PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2017

Marketplace solutions work to enable online retail brands to expand their reach without needing to invest in manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. To move into a greater number of markets, international online home goods retailer vidaXL recently selected global marketplace solutions provider Mirakl to support its growth plans.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is putting about $750 million into Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd., The investment gives the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund a 1.2 percent stake in Reliance Retail, the announcement states. a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, the Mumbai-based parent company announced Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In today’s top news, The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia is planning to invest roughly $1.3 billion for a part of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd., Into Reliance Retail. Into Reliance Retail. The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia intends to invest approximately $1.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The study also noted that only 27 percent of restaurants’ digital investments were focused on fraud mitigation, with establishments instead allocating resources to mobile ordering. Many AI-based fraud detection solutions also leverage machine learning (ML), which allows the system to learn on its own. Selecting the Target.

Leverage 56

Leverage Securities Accounting Retail 56

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are starting to play a bigger role in retail, foreshadowing what’s to come in the new decade of the 2020s. According to PYMNTS research , AI and ML are blurring the divide between online and in-store shopping, and bringing an all-new human element into retail. Blurring the Divide.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Despite wide-ranging economic uncertainties and a challenging investment environment, venture capital (VC) firms and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are actively raising or seeking fresh funds for investment in the payments space. It also plans to invest in companies where technology is a clear differentiator.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Accomplice led the investment round, which was also backed by Wufoo Co-founder Kevin Hale and Kayak Co-founder Paul English, among others, according to reports. . In separate news, reports surfaced over the summer that retail messaging startup Attentive notched $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing and help it court bigger investors and investments. New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). Goldman Sachs Eyes Creating $2B Tech Fund.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

As retailers, especially those marked non-essential, move to digital commerce platforms they’re also finding new ways to stay in touch with customers during the pandemic. As a result of the pandemic crisis it is urging its retail accounts to stay in touch with their customers via mobile, most specifically through SMS (short message service).

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CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 12, 2024

Twelve years ago, when Matt Wolf was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, he likely would have been alarmed to learn that his future finance career would be largely impacted by drinking and driving. According to Wolf, these similarities have contributed to a slower adoption of digital retail solutions in both fields, as compared to others.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Retailers are getting smarter about artificial intelligence (AI), and the latest example of that innovative effort comes from Walmart. According to a new report , the retail chain, hoping to reduce checkout theft, is turning to cameras powered by AI, with deployments underway in some 1,000 stores.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

retail reopening. Most reports of mall reopenings and other retail post-pandemic debuts in the U.S. The station also reported that retailers who did see crowds followed strict guidelines. These brands are still comfortable with their investments,” she says. Revenge shopping will not be a factor in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

With brands everywhere rushing to either revamp existing channels or launch new ones, the line between traditional retail and direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites is not only getting blurred, but it’s raising questions about whether this trend is a short-term reflexive phenomenon or the start of a long-term strategic realignment. “You

Retail 62

Retail Manufacturing eCommerce Prioritization 62

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Consumers are firing brick-and-mortar retailers from the jobs they held years and decades before. To get their shopping jobs done, consumers are now hiring retailers that make it convenient to do business – anywhere, anytime, through any channel and on their terms. But it’s more than that.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Legacy retail company Foot Locker has invested $100 million in Goat Group, an online platform that sells and resells rare and classic sneakers, according to reports. With Foot Locker’s investment, Goat Group has raised $197.6 The company has grown rapidly, and in 2018 it bought Flight Club, a rare sneaker consignment outfit.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. The round also came with participation from Daiwa PI Partners as well as returning investors Asia Growth Fund, Mirae Asset-Naver, and Line Ventures, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

The results reversed a trend from last quarter, where the chain was one of many physical retailers facing a tepid holiday season that missed analyst expectations for sales, comparable-sales growth and earnings across the board. But things have reversed dramatically for the retailer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. percent to $134.6

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

H&M is also making an investment of $20 million in the payments company, according to reports. The companies aren’t saying what Klarna’s valuation is after the investment, but sources said $20 million is “much less than one percent of the company.”. “We and Sweden in the first phase of deployment.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

“In order to be successful advertisers, sellers would not only need to learn about the digital advertising ecosystem and understand how the various ad products work, they would also need to invest a huge amount of time into setting up a campaign.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

Walmart is making some organizational adjustments with its executives to help better integrate its retail store and digital operations, according to a report by CNBC. We take these steps knowing we will make further adjustments over time as we balance the need for focus and speed with efficiency and leverage,” McMillon wrote.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

million in four investment rounds. PYMNTS: Can you show me some data or proof points on how the company has helped retailers? Having a big retailer put their trust in our technology at such an early point meant the world to us. OL: Ronen Morecki and I founded Zooz in 2010 and launched the company in 2012. We started with $1.5

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Chief financial officers need to get decisions right for their organisations to provide business confidence in investing in growth. Blair Robinson Reimagine Finance Operations The CFO has the opportunity to leverage technology, data, and insights to model future business options and to critically analyze prior decisions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In a quest to dominate online food shopping in China, Alibaba invested $3.6 billion for a controlling stake in the hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group , Alibaba said in a statement on Monday (Oct. billion — in Auchan’s A-RT Retail. As part of the deal, Alibaba will acquire a 70.94% equity interest — worth about $3.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

As Reuters reported headed into the holiday weekend, loan investors are eyeing shopping traffic and spending as a number of retailers in which they have invested face headwinds. percent this month and next, as predicted by the National Retail Federation, leverage is a tough thing to shake.

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Retail Leverage Sales Investments 51

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

His comments came on the heels of a recent Commerce Ventures capital raise for a new, $60 million fund aimed at the retail and financial services sector. They can capture that distribution by aligning with incumbents who can leverage enablers’ innovations. And it’s not overfunded by a little bit,” he told Webster of challenger banks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been to reformat existing stores. The way I see it, the grocery space is missing a discovery phase – in fact, I think you could say that about the broader retail landscape.

Retail 60

Retail eCommerce Planning Leverage 60

PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. That smaller size opens up whole new markets, and gains access to spaces that have never had a retail experience [as] a part of it.”.

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Retail Marketing Communication Forecasting 71

Future CFO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The increase in spending on AI , including software, services, and hardware, reflects a shift to leveraging technology in companies’ operations, as well as in improving customer experience and keeping up with the ever-changing market. The IDC is forecasting a compound annual growth rate of 25.5% for the 2022-2027 period.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Motivating a change in consumers or retailers is not always easy work, a reality evidenced by the plodding pace of contactless payments in the U.S. That has motivated a sea change as brands and physical retailers are working to rebuild their consumer experiences around digital, she said. Widening the Range Of eGifting’s Capability.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 21, 2022

For consumer brands doing business in China, no date on the retail calendar carries more weight than November 11, also known as Singles’ Day. Today, the event is the pinnacle of the global retail calendar, with over 290,000 brands offering 17 million products to over 1 billion annual active consumers across Alibaba’s ecosystem this year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Retail is perhaps an unexpected entrant into the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) market, but it’s proving to be an area in which being there virtually can be seamlessly substituted for being there actually. Retail may just sneak up and be the dark horse that pushes the AR/VR movement from niche play to mainstream tool.

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Retail Healthcare Leverage Technology 63

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the latest of a series of investments, Foot Locker backed children’s clothing brand Rockets of Awesome with $12.5 The brand will start selling on the retailer’s children’s website and bring mini-stores to Kids Foot Locker venues, CNBC reported. million in funding.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are creating next-generation stores that incorporate interactive features into their designs with the help of technology. These analytics will be leveraged to improve the customer experience across all channels,” according to the retailer. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. Dollar General Corp.

Retail 40

Retail Investments Leverage Technology 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This time around, an Alexa integration, a new partnership leveraging telematic capabilities and a major manufacturing investment by BMW are all working to connect and evolve the automotive space. Insurance agencies are looking to leverage technology to improve driver safety (and save policyholders some cash). and $79.99

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Investments Manufacturing Leverage Startups 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Berlin-based fashion retailer Lesara prides itself on thinking differently about apparel and being on trend. It calls its approach “agile retail” and it believes something different about who should set the course when it comes to deciding what is “in.” Agile retail is a model that will free us from time-consuming fashion shows.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations. Lesson 1: Think Big . “We

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

In an effort to help developers and marketers offer their services to consumers at the right time and place, Foursquare has introduced Pilgrim SDK, a software development kit that can help third-party apps study and leverage the location of its users, sending them notifications anywhere in the world.

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