (May 16) reported earnings that showed sales of $37.3 billion, down 4.2% year over year. It marked the second time in as many quarters...

Retail
Growing Online Payments Fraud Puts Retailer Data Security in the Spotlight
May 16, 2023

PYMNTS asked business leaders for their take on how to plan for the rest of 2023 and what they are telling their teams to focus on. Mario Shiliashki, Global Payments CEO at PayU, says retail will likely face another challenging year. Merchants must collaborate closely...

Global Payments
Cross-Border Sellers Want Tools – and Insights – to Avoid FX and Localization Pitfalls
May 16, 2023

Selecting countries ripe for cross-border expansion requires thoughtful analysis of the payments landscape within different geographies to enable successful market penetration with minimal cost and risk to the merchant. That was a key takeaway from a PYMNTS conversation with Roman Tazetdinov, head of geo expansion at Worldline....

Security & Fraud
Pay.UK Says Controlling UK’s Payments Fraud Epidemic Needs More than AI
May 16, 2023

Over £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) in the U.K. was stolen through authorized and unauthorized financial fraud in 2022, according to a recently published UK Finance report. And while that amounts to an 8% drop compared to 2021 figures, there’s no debate that the battle to prevent...

Regulation
CFPB’s Small Business Lending Rules Headed for More Scrutiny on Capitol Hill 
May 15, 2023

Small business lending’s new data-driven approach may be headed for more scrutiny on Capitol Hill. To that end, Rep. Maxine Waters (California), the top Democrat ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-New York), ranking member on the House Small...