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Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods or services sold in a given time period.
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3.1KB2B PaymentsTrade Disputes Have US Exporters Shifting Their Strategies
A new survey from American Express suggests small and mid-sized exporters (SMBs) based in the U.S. are shifting their business strategies in...
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4.8KRetail2017 Holiday Shopping Mostly Took Place In Stores
It was a good holiday season for online retailers in 2017 — particularly Amazon. According to Gartner, online retail sales rose 14.7...
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3.7KEarningsGap Q2 Revenue Beats Analyst Expectations
Gap reported a 2 percent increase in comparable store sales for the second quarter as the retail chain’s revenue topped analyst estimates,...
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6.4KEarningsGrocery, Online Drive Blockbuster Q2 For Walmart
Walmart made its investors very happy yesterday (Aug. 16) as Q2 2018 earnings came in well ahead of expectations across the board. More customers hit...
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5.2KNewsFive At Five: A Brighter Retail Forecast For 2018
Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the newest sales...
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8.9KAmazonMarketplace Sellers Drive Amazon’s Q2 Profit Train
Another quarterly earnings reports, another rush of pleased Amazon investors hurrying to boost the stock in after-hours trading — Amazon stock jumped 4.1 percent...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsShowpad Adds Apple Augmented Reality Tech For B2B eCommerce
B2B sales solutions provider Showpad is launching what it claims to be the industry’s first augmented reality (AR) solution designed to help...
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3.9KIPOSonos Pushes Forward With IPO
Though not much of a surprise to anyone, speaker company Sonos has filed to go public, and will likely be trading on...
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7.8KEarningsWalgreens Fiscal 3Q Results Top Street, But Retail Sales Slip
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.’s latest earnings results came in above the Street on Thursday (June 28), boosted by the buyout of several...
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4.3KRetailShopping Holidays Bring In Billions For eCommerce Retailers
Holidays aren’t just for marking centuries-old traditions or historic milestones: Retailers are creating their own new-age eCommerce celebrations and bringing in big...
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5.1KMobile 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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1.6KEarningsRalph 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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4.4KToday 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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4.6KAppleApple 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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6.2KeCommerceUS 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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8.0KIntelligence 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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5.4KAmazon 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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3.9KNewsEU 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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3.9KRetailRetail 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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4.8KRetailBehind 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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7.2KToday 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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16.1KConsumer 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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19.5KRetailEverything 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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8.0KRetailAthleisure, 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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3.7KEarningsNordstrom’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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7.4KMobileiPhone 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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4.4KAppleApple 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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8.3KRetailStarbucks’ 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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3.9KAppleApple 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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4.4KRetailTarget 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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4.0KRetailDepartment 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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4.0KNewsIncome 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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4.7KRetailAmazon, 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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3.7KRetailBusting 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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4.6KAppleApple 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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4.8KAppleApple 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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2.4KAppleCredit 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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5.1KAppleiPhone 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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4.4KRetailRetail 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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4.5KRetailDomino’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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4.0KRetailWalmart 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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4.8KRetailThis 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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4.3KRetail36 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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4.2KMobileApple’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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4.1KRetailAmazon 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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4.6KRetailChina’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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3.8KRetailPrime 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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2.9KToday 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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4.1KResTechRestaurant 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...
