shopping

How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

It’s ‘Deal or No Deal’ for Cash-Strapped Holiday Shoppers

It’s ‘Deal or No Deal’ for Cash-Strapped Holiday Shoppers
It’s ‘Deal or No Deal’ for Cash-Strapped Holiday Shoppers
December 06, 2022  |  Shopping

Tight budgets are putting merchants in a bind this holiday season. Fifty-six million consumers across the United States say they are skipping holiday shopping entirely...

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Eat, Pay, Love — a Meditation on Holiday Spending
Eat, Pay, Love — a Meditation on Holiday Spending
December 03, 2022  |  Retail

It turns out that dining, shopping, and even paying for such delights is uplifting. As in scientifically, and numerically as the case may be for...

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How Digital Payments Solve Bad Retail Experiences
How Digital Payments Solve Bad Retail Experiences
December 02, 2022  |  Retail

Some of the world’s biggest retailers are experiencing a paradigm shift. They are focusing on user experience in-store as a key feature of their competitiveness...

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60% of Consumers Say Discounts Will Determine Holiday Shopping Loyalty 
60% of Consumers Say Discounts Will Determine Holiday Shopping Loyalty 
December 01, 2022  |  Retail

A new study shows price is everything as budget-minded decisions are consumers’ top drivers. In the latest edition of “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Report:...

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Bread Financial Expands BNPL Offering
Bread Financial Expands BNPL Offering
November 28, 2022  |  BNPL

With consumers increasingly turning to installment payments for their holiday shopping, financial services firm Bread Financial has made its buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering...

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More Consumers Shopped With Apps Than at Malls on Black Friday
More Consumers Shopped With Apps Than at Malls on Black Friday
November 28, 2022  |  Shopping

Inflation cast a long shadow over Black Friday 2022. Consumer prices rose 7.7% year over year in October, leaving millions of consumers wary as they...

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Mastercard: Black Friday Spending Up 12% Despite Inflation
Mastercard: Black Friday Spending Up 12% Despite Inflation
November 27, 2022  |  Retail

In spite of inflation, American consumers spent the day of Thanksgiving shopping — both online and off — and dining out, leading to double-digit sales...

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Retailers Say BNPL Boosts Sales, Consumers Say It Keeps Them Coming Back
Retailers Say BNPL Boosts Sales, Consumers Say It Keeps Them Coming Back
November 23, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly grown in popularity among consumers. PYMNTS research found that in the past year, 50 million consumers across the...

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