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2.0KConsumer FinanceCiti Revamps Rewards Program, Allows Cardmembers To Pay With Points
Citi has announced a new feature that allows qualifying cardmembers to shop and receive real-time alerts to redeem their ThankYou Points for...
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2.9KRetailWalmart Expands EBT Grocery Card Acceptance Online
Walmart will now accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to pay for online grocery orders at all of its pickup locations, according...
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2.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsP27 Nordic Payments Platform Teams With Mastercard
Mastercard and P27 Nordic Payments Platform have teamed up to provide the Nordic market with a real-time and batch payments system, according...
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1.4KRetailInstagram Aims To ‘Unlock’ Value Through Shopping Features
Through a long-term vision to take on the desire of users to window shop and amp up retail, Instagram Head Adam Mosseri...
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1.3KRetailBringing The DTC Model To Baby Strollers With Customization
Sometimes a confluence of factors lead to an idea that morphs into a new company in an emerging space. Before Eric Osman...
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1.1KRetailTapping AI To Build A Better Hair Day
Good hair does not come easy — or cheap. According to some estimates, the average woman in the United States will spend...
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786RetailAirbnb Unveils High-End Luxe Offering
To bolster its luxury travel efforts, Airbnb has unveiled its Luxe offering, which includes more than 2,000 high-end homes. The home sharing...
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1.2KRetailSam’s Club Offers Alcohol Delivery Via Instacart
Sam’s Club has announced that some of its shoppers using Instacart can now receive same-day alcohol delivery. The service is now available...
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1.7KMarketsHotels, And India’s Middle Class, Show Path For Online Travel
It’s a fool’s errand to predict what will interest historians decades or centuries from now, but the scribes here at PYMNTS don’t...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsTop Conglomerates Enter A New Era Of Supply Chain Disruption
Supply chain volatility is a difficult nut to crack, due to a host of risks that can be (or at least appear...
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1.2KRetailSamsung Introduces Three New Smart Home Items
Samsung has introduced three new smart home items that are low-cost entrants into the space, according to a report. The telecommunications and...
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1.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsTech Co Trax Buys Shopping Rewards App Shopkick
Trax, a global technology company based in Singapore, has acquired U.S.-based Shopkick, a rewards app that tracks customer behavior, according to a...
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1.6KAmazonAmazon Launches Online Store For Beauty Pros
Amazon launched its latest B2B entry in eCommerce on Monday (June 24) with the Amazon Professional Beauty Store, a shopping hub for...
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3.6KDigital PaymentsRazer Gaming Company Teams With Visa For Online Payments
Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s...
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2.0KRetailLuxury Brands In China Embrace WeChat
Luxury brands are increasingly using chat app WeChat in China to reach customers and sell big-ticket items, according to a report by...
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1.2KLegalWalmart Sued By JetBlue For Jetblack Name
To force the world’s biggest retailer to stop using the Jetblack name for its personal shopping service, JetBlue Airways has sued Walmart...
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1.2KRetailPerfecting Perfumery For The Instagram Era
When Baptiste Bouygues joined forces with his mother, Marie-Lise Jonak, to create a line of perfumes called Ormaie, they quickly learned that selling...
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1.3KRetailToys R Us May Return With Smaller Stores
Ahead of this year’s holiday season, defunct toy chain Toys R Us could be making a comeback: The remnant of the company...
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1.6KToday In DataAdvancing The Adoption Of Real-Time Payments
Major financial institutions (FIs) need to get on board with real-time payment systems for them to achieve widespread availability, while credit unions are finding friendly ground...
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2.8KRetailRetailers Show The Path Forward On AI Innovation
Retailers are getting smarter about artificial intelligence (AI), and the latest example of that innovative effort comes from Walmart. According to a...
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1.3KRetailDelivering Regional Flavor With State-Specific Subscriptions
To offer shoppers a curated selection of local products ranging from décor to local flavors, eCommerce innovators are assembling subscription boxes around...
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1.4KRetailMacy’s, JCPenney Push Back Against 25 Pct Tariffs
Letters filed by department store retailers Macy’s and JCPenney, along with other companies, asked the U.S. Trade Representative to remove many footwear...
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3.3KRegulationEuropean Banking Authority Offers Relief On SCA, PSD2 Rules
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an opinion on strong customer authentication (SCA) under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), acknowledging that...
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3.6KRetailMajor Restaurant Chains Push For Lower Delivery Rates
In an online food delivery service market that is becoming more crowded, some of the largest operators of restaurants are renegotiating with...
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1.9KInnovationMore Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation
Part of the future of retail is playing out inside hotels — and that’s happening as the wider part of the travel-and-tourism...
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1.4KRetailRetailers Head To College For The Latest Commerce Innovation
It’s summer — finally — and that means most college students are back home on break, thinking of beach time and extra...
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1.8KRetailRetail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu
Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual...
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1.4KToday In DataDigital Payments And The Online Workforce
Online payment methods and digital technologies are coming into the working world. In healthcare, identity is taking center stage amid digitalization in...
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1.0KRetailShaq Eyes Reebok Buy As His Next Move
In his next move, former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal wants to buy the legendary footwear company Reebok. The sports star has created...
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1.4KRetailBanks Bring Coffee Shops To New Branches
With the bank branch of the future, large institutions such as Capital One and Fifth Third are aiming to create spaces that...
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1.3KRetailAmazonFresh Expands To Las Vegas
Amazon has announced that it has expanded AmazonFresh to Las Vegas. Prime members in Las Vegas can now shop tens of thousands...
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1.9KPayment MethodsCan Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?
People can say what they will about the wisdom of legal retail sales of marijuana (we here at PYMNTS take no position),...
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1.6KRetailKroger’s Private-Label Grocery War Advantage?
To compete in the grocery wars and gain market share from competitors such as Aldi, Amazon and Walmart, supermarkets are bolstering their...
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1.6KBusinessLegal Cannabis Retail Rides A Wave Of Revenue Growth
In a way, watching the emergence of legal retail marijuana in North America is like watching someone grow up. Not really a...
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1.4KRetailMexico Gov’t Blocks Walmart’s Plans To Buy Cornershop
Mexican antitrust regulators blocked Walmart’s plans to buy delivery app Cornershop, according to a report by Reuters. Cornershop Co-Founder Oskar Hjertonsson said...
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1.3KRetailA New Digital Beginning For Lands’ End
When Jerome Griffith took over the helm at Lands’ End as CEO two years ago, he had been on the verge of...
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1.2KRetailRetailers Find New Innovation Fuel Against Amazon
Here’s some news: Amazon is not unbeatable. No, that doesn’t mean that PYMNTS takes sides in the struggle for retail supremacy, but...
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964Today In DataBuilding New Digital Experiences
Mobile can help build new loyalty offerings, while responses help build Facebook’s new plans for digital payments. Balance transfers could lead to...
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1.4KRetailHow QSRs Enable Digital Options With Rapid Order-Ahead Growth
In an era of restaurant technology that provides diners with many choices, mobile order-ahead is more popular than ever with consumers. Quick-service...
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802RetailAlibaba, JD.com To Offer Consumer Shopping Data To Retailers
Through an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd program that offers years of shopping history for consumers, Bestore Co Ltd intends to connect technology...
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957RetailBrazil’s GPA Launches B2B eCommerce Platform
Brazilian food retailer GPA is planning to launch a new business-to-business eCommerce platform in an effort to double its customer base by...
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953RetailLululemon Shutters Menswear Stores
Lululemon has quietly closed its men’s standalone stores in New York City and Toronto. The move comes as the retailer still plans...
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3.2KAuthenticationIdentity Takes Center Stage As Healthcare Goes Digital
Complaints about healthcare will never cease. After all, the industry is one where illness combines with significant bills and payments, two things...
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2.2KInnovationPOS Payments At The Speed Of Sound (Waves)
Friction bedevils all types of retail — and that holds true for transactions inside stores or via eCommerce sites. At the same...
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1.8KRetailFood Helps Drive Retail Aspects of Connected Vehicles
The connected vehicle ecosystem is taking shape, and that is bring new opportunities to retail. But challenges remains, not the least of...
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How Food Is Helping To Drive Connected Car Retail
The connected vehicle ecosystem is taking shape, and that brings new opportunities to retail. But challenges remain, not the least of which...
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1.1KRetailSteeping Convenience With Tea Technology And Subscriptions
The great outdoors can inspire some entrepreneurs to start beverage companies: Cusa Tea Founder and CEO Jim Lamancusa, for instance, found the...
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1.3KToday In DataSetting The Stage For Better Payments
P2P payments can play a big role in the B2B realm, while artificial intelligence is pulling more weight in the world of...
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1.4KRetailPanera Eyes Delivery Opportunity With Dinner
In an effort that could bring delivery opportunities, Panera Bread has been experimenting with a menu for dinner at a Jacksonville, Florida...
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1.1KRetailGoogle Launches AR Beauty Try-On
Google has announced the launch of AR Beauty Try-On, which allows viewers to virtually try on makeup while following tips, product reviews...
