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July 01, 2016
Walmart Pay Expands Its US Reach

The retail giant’s payment method is finally here. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

July 01, 2016
UPS Expands Locker Pick-Up

UPS is making it easier for consumers to pick up their packages on their own time with the expansion of its Access Point smart locker package pick-up program. Get the...

July 01, 2016
Pier 1 Hitting Profits = Not So Much

If you thought Pier 1 Imports was one of the home-good retailers you could add to the list of those scant few that posted a profit in the first quarter of...

July 01, 2016
The Chatbot As Consumer Advocate

It hasn’t taken long for retailers to fall in love with chatbots. Everyone from mega-corporations like Facebook to small businesses looking for a helping hand on the customer service front...

July 01, 2016
Is In-Store Beauty Immune From Online?

The accepted wisdom of the current retail reality is that no formerly brick-and-mortar brand can operate in a vacuum from the destabilizing effects of online sales. This presupposes that industries are...

July 01, 2016
Amazon Joins Private-Label Coffee, Baby Food Biz

From its humble beginnings as an online bookstore, Amazon has morphed into an eCommerce giant over the years as it built a strategy to sell, well, just about anything and...

July 01, 2016
Cloud Report: The Sky’s No Longer The Limit

Let’s call it "disconnected connectivity" – sort of like jumbo shrimp, but in the cloud ... and having nothing to do with shrimp. Yet, as IoT solutions continue to detach...

July 01, 2016
Alt Lending Anxieties Nowhere To Be Found

For weeks the FinTech industry has been managing fears and anxieties over the future of the novel alternative finance space. Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially...

July 01, 2016
Sizzle Or Fizzle: The Brexit, The Fire Phone Part II...

Later today, millions of Americans will pack up their gear and head to a favorite spot to celebrate our Independence from the British. No, we are not going to make any...

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Walmart Vs. Amazon Whole Paycheck - January 2021
Amazon, Walmart Gain Q3 eCommerce Sales, But Lose Share of Total Spend  Spoiler alert: This edition of the Whole Paycheck Tracker report, the exclusive PYMNTS data dive on the claim Amazon and Walmart make on their share of the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck, does not contain the customary exponential increases associated with these two retailers.
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Amazon Versus Walmart Q2 2022 - October 2022
Amazon’s Lead in Consumer Discretionary Spend Remains Unchallenged  In the clash of the retail titans, Walmart leads in grocery and personal care spend, but Amazon dominates in clothing, furniture, appliances and hobbies, the Q2 2022 edition of "The Battle For Consumer Retail Spend: Amazon Versus Walmart" found, while also exploring ways consumers stand to gain from the rivalry.