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5 Inflationary Trends to Watch As Q4 Gets Underway
Consumer Insights // September 30, 2022

Depending on who ask and how you ask it, consumers are either feeling a bit more confident about the economy as the fourth quarter gets underway, or they’re not. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payment Trends Driven by Need for Speed
B2B Payments // September 02, 2022

It’s been an eventful period in the B2B payments space. Here’s a recap of recent developments along with an analysis of the trends they illustrate. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

The 5 Key Themes That Defined Business Payments in 2021
B2B Payments // December 30, 2021

While everyone in the business-to-business (B2B) space would like to see transactions become as simple as those they experience in their lives as consumers, companies have their own hurdles to overcome when creating fully digitized, seamless experiences for buyers and sellers. Get the Full Story...

What To Wear When We Reopen
Retail // May 01, 2021

What to wear? Always an important question, though perhaps in a different way during the year of the pandemic, as workers around the world headed home from the office and shed their business casualwear for sweatpants, old T-shirts and slippers, working in the privacy of...

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Retailing 2020: Five Things To Watch

May 25, 2020
The pandemic was unprecedented when it showed up in February and March; the phases of its aftermath will also be without a reference point. While it’s clear that the digital shift will stick in the retail ecosystem, other elements of the landscape are harder to predict. PYMNTS identified five areas and companies to watch as […]

B2B Payments: Moving From Inertia To Ignition

September 10, 2019
The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Want To Reach Millennials? Embrace Digital Creativity

September 11, 2018
Is there a secret sauce for merchants to capture the evolving millennial? Those are the young consumers who are not that young anymore, and moving steadily toward the peak earning...

Quick Reads
Pinterest Adds AI-Powered Shopping Trend Forecasts for Advertisers

June 11, 2025
Pinterest has introduced two artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for advertisers that it says will provide enhanced ad solutions and shopping trend forecasts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By […]

Ex-Nordstrom Exec Says Department Stores Must Step Up To Survive

June 29, 2020
A former Nordstrom executive is calling on the department store sector to meet the needs of customers and keep pace with technology – or face extinction. Get the Full Story Complete the...

UK Cash Use Falls

September 12, 2018
Cash purchases in the U.K. fell 1 percent last year, and now account for just 22 percent of purchases in the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Brick-And-Mortar Makes A Comeback With Generation Z

May 31, 2017
Teenagers shopping with friends? Well, duh – but only if they can bring all of their friends, carried in their pocket and amplified via an acceptable Wi-Fi signal at the...