Efforts by American retailers to prevent shoplifting appear to be paying off. That’s according to new research from the National Retail Federation (NRF), which finds external theft and fraud cases on the rise, even as the average number of shoplifting and merchandise theft cases declined...
Retailers are moving quickly to tighten control over how consumers pay, as new PYMNTS Intelligence data shows embedded finance shifting from a background capability to a frontline business priority. According to “Retailers Expand Embedded Finance to Unlock Control and Customization,” a November 2025 PYMNTS Intelligence report...
Marketplace optimization platform Teikametrics has debuted an artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Artificial Retail Intelligence (ARI). This new system is designed to increase merchant success on Walmart, Amazon and TikTok as AI increases the volume of content and makes it harder to gain attention, the...
Walk into a CVS pharmacy. Scroll a live auction on Whatnot. Book a salon visit through Ulta Beauty. Comparison shop a sectional on Furniture.com or step into Robert Talbott’s resurrected Madison Avenue flagship. In each case you’re seeing the same story play out in very...
November 28, 2025
Walk into a CVS pharmacy. Scroll a live auction on Whatnot. Book a salon visit through Ulta Beauty. Comparison shop a sectional on Furniture.com or step into Robert Talbott’s resurrected Madison Avenue flagship. In each case you’re seeing the same story play out in very different ways. It’s retail being rebuilt in real time around […]
March 25, 2025
A comprehensive study of U.S. grocery and non-grocery retailers with annual revenues exceeding $500 million has laid bare the critical link between data readiness and financial performance. And it found...
July 02, 2024
After three days of sparse quotes and speculation, the New York Eastern District court judge presiding over the latest chapter in the proposed credit card swipe fee settlement between Visa,...
July 01, 2024
With buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans becoming increasingly accepted across merchant sectors, retailers are proving to be the payment method’s biggest champion. A PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Merchants’ Evolving Perspective...
August 02, 2026
Efforts by American retailers to prevent shoplifting appear to be paying off. That’s according to new research from the National Retail Federation (NRF), which finds external theft and fraud cases on the rise, even as the average number of shoplifting and merchandise theft cases declined for the first time in several years. The research, released […]
December 22, 2025
Retailers are moving quickly to tighten control over how consumers pay, as new PYMNTS Intelligence data shows embedded finance shifting from a background capability to a frontline business priority. According...
December 17, 2025
Marketplace optimization platform Teikametrics has debuted an artificial intelligence (AI) system dubbed Artificial Retail Intelligence (ARI). This new system is designed to increase merchant success on Walmart, Amazon and TikTok...
November 24, 2025
Kohl’s interim CEO Michael Bender is now officially the retailer’s CEO. The company announced the change Monday (Nov. 24), nearly seven months after picking Bender to fill-in after the company...
