It was restaurateur and self-styled pop culture icon Guy Fieri who said recently: “Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” It’s a statement that rings true for Steve Fusco, president at Rewards Network. As head of a company that brings customers, data, financing...
Starbucks is rolling out new store design features as it adds locations and renovates existing ones. During the current fiscal year that ends in October, the company plans to add 650 stores and renovate 1,000 others, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (April 10). Starbucks has more than 16,300 stores...
Stord has acquired ProPack Logistics to expand its fulfillment network throughout the United States and Canada. ProPack, which provides fulfillment services for the nutrition and supplement product industry, has six temperature-controlled warehouses across North America, the companies said in a Friday (April 5) press release. These facilities complement Stord’s...
Since 2019, PYMNTS Intelligence has closely tracked the battle between the U.S.’s two top retailers, Walmart and Amazon, and each quarter we share our findings in our “Whole Paycheck Report.” As is made clear by the title of our most recent report, “New Consumer Spend...
May 01, 2024
If there’s a theme for retailers this earnings season, and especially for dining, it might be crystallized in the comments this week from McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski, who told analysts: “Consumers continue to be even more discriminating with every dollar that they spend as they faced elevated prices in their day-to-day spending.” He was referring, […]
April 29, 2024
It was restaurateur and self-styled pop culture icon Guy Fieri who said recently: “Food is not just eating energy. It’s an experience.” It’s a statement that rings true for Steve...
March 14, 2024
Digital wallets — such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use near-field communication tags, and Amazon Pay and PayPal, which use QR codes — offer shoppers a contactless method...
February 29, 2024
With so much consumer review information accessible on the go, the days of simply rolling the dice and taking a chance on a local restaurant appear to be fading. A...
April 10, 2024
Starbucks is rolling out new store design features as it adds locations and renovates existing ones. During the current fiscal year that ends in October, the company plans to add 650 stores and renovate 1,000 others, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (April 10). Starbucks has more than 16,300 stores today and aims to have 20,000 in the longer term. […]
April 05, 2024
Stord has acquired ProPack Logistics to expand its fulfillment network throughout the United States and Canada. ProPack, which provides fulfillment services for the nutrition and supplement product industry, has six temperature-controlled warehouses across...
March 08, 2024
Meal-kit company HelloFresh saw its stock plummet Friday (March 8) in its largest single-day decline since debuting on the market in 2017. The company’s shares dropped to a low of 6.13 euros...
February 15, 2024
Customers of Bank of America and Starbucks can now earn more benefits by linking those accounts. A new partnership between the two companies allows Bank of America cardholders and Starbucks Rewards members to earn 2% cash...
