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1.4KMobile Order AheadStarbucks To Pick Up Pace Of Store Closings Amid Mobile Growth
Starbucks, the coffee chain operator, said Tuesday (June 20) that it was scaling back its growth and cutting its sales targets for...
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646EarningsRalph Lauren Tops Analyst Forecasts Despite Falling Sales
Ralph Lauren earnings report showed its North America revenue in the fourth quarter decreased 14 percent as the retailer continues to struggle...
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1.7KToday In DataMarking The Growth Charts
Spring is here, and growth spurts are the rule of the day. Apple managed to notch bigger sales and revenue growth last quarter...
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2.3KAppleApple Shares Fall After TSMC Prediction
Apple and its suppliers saw their share prices fall on Thursday (April 19) after a prediction of softer smartphone sales from Taiwan...
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3.0KeCommerceUS Online Retail Sales To Surpass $700B By 2022
A recent study says that U.S. eCommerce will exceed $506 billion this year. By 2022 online retail sales will go beyond $712...
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4.3KIntelligence of ThingsKeeping Beer, Profits And Data Flowing
For each of the 300,000 U.S. locations serving draft beer, bad data means a $12,000 annual loss. That, says Chris Lorkowski, CEO...
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3.5KAmazon CommerceMore Than One-Quarter Of Amazon Merchant Sales Cross Borders
Amazon is encouraging its eCommerce vendors to sell their goods internationally, as cross-border sales are becoming an increasingly important part of the...
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2.3KNewsEU Mulls Turnover Tax On Tech Juggernauts
Reliance on digital to boost the top line means the digital bottom line is about to get a little lighter. Reuters reported news...
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2.1KRetailRetail Sales Take Another Unexpected Monthly Dip
U.S. retail sales continue to disappoint in early 2018, with an unexpected drop in February. For those keeping score at home, that...
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2.5KRetailBehind Whole Foods’ Vendor Summit, New Landscape For Sellers — And Buyers
When it comes to the grocery business, relationships are as easy to bruise as an overripe apple. Such is the case with...
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4.1KToday In DataToday In Data: 55 Percent Of Consumers Shop For Groceries Both Online And Offline
Today in PYMNTS data, Karen Webster discusses Amazon’s impact on consumers and grocery shopping as a whole. “The gulf between what consumers...
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8.1KConsumer InsightsThe Amazon Effect On Consumers And Grocery Shopping
If you’re like most Americans, you or someone in your household made a run to the grocery store on Saturday to get...
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6.1KRetailEverything Is Not Awesome For LEGO
LEGO taught us that “Everything is awesome,” but things are decidedly far from awesome for the Danish toymaker. In the face of...
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5.1KRetailAthleisure, Fast Fashion And Gap’s ‘Cross-Channel, Cross-Brand’ 2018
After a long trip out in the earnings wilderness — and an increasing conviction from market watchers that Gap Inc. might simply...
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2.2KEarningsNordstrom’s Split Earnings Decision
It was a good news, bad news type of earnings report for apparel and accessories department store chain Nordstrom, according to recent...
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4.4KMobileiPhone X Hits Brick Wall In Asia
Apple’s iPhone X may be doing well in the U.S., but its price tag of $999 and up might be hurting demand...
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3.0KAppleApple Grabs 51 Percent Of Global Smartphone Sales In Q4 2017
Driven by demand for the iPhone X, Apple captured 51 percent of the revenue in the world’s wholesale smartphone market. Sales of...
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4.5KRetailStarbucks’ Frappuccino Happy Hour Doesn’t Produce Expected Sales Results
Picture this while yet another snowstorm looms in the forecast — think of spring: The sun is shining, the temperature is starting to...
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2.5KAppleApple iPhone X Gets Production Cuts As Demand Slows
Eyeing weak demand, tech giant Apple has cut production for its iPhone X planned for the current quarter. The Wall Street Journal...
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3.0KRetailTarget Boasts Strong In-Store And Online Holiday Sales
Target is reporting strong in-store and online holiday sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Those positive figures appear to have been...
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2.6KRetailDepartment Stores Start 2018 With A Bang On Wall Street
So far, so good for department stores in 2017: Early holiday sales results have spurred enthusiasm on Wall Street, which has turned...
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2.9KNewsIncome Gains, Consumer Confidence Drives Better Holiday Spending
Thanks to gains in incomes, increased confidence in the economy and a strong stock market, U.S. consumers are projected to spend more...
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3.2KRetailAmazon, Kohl’s Stocks Surge After Strong Black Friday Sales
Retailers including Amazon, Macy’s and Kohl’s saw their stocks surge in trading Friday (Nov. 24) after retailers enjoyed strong sales during Black...
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2.4KRetailBusting The Door Busters On Black Friday
What has a pre-season, post-season, and championship playoff? If you said “football,” you’re not wrong – but the terms could also apply...
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3.3KAppleApple X Margins Top iPhone 8
Although it is more expensive to produce, Apple’s new iPhone X makes the company more money per phone than its iPhone 8...
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3.8KAppleApple Shares Up As iPhone X Debuts To Big Demand
Despite production woes and worries about demand, Apple announced that pre-orders for its newest smartphone, the iPhone X, are “off the charts.”...
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1.8KAppleCredit Suisse Lowers iPhone 8, X Estimates
Apple Inc. saw Wall Street investment firm Credit Suisse lower its iPhone unit sales estimates for the year thanks to higher average...
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3.7KAppleiPhone 7 Sales Outpace iPhone 8
Consumers are favoring Apple’s iPhone 7 over the more recent iPhone 8, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets. Carrier store surveys are indicating...
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2.6KRetailRetail Sales Show September Spending Spike
The retail sales figures are in, and they are strong for September. Of course, they got a bit of a lift from...
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3.1KRetailDomino’s Sees A Same-Store Slowdown In Q3
Domino’s Pizza, a fast food pizza chain with a well-known propensity for digital innovations, saw a cooldown in same-store retail sales growth...
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2.7KRetailWalmart Says Online Sales To Increase 40 Percent In 2018
Walmart is placing a bigger emphasis on online sales, with the company’s executives saying they are cutting more costs to free cash...
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3.4KRetailThis Week In Retail: Finances, Delivery And IT
This week in retail, there has been news coming in from opposite sides of the spectrum. We saw a huge surge in...
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3.1KRetail36 Percent Of Shoppers Celebrated Amazon Prime Day
Amazon’s Prime Day is proving to be a significant event for the retail industry. In its third year of existence, this annual...
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3.0KMobileApple’s iPhone The Leader In Terms Of Q2 Shipments
Apple was the world’s largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, shipping 16.9 million iPhones in the three-month period ended in June....
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2.9KRetailAmazon Prime Day Boosts Overall Retail Sales
It’s no secret that Amazon is giving most retailers a run for their money. Over the past few years, the eCommerce giant...
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3.6KRetailChina’s Online Retail Sees Big Boost in 2017
All over the world, the retail industry is seeing a major transformation. As more people turn to the online arena to purchase...
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2.9KRetailPrime Day Just May Beat Previous Sales Records
It’s the day after Amazon’s Prime Day, and reports are already coming out that the eCommerce giant is on its way to...
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2.1KToday In DataToday in Data: Amazon Prime Day By The Numbers
It’s no secret that Amazon’s Prime Day has become a highly sought-after shopping day for consumers over the last few years. Since...
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Amazon’s Prime Day Is Coming July 11
Amazon.com announced Thursday (June 29) that its third-annual Prime Day, in which it rolls out hundreds of thousands of deals only for...
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3.2KResTechRestaurant Sales Slide; Hiring, Retention Remain Concerns
Restaurant sales continue to be on the decline, with the industry not reporting a month of positive sales since February 2016. According...
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2.9KRetailFast Casual QSRs Saw A Decline In Sales During Q1
The fast casual segment of the restaurant industry is having a tough year so far with the latest edition of the BDO...
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2.0KRetailQ1 Delivers More Good News Than Bad For New York & Co.
The bad news is, New York & Co.’s comp store sales and revenue are down as the company shifts strategies and moves...
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1.9KRetailKohl’s Q1 Earnings Up, Sales Down
The retail industry continues on its path of slow deterioration with Kohl’s latest earnings report. In Q1 this year, Kohls’ shares dipped...
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2.9KRetailDeclining Auto Sales Show Seven-Year Growth Might Be Over
U.S. auto sales fell for the fourth straight month, declining 4.7 percent in April — the biggest slowdown of the year, and a strong...
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2.7KInnovationMarchex Uses Voice Analytics To Optimize Customer Calls
Marchex, a mobile advertising analytics company, has announced the launch of Marchex Speech Analytics, a solution that enables actionable insights allowing companies...
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2.8KRetailMcDonald’s Sales Boosted By Repeat Customers
The name of the game with any business is to typically maintain current customers while adding new customers to the mix. While...
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4.0KRetailSkechers Hits The Billion Mark
For the first time in its history, footwear company Skechers‘ sales from its first quarter of the year has surpassed the $1...
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3.8KRetailIs Mobile Winning The In-Store Assistance Battle?
When it comes to learning about a product while walking around a traditional brick-and-mortar store, some consumers ask for help from a...
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1.6KDaily Data DivePYMNTS’ Daily Data Dive: Baker Technologies Raises $3.5M For Marijuana Business
As more states make marijuana legal for recreational purposes, businesses are now thinking of how to get in on the game. Baker...
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2.5KRetailUlta Beauty Steps Up Its Game With MAC Cosmetics Addition
When it comes to makeup brands, there is no brand bigger than Estée Lauder’s MAC Cosmetics. So what does the Ulta Beauty, the...
