holidays

Curbside Pickup Gets The Nod From Santa
Curbside Pickup Gets The Nod From Santa
December 29, 2020  |  Retail

Consumers, as PYMNTS data has repeatedly shown are hesitant to set foot in stores out of concern of exposing themselves and their loved ones to COVID-19....

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Today In Payments: Coinbase Suspends XRP Trading; Amazon Delivered Record-Breaking 1.5 Billion Holiday Packages
Today In Payments: Coinbase Suspends XRP Trading; Amazon Delivered Record-Breaking 1.5 Billion Holiday Packages
December 29, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Coinbase has suspended XRP trading in the wake of the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple, and Amazon delivered over 1.5 billion packages...

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Data Shows Department Stores Struggle In Digital-First Economy
Data Shows Department Stores Struggle In Digital-First Economy
December 29, 2020  |  Retail

Now that the holiday shopping season is over and the returns season has begun, the department store doomsayers are back. With Mastercard’s holiday spending report...

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Mastercard’s Sadove Says The Resilient Consumer Saved Holiday 2020
Mastercard’s Sadove Says The Resilient Consumer Saved Holiday 2020
December 29, 2020  |  Retail

The verdict on the holiday shopping season has been delivered. According to Mastercard’s SpendingPulse transactional analysis, total retail spending for 2020’s 75 days of Christmas...

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Return Season Hits Hard; Some Retailers See Bright Side Of Customer Experience
Return Season Hits Hard; Some Retailers See Bright Side Of Customer Experience
December 28, 2020  |  Retail

The dreaded returns season has hit retail with a predictable but painful thud. With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for...

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Five Takeaways From Mastercard’s Holiday Spend Data
Five Takeaways From Mastercard’s Holiday Spend Data
December 28, 2020  |  Retail

It could be argued that for the retail industry to pull off a 3 percent uptick for holiday sales this year was an astonishing feat....

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Many (Un)Happy Returns: Navigating ‘Returnmageddon’
Many (Un)Happy Returns: Navigating ‘Returnmageddon’
December 26, 2020  |  Retail

The big show is over for another year. For the tens of millions of Americans who celebrated Christmas this year the party is over —...

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Holiday Shipping Delays Fall Hard On Retail SMBs
Holiday Shipping Delays Fall Hard On Retail SMBs
December 23, 2020  |  Retail

The clock is about to strike midnight on the holiday shipping and shopping season, and the delays associated with this year of the digital-first economy...

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Today In Retail: Past Macy’s CEO Anticipates More Store Closures, 46 Pct Of Americans Plan To Travel For December Holidays
Today In Retail: Past Macy’s CEO Anticipates More Store Closures, 46 Pct Of Americans Plan...
December 22, 2020  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, former Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren said he anticipates more store closings next year, while about half of Americans intend to...

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