PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Even eCommerce sales have slowed to a below-average pace. While the government numbers were conservative about eCommerce growth, other forecasts are more bullish. The survey found that retailers expect to allocate £1.198m on eCommerce projects in 2020, but almost a third will miss key objectives.

Retail 56

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

“We may be on borrowed time for job cuts in a number of industries…that were not necessarily distressed when we entered the pandemic,” she said, according to WSJ. Penney and home-goods retailer Pier 1, along with telecommunications company Frontier Communications. Penney, once a heavy hitter in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Paytm Mall, the eCommerce unit of One97 Communications, reported a net loss of ?1,787 Paytm Mall currently has 10 million merchants and we will double it in the next 6-12 months,” said Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive officer of One97 Communications told Live Mint in a phone interview.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Its communication platforms encompass WeChat, QQ and Weixin. Its number of American customers jumped to 4.4 GMV is an eCommerce term that indicates the total sales dollar value for products. As previously reported, the Q3 results of Afterpay indicated that its BNPL online payment method keeps bringing in customers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2020

Founded in 1997, the publicly traded company is on a mission to grab a share of a market dominated by competitors such as Alibaba, Amazon, Walmart and Dillard’s, and to drive traffic to its eCommerce and financial services. He said it is clear how essential converged communications platforms have become for businesses and consumers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

As the world must go increasingly digital — perhaps permanently — people who had resisted the great shift to eCommerce have had to make the leap. CNP fraud, Nolte said, has become a numbers game. He pointed to the emergence of QR codes and near field communication (NFC) as avenues of contactless payments that are gaining ground.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The package shipping giant told industry analysts earlier this week that it expects to ship a record number of packages this year, according to Retail Dive. FedEx said it intends to hire 50,000 seasonal employees this year to help it cope with holiday traffic, which is the same number of employees it hired last year for the holiday crunch.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Retail mall stores were some of the hardest-hit with the pandemic, which forced store closures and steep revenue downfalls on an industry already struggling to stay alive due to eCommerce. Last year, over 9,000 retail stores closed in the U.S., up from the previous record high of 6,700 in 2017.

Retail 56

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

In fact, Amazon doesn’t even have to provide a phone or fax number. The ruling could help other eCommerce merchants who also don’t provide a telephone helpline, Reuters reported. Amazon is obliged to provide consumers with a quick and efficient means of communication, however. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

It’s not often that eCommerce companies critique the products they’re aligned with. But an eCommerce company in the auto parts category, PartsHawk , recently launched its new website with just such an approach. Auto parts are extremely untapped and immature from an eCommerce perspective,” PartsHawk CEO George Ali told PYMNTS. “It

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The new way of paying would reportedly not necessitate near-field communication (NFC). The redesigned app was created to meet expectations of shoppers as they move from shopping in stores to eCommerce. The Number Of Disbursements Is Increasing, The Number Sent Instantly Barely Breaks 10 Percent (One Disbursements Adoption Report).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The toolkits also include technical documentation and sample code that enables direct pairing and connectivity, communication and over-the-air updates between the gadget and the paired Echo device. Amazon noted that building on Alexa Gadget doesn’t require advanced processors, microphones or audio processing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Indeed, Amazon’s record-breaking holiday shopping season last year was powered in part by voice-activated shopping, with the eCommerce giant saying orders placed via Alexa were three times higher than the year-ago holiday shopping season. percent, driven by strong growth in both eCommerce and brick-and-mortar. Voice Growth.

Retail 47

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

B2B eCommerce may be trying to offer companies an Amazon-like experience in procurement, but making purchases for a company must meet security, reporting and efficiency standards high above those of a consumer going on a quick online shopping trip. Intershop has identified key challenges that the B2B eCommerce process faces today.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

The effects are most immediately felt by the travel and hospitality verticals, along with a number of eCommerce segments. He added that Mastercard has been keeping an eye on other verticals that might see a flood of returns, cancellations and chargebacks — including eCommerce and subscription-based businesses, such as gyms.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Then she builds a loyalty community for her wedding by sharing her diamond number (phone number) with friends, family and wedding guests, so that all of their purchases count toward her account. First, the “free honeymoon” offer crystalized everything they were trying to accomplish and communicate with the program.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This growth is not expected to slow down anytime soon, with eCommerce and its associated digital payments expected to hit $4.5 There are a number of frictions involved in payments processing, any of which can cause providers or banks to lose customers. trillion in 2020. trillion in transaction value by 2023.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Amazon is forecast to reach the number three spot among sellers of digital ads in the U.S. That would put the eCommerce giant ahead of Verizon Communication’s Oath and Microsoft, although it is still far behind Google and Facebook , noted the report. this year, according to market research firm eMarketer.

Advertising 51

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Embracing ‘Headless’ eCommerce. . recommends merchants consider adopting a “headless eCommerce approach.”. . Customization that addresses that will create the right omnichannel communications strategy and boost the odds of a sales conversion. . Tran said that to build omnichannel journeys that work for consumers, sticky.io

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The value of the technology is evidenced by the vast number of APIs that businesses use and consume. Reyes, global head of liquidity and cash management for HSBC , and Nadya Hijazi, the FI’s head of eCommerce for global payments and cash management and global trade and re­ceivables finance. Read the full story in the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In this week's B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS looks at some of those numbers, finding cybercriminals both within and outside of the enterprise don't discriminate across borders as attacks hit companies in New Zealand, the U.K. and elsewhere.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

and Macy’s as it struggled with the unprecedented demand from the pandemic-driven eCommerce surge. million packages in 2018, but hasn’t provided numbers for last year or this year. The problems will undoubtedly be magnified as the record-setting Thanksgiving weekend eCommerce sales work their way (or don’t) through the system.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Samsung Pay was launched in 2017; since then, the South Korean consumer electronics company has built up the functionalities, including making it easier to operate by using Near-Field Communications (NFC) to make purchases. In October, for example, it hooked up with eCommerce payments company Braintree , which is owned by PayPal.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We’ve seen Walmart throw down the gauntlet on eCommerce, going public with its plans to hire Amazon-like numbers for its fulfillment centers. But they have evolved enough to send consumers happily to eCommerce sites. Online sales platforms lack dependencies for consumers, and that’s become crystal-clear this week.

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Restructuring Retail eCommerce Communication 64

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

The company almost doubled its revenue and profit numbers while spending more than $9 billion on capital improvement projects. Among those numbers: Operating cash flow increased 42 percent to $51.2 On the earnings call, CFO Brian Olsavsky pointed out that Q2 2020’s numbers topped Q4 2020 –and that Q3 would be even bigger. “As

Transportation 57

Transportation eCommerce Retail CFO 57

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Payments company Nets announced that it is partnering with Swish , the number one payments app in Sweden, on an in-store payments pilot program. While Swish has been primarily used for account-to-account transactions and, more recently, eCommerce payments, it is now expanding into the retail and service sectors.

Communication 48

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Particularly CFOs have joined dark social in fast-growing numbers. Due to the strength of the community and the increasing desire for a hub of finance professionals to engage online, it has experienced a spectacular growth, going from 50 members in January 2020 to over 2,500 today. , Why you might ask?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

In the latest salvos over broadband access, the Federal Communications Commission, newly headed by Ajit Pai, has blocked nine ISPs from joining the federal government’s Lifeline program, which promotes broadband access for low-income households — with implications for everything from school-focused research to streaming media to eCommerce.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Communication Numbers 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

As it stands, the platform allows users to buy tickets for flights and make payments for eCommerce shopping websites in the country, among other uses. National Communication Authority Director General Ladu Kenyi noted that the service would make it quicker to send money to relatives of the South Sudanese in other countries.

Technology 46

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

To better gauge the demand for instant payments PYMNTS interviewed five executives from various industries, ranging from gig economy to eCommerce, on how they are working to meet their customers’ and partners’ shifting payment needs. Enabling a localized experience. Developing the right instant payment infrastructure isn’t instant.

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Currencies eCommerce Retail Communication 75

PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

To help consumers remember their favorite moments, eCommerce innovators are making it possible for them to order framed prints from pictures they have taken on their phones. Most consumers have a large number of pictures on their phones and may find it challenging to bring them into the physical world for display.

Communication 56

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Google’s moves in India could pose a threat to India-based Paytm, the country’s largest digital payments provider — and reportedly, a possible investment target for Berkshire Hathaway , which is considering putting between 20 billion and 25 billion rupees ($286 million to $357 million) into One97 Communications , Paytm’s parent firm.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail Investments Communication 40

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Jason Brewer, the group’s executive vice president of communications and state affairs, told PYMNTS in an interview that the group has had “hundreds of conversations with retailers on topics ranging from supply chain to asset protection to workplace safety” over the last two months focusing on what it means to operate in a time of COVID-19.

Retail 69

Retail Communication eCommerce Numbers 69

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

According to Visa’s commentary on the specification release, “there are 23 information fields to fill out on average when paying for things online, from name and date of birth to shipping address, communication preferences and payment information today.” Clients will also receive letters of approval from EMVCo. At last count, EMVCo said, 54.6

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Securities eCommerce Communication Retail 58

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

As a result, two members of the Alexa team voiced concerns that the eCommerce giant was giving too much access to customer data to some employees. She added that any widespread access to location data associated with Alexa “would set up a big, red flag for me.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

As Young told PYMNTS in a recent podcast, credit unions have an opportunity to anticipate what their members might need as they navigate a “new normal” of eCommerce and economic headwinds – and where health and safety concerns are top priority.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2016

Coming under growing fire from many Western brands over the number of counterfeit goods sold on its site in recent months, Alibaba announced another new initiative last week aimed at helping it better combat the number of counterfeit goods found on its site.

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