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Mobile ApplicationsConsumer Mobile App Use Increased 40 Pct During Lockdown
The pandemic saw an all-time high record of mobile app usage, according to market data from App Annie. The monthly time spent...
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AppleApple Customers Can Now Schedule In-Store Appointments
A new Apple service will let customers browse shops in person in a safe and convenient way through setting appointments, according to...
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DeliveryFood Delivery Expects No Summer Slowdown
As Americans head into Fourth of July barbecues and related celebrations, they are showing few, if any, signs that they’re declaring independence...
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B2B PaymentsNew Marg ERP Feature To Aid Social Distancing In B2B Payments
A new digital, contactless feature for India-based software developer Marg ERP will hopefully help users maintain social distancing when working with retailers...
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RetailThe Unexpected Ways Dining Out Is Evolving
When COVID-19 exploded into a global pandemic that more or less shut down everything worldwide, restaurants began diving for digital cover and...
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Real EstateHow ‘Self-Touring’ And Digital Lockboxes Can Change Real Estate Rentals
The pandemic has the potential to change the way any number of business verticals operate — especially industries like real estate, which...
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Travel PaymentsCelebrity Event Planner Colin Cowie On How ‘Hospitainment’ Can Save The Events Business
It hasn’t been a good year for hospitality and events, with the pandemic shutting down travel, large gatherings, venues and the desire...
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InnovationThe ‘Quarantini’ And Other Post-Pandemic Cocktail Innovations
The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down bars and nightclubs nationwide, leaving Americans without their favorite watering holes to socialize in. But creative consumers...
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EconomyAMC Plans Global Reopening For July
AMC Entertainment, the U.S. theater chain, reported a decline in earnings for the first quarter ending March 31, with a $941.5 million...
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AppleApple Earns Patent On Tech That Compiles Group Selfies
As the worldwide push to beat the coronavirus continues with social distancing measures almost everywhere, Apple has a new plan for software...
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RetailSocial Distancing Could Open Up New Ways To Sell
With a need for social distancing in the coronavirus era, businesses are seeking ways to restrict traffic through appointment-based systems for physical...
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CoronavirusAnd The Beat Goes On: Music’s New Playbook For Summer 2020
The summer season is usually the time of year for the young and the hip to hit the scene at music festivals...
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RetailOffline Shopping: Three Categories To Watch
The numbers are in. The latest in the PYMNTS COVID-19 series that quantifies the effects of the pandemic shows not only a...
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Travel Payments‘Travel Bubbles’ Key To Getting Consumers To Travel Cross Border
The summer travel season is upon the Northern Hemisphere, and while many consumers would normally be setting their sights on visiting new...
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CoronavirusShould Las Vegas Bet On Consumers Returning to Casinos?
Las Vegas casinos shut their doors in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, sending Nevada’s unemployment rate to a worst-in-the-nation 28.2...
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CoronavirusThe Drive-In Dance Club And The Future Of Social Gatherings
There are some experiences that seem impossible in light of the social distancing rules emerging in the post-lockdown period. Yes, you can modify...
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CoronavirusIs The Old-Fashioned Carhop About To Make A Comeback?
Carhops and drive-in restaurants are classic parts of the American dining experience immortalized by George Lucas’s 1973 debut film “American Graffiti,” although...
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RetailHow Disney Is Remaking The Magic Kingdom For Social Distancing
After officially shutting its doors in mid-March and furloughing staff, Disney World is planning its comeback. The park has officially scheduled a grand...
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Digital-First BankingHow APIs Help Banks Provide Digital Services During The Pandemic
While APIs have played a critical role in enabling digital-first banking experiences, their rollout is not always smooth. A lack of standardization...
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SMBsThe Blueprint For Rethinking Main Street
For the small shops and independently owned restaurants that line America’s Main Streets from coast to coast, the past eight weeks have...
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CoronavirusEmpty Steel Canyons In NYC As Commuters WFH?
Amid the wreckage left by the pandemic — the lost jobs, shuttered businesses, and of course, the fatalities — one victim may...
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Artificial IntelligenceAI Robot Enforces Social Distancing At S. Korean Coffee Shop
A smart factory in South Korea has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to help people stay socially distanced and keep the...
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Restaurant innovationWhat Famed Boston Eatery Petit Robert’s Owner Sees As Restaurants’ Future
Boston’s Petit Robert Bistro, one of the city’s fanciest French restaurants, started 2020 with expectations that were anything but small. Mild winter weather in...
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Restaurant innovationCurry Up Now On Its Contactless Approach To Reopening
Redesigning restaurant layouts and creating a touch-free environment are about to become non-negotiable for quick-service restaurants (QSRs) across America as they prepare...
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Today In DataThe Growth Of Off-Premise Dining, Subscriptions During The Pandemic
The pandemic is impacting industries globally, but fewer verticals have been harder hit than restaurants. Stay-at-home mandates and social distancing have led...
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RetailPool Noodles, Mannequins And The Wilder Side Of Social Distancing For Restaurants
If we’re being truly honest with ourselves, the new rules that will surround restaurants’ dining rooms in the near future don’t sound...
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Real EstateHomebuying And Selling In The Time Of Social Distancing
Land. They’re not making any more of it, as the old saying goes, which is why real estate has always been considered...
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Travel PaymentsTraveler Complaints Prompt DOT To Remind Airlines Of Refund Rules
As thousands of complaints about airlines flood the Department of Transportation (DOT), the department is issuing a warning to airlines: Don’t renege...
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BusinessCouples Opt For Smaller Weddings Amid Social Distancing
You won’t find the word “minimony” in the dictionary. But couples who spent a year planning a traditional wedding only to see...
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RetailSimon Eyes Opening Half Of Its Malls This Week
Simon Property Group, the biggest mall retailer in the U.S., said it plans to have around half of its locations open within...
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Travel PaymentsVariations On A Theme (Park) And What Disney Signals For Brick-And-Mortar Leisure
Face masks. Socially distanced photos with Mickey and Minnie. The (measured) reopening of Shanghai Disneyland Monday may provide a bit of a...
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LoansMnuchin Wants To Fix Restaurants’ PPP Woes
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he wants to tweak the rules of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to accommodate restaurants stuck between...
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CoronavirusExpect Another Year Before Sports, Entertainment Venues Reopen
The spread of the coronavirus has led to a halt of Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and the National Basketball...
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Travel PaymentsFrontier Retracts $39 ‘More Room’ Fee On Flights
Denver-headquartered Frontier Airlines is retracting its $39 “More Room” fee that guarantees passengers would sit between empty seats. “We recognize the concerns...
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Travel PaymentsFrontier To Allow Passengers To Purchase Extra Space On Planes
As the world steadily inches toward reopening after several months of coronavirus-related lockdowns, Frontier Airlines will give people the option to pay...
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CoronavirusGeorgia’s Push To Reopen Falls Flat As Consumers Stay Home
The road to recovery after the coronavirus pandemic is widely expected to be a winding one as businesses, consumers and officials work...
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CoronavirusUK Restaurants Say Social Distancing Could Bankrupt Them
If restaurants and bars in the U.K. are required to apply social distancing when they reopen, many won’t survive, according to a...
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DeliveryWalmart Tests $10 Upcharge For 2-Hour Grocery Delivery
Walmart’s new Express Delivery service will transport items to customers’ doors within two hours for a $10 charge, the company announced Thursday...
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Next-Gen DebitDeep Dive: How FIs, Customers Are Navigating The Coronavirus-Inspired Spike In Digital Banking Demand
The coronavirus pandemic has consumers around the world turning to digital devices to access banking services. The new surge in demand is...
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CoronavirusStudy: Economic Damage Would Be Worse Without Lockdowns, Social Distancing
A new study reveals that government-imposed shutdowns and social distancing could cut the economic impact of COVID-19 in half. While shuttering states...
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RetailReinventing Retail Will Mean Embracing New Formats
Reinventing retail in the wake of COVID-19 may mean reinventing retail formats. As the discussion turns to reopening, non-essential locations — malls...
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CoronavirusPence: Country Might Be ‘Largely Past’ COVID-19 By Early June
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States could be finished before the Memorial Day holiday, Vice President Mike Pence said in a...
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Digital-First BankingDeep Dive: How Banks Use Digital Technologies To Outlast The Coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak is still ravaging countries worldwide, but it has not eliminated consumers’ and businesses’ need to transact, finalize complex arrangements...
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CoronavirusAG Barr Threatens Legal Action If States’ ‘House Arrest’ Too Strict
Attorney General William Barr advised some state governors that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would consider legal action if social distancing mandates...
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CoronavirusNEW DATA: How We Will Change: Consumers And Life After COVID-19
California became the first state to issue a stay-at-home order on March 19. All 50 states have since issued social distancing guidelines,...
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CoronavirusGaming The Odds Of The (Post Pandemic) Return Of Sports
The stands are almost empty. The die-hardest of the die-hard fans are sitting 12 feet apart, observing the mandatory three-chair spacing rule. The roar...
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EconomyGeorgia Looks At Reopening Some Businesses This Week
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp isn’t wasting time when it comes to reopening businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to reopen many types...
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Subscription CommerceNetflix, Disney And The Great Entertainment Shift
On Wall Street, market capitalizations are shorthand for investor sentiment — for positive or negative views, generally speaking, of publicly-traded companies’ prospects....
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CoronavirusLove In The Time Of COVID-19
In a normal year, spring is generally known as the season for new love. There’s something about the chirping birds, the shining sun...
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eCommerceNEW DATA: Five Ways Social Distancing Is Transforming Retail
COVID-19 has driven consumers indoors — and online. Consumers are 30.6 percent more likely to make their purchases online in 2020 than...
