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Retail Pulse: rue21 Taps Into BOPIS With Mastek; Kohl’s Teams With Planet Fitness
Retail Pulse: rue21 Taps Into BOPIS With Mastek; Kohl’s Teams With Planet Fitness
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS). Following that trend,...

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Adjusting To PSD2 And GDPR In Europe
Adjusting To PSD2 And GDPR In Europe
March 08, 2019  |  Today In Data

Consumers in the European Union (EU) are adjusting to Payments Service Directive 2 (PSD2) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), even though these regulations focus on bringing greater trust...

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Dollar Shave Club’s Next Act: Holistic Male Wellness
Dollar Shave Club’s Next Act: Holistic Male Wellness
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

When the world first encountered the brand in 2011, Dollar Shave Club didn’t have much more than an innovative idea for selling razors and a...

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Costco Wholesale Broadens Online Selection Amid eCommerce Growth
Costco Wholesale Broadens Online Selection Amid eCommerce Growth
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

Amid growth in its eCommerce sales and online selections, Costco Wholesale Corporation beat analysts’ estimates for earnings, but fell short on top-line revenues for the...

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Barnes & Noble’s Comp Sales Rise 1.1 Pct Amid Strong Holiday Season
Barnes & Noble’s Comp Sales Rise 1.1 Pct Amid Strong Holiday Season
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

Amid a strong holiday season, Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported an increase of 1.1 percent in comp sales. The result showed “the Company’s best quarterly...

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LaCroix Maker National Beverage Corp. Reports Drop In Sales
LaCroix Maker National Beverage Corp. Reports Drop In Sales
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

Marking its first fall in quarterly sales in half a decade, LaCroix sparkling water maker National Beverage Corp. reported revenue of $220.9 million for the quarter...

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Rent The Runway, West Elm And The Oversharing Economy
Rent The Runway, West Elm And The Oversharing Economy
March 08, 2019  |  Retail

Millennials, we’ve often been told, are a generation of renters, as opposed to buyers. Maybe it was all the early childhood focus on sharing that...

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How PSD2 Is Changing Lending In The UK
How PSD2 Is Changing Lending In The UK
March 08, 2019  |  Regulation

PSD2 launched in January 2018 and has been active in the European Union for a little over a year now, meaning that banks, merchants and...

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Study Finds Half Of UK Firms Vulnerable To Invoice Fraud
Study Finds Half Of UK Firms Vulnerable To Invoice Fraud
March 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Invoice fraud is on the rise in the UK, with half of all businesses exposed, according to a Santander study.  Separately, a US college campus...

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