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physical retail
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8.7KPayments InnovationWhy Search And Logistics Will Shape The Future Of Retail Payments
The two most powerful forces shaping the future of retail payments have nothing to do with payments at all. At least at...
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5.0KOmnicommerceMaking Sense Of The New Omnichannel Experience
As far as buzzwords go, one must tip their hat to the enduring power of “omnichannel.” Take a time machine and travel...
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3.8KRetailKiosks Flourish In International Markets
Kiosks are gaining more power in retail, especially as it becomes ever more obvious that consumers are not quite ready to cut...
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6.6KRetailHow Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times and worst of times. The headline topping the...
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23.0KRetailAlibaba Bids For Metro Brick-And-Mortar Stores In China
One of the hottest battlegrounds in eCommerce these days — and that includes global, multi-pronged, behemoth eCommerce operators — is a firm in...
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4.5KeCommerceFresh Holiday eCommerce Data: Another Nail In Physical Retail’s Coffin?
Online retail and mobile commerce had their shining moments over the 2018 holiday shopping season — the latest evidence of that comes from...
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3.7KToday In DataToday In Data: The Global Digital Commerce Reset
With the new year now up and running, it’s becoming obvious that a few big sea changes are underway. Physical retail, as...
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4.2KRetailMystore-E And An AI Assistant For Physical Retail
Creating the correctly personalized in-store experience is much easier said than done in most cases – consumers want salespeople who are knowledgeable...
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18.5KPayment MethodsWhy The Physical Store Model Is Dead
It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it...
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5.7KPayment MethodsWhy QSRs Like Amazon Pay
Quick-service restaurant (QSR) managers are a conservative bunch when it comes to payments, new PYMNTS research found. It makes sense — the process...
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18.0KMobile CommerceWhat Black Friday Tells Us About The Future Of Retail
The verdict is in. Black Friday was a boon for online retail. Nostalgia still drove consumers to physical stores to snag and...
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6.9KRetailWhy Sam’s Club Expanded Its Instacart Footprint
A recent deal that expands Instacart’s same-day grocery delivery for Sam’s Club members stands as more than good news for the delivery...
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11.7KAlternative FinancesHow Affirm Wants To Push ‘Honest Financing’ Into Physical Retail
Despite the nearly continuous drumbeat of doom and gloom from the world of physical retail, there is, according to Affirm CRO Rob...
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10.4KMatchmakersJOOR CEO: Why Digital Wholesale Ordering Is Fashion’s Latest Trend
What’s more fashionable than efficiency? Yet, until recently, it wasn’t a trend the luxury fashion market had really tried on. Kristin Savilia,...
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6.2KRetailCanada Goose Outerwear Company Is Flying High
The Canada Goose is migrating. Canada Goose Holdings Inc., a premium outerwear brand known for its goose-down jackets with fur-trimmed hoods, has...
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15.8KMatchmakersAppear Here And How Brands Can Rethink Physical Retail
“We want to saturate the cities we are in, in terms of number of places, before moving on to the next place....
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The Not-So-Sweet Smell Of Brick-And-Mortar
With physical retail taking a hit in so many areas from eCommerce, some brick-and-mortar businesses might be ignoring a simple but very...
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The Mystery Of The Vanishing Retail Staff
Why employees of major retail chains are disappearing in large numbers isn’t the mystery — that’s the result of low sales, thanks...
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Brick-And-Mortar Vs. Brand Names
Online commerce has made it a heck of a lot harder than it once was for brick-and-mortar retailers to compete on pricing...
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Former Saks CEO Says It’s Omnichannel Or Bust For Physical Retail
He may no longer be the Saks chairman and CEO, but Steve Sadove still has plenty of ideas for saving the floundering...
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eBay’s Retail Tech Patent Spree
Recent patent filings by online retailer, reseller and auction mega-site eBay have pundits guessing at whether the company intends to take its...
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Macy’s CEO Says Death Of Physical Retail Exaggerated
Macy’s Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren recently sat down with CNBC’s “On the Money” to discuss the reported “death” of brick-and-mortar shopping....
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2.4KCoolServing This Generation’s ‘Tweener’
Men between 20 and 30. Rising professionals. Refined sense of fashion. That’s this generation’s “tweener” and emerging retail opportunity. Max Schmidt, co-founder...
