PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But social media is also driving retail innovation, and those trends are going to help shape commerce in the all-important fourth quarter and beyond into the 2020s. The feature is available through just-added stickers in Instagram Stories and tags in a person’s feed, and can be set with details like the date and product details.

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MAY 10, 2017

We grew primarily by growing our audience on Instagram,” Lott said, “by building relationships with people in the industry, by having a truly authentic theme that resonated with our audience.”. It’s a community rife with social commerce potential. It makes sense. This is where, he said, things really began to take off.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

On the shoe front, both Nikes and Louboutin heels were returned at a much higher than average rate with tags still on, in the box and never worn. To hit that difficult window, the brand notes it uses “consciously sourced high-grade materials,” and higher than industry-average stitching. Crew cardigan or a Banana Republic ruffle shirt.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Industries around the world have caught AI fever. One such upstart, which leverages artificial intelligence and image recognition in part to enable commerce, is Clarifai. One such upstart, which leverages artificial intelligence and image recognition in part to enable commerce, is Clarifai.

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APRIL 16, 2020

As of the end of 2019, eCommerce was about 15 percent of total commerce, Ekata Vice President of Strategy and Operations Arjun Kakkar told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Consumers are getting used to their new commerce behaviors, he said, and when the crisis is over, they might not be so quick to give all of them up.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The biggest hurdle the cross-border payments industry faces is navigating the networks that govern payment flows in every correspondent bank through which funds pass. The nature of international commerce regulations means that cross-border payments will almost always be more complicated than domestic ones.

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MAY 6, 2019

And the problem appears to be deeply entrenched in Instagram and its influencer-centric commerce culture. The uptick, according to the report’s authors, is a direct result of Instagram’s explosion as a commerce channel in its own right over the last 24 months. Globally, the industry loses $30.3 trillion every year.

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MAY 24, 2018

The Washington Post reported that the trucking industry, that linchpin of last-mile deliveries, is facing a driver shortage, which is having a ripple effect on commerce in general, marked by rising prices. Keep on truckin’ — if you can find the drivers. The impact is extending to the breakfast table.

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MAY 28, 2019

These are just a few of the ways that digital marketplaces are making these connections with digital payments and commerce, in an age when consumers are looking for more choices when it comes to their shopping experiences: One-hundred and sixty-two U.S. and European workers participate in the gig economy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

The industry in Haiti is a perfect example of blockchain’s application, not just for commerce, but as a catalyst for social change by ensuring quality, fair conditions and reduced economic volatility. It seems 2019 is a critical moment, as these projects begin to take effect and demonstrate their full potential.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Adobe is a household name to people in dozens of industries. As customers place items also equipped with RFID tags into the bag, those potential purchases are immediately registered to a central system. In short, few can claim the pedigree that Adobe does when it comes to digital product support.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Under the leadership of industry veteran CEO Leslie Blodgett – who came with product devleopment bona fides from mass market brands Max Factor and Neutrogena – the firm started making some very big changes. The concept was eye-catching, but the makeup itself, in terms of the way it looked on human skin, was not.

Retail 40

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Lundin said the next phase in this industry will be to develop more customized solutions. And while Jaggaer has only just begun its research initiatives to understand the particular eProcurement challenges from one industry to the next, there are already a few patterns emerging. Jaggaer is taking this information to heart.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Meanwhile, other industry projections show that more than 800 million AR apps for retailers will be downloaded by consumers by 2019. The Vantiv Omnicommerce Tracker™, powered by PYMNTS.com, features industry-spanning research and insights that arm retailers with data to make smarter decisions for enabling omnichannel commerce.

Retail 41

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

While the competition part of the story is usually where the action is in payments and commerce – who’s ahead, who’s behind, who’s innovating, who’s imitating – sometimes the news isn’t about who is getting ahead, but who is working harder to get there. I have never been more excited about the future of FIS.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

But we have more than 2,500 unique tags and classification terms that can be added to any recipe. For example, those tags and categories power AllRecipes.com’s shoppable recipes. To the end user, a recipe on the site looks like just a recipe,” Williams said. That data has now evolved to help improve other features on the website.

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MAY 30, 2017

Also, Muzak garnered a $345 million price tag for a reason – which is that Muzak got very good at matching the background music to the commerce experience. It’s at the point that it is a joke in the industry.” ” And that, Yasuda notes, allows Feed.FM “Oh my God, Drake. ” What’s Next .

Retail 48

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Globally, the industry loses $30.3 We inspect materials, workmanship, details, any tags, labels, logos, hologram stickers, date and/or serial codes, and identify the time period of each item. According to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. billion per year to fake online sales.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The world is full of people who want to look nice but don’t have the kind of enthusiasm (or time) for retail commerce that would keep them hitting the malls. And now, after several years in the retail industry, StitchFix has moved on an initial public offering (IPO).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

And though putting an end to a 108-year championship drought has brought with it much excitement, media attention and disbelief, it’s also delivered big gains in commerce. As with the entire Chicago hospitality industry, summer is booming. Users can then expect their championship gear to be delivered in minutes.

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JUNE 19, 2020

The massive attack attempt was thwarted by AWS Shield, a service custom-built to defend the cloud-computing platform’s clients from being tagged by DDoS attacks. Amazon was hit by the attempted attack in February and first detailed the issue in its first-quarter 2020 threat report.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

No one wears just one suit of armor, and no one shops in just one place when it comes to the mixing and matching of that armor, the hunting for designer names and comparing price tags against the waxing and waning of one’s bank account. We are redefining how fashion is bought and sold through technology, data and innovation.”.

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MAY 24, 2016

” A big price tag is in part an outcome of a big operation. While Kroger has certainly looked to push some digital upgrades, most notably BOPIS, it has been a slow progression, and very much in contrast to the rest of the industry that seems persistently to be screaming that the time for tech is now. Stores wear out and look old.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

It adds up to an industry worth multiple billions a year – and raises an interesting puzzle on this most sacred of holidays. The biggest and best-known name in the digital pet commerce business, BarkBox describes itself as a “lifestyle brand for dog lovers,” with its core offering being a monthly subscription box full of toys and treats.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Among the segments affected by the pandemic, air travel remains near the top of the list when it comes to industries that have been hard hit. Using the digital identity system, consumers can print their own bag tags and use a scanner and match tablet within the airport to move touchless through the system. Enroll once at the airport.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

After all, hesitation and deeper consideration can lead to fewer products in baskets, abandoned carts and lost sales in the world of payments and commerce. Indeed, financing is moving to the point of sale, and Mastercard offers a good example of that trend. trillion opportunity. There’s a lot of white space,” noted Rosenthal.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Sounds a bit to us like tag teams: One partner switches out but tags in another teammate who is game to go — and Libra tokens, of course, stay in the pot. It remains unexplained — thus far — how ignoring (or not getting support from) vital parts of the commerce ecosystem would get funds to and from the 1.7

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

When Apple rolled out Apple Pay 3-1/2 years ago, a great wave of excitement went through the payments and commerce segment, as many touted the beginning of a new era of payments for customers. But consumers did begin to reset their habits around the phone and commerce, just not around branded mobile wallets.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

That’s a big problem for a media industry that is largely fed by advertising revenue. But what will make those productions special, according to the Reedeux team, is that they will come loaded with thousands of commerce opportunities. Hollywood is in trouble,” Federico Pacquing, Reedeux’s founder and CEO, noted.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Love truly has no price tag. And for those not looking for a major commerce experience this holiday season — there is good news. Long-term industry players like PVH Corp, Calvin Klein and Victoria’s Secret have built their businesses on bras that retail at around $40. Thank you,” on the other hand, does.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

And because we know you’re on the go, we have your quick rap on the most interesting adventures that happened last week in payments and commerce land. We’re trying to get Chase Pay embedded in as many places as possible,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said at an industry conference in September. Bitcoin’s Wild Ride .

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 23, 2023

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. And I thought, I know what I’ll do, I will go into commerce. I’ll go into commerce. RITHOLTZ: What — what was the first job in — in commerce, so to speak? GREW: In commerce? RITHOLTZ: What was the commerce side of LIFFE?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

An article published in the Harvard Business Review in August of 2009 posed a question that many airline and travel industry CEOs are pondering 11 years later: Will videoconferencing kill business travel? Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

The only way for any one of us [the various mobile payments and commerce players] to gain is for us to work collectively, and then, we all gain. Visa and Mastercard are working to tag team tokens together to create a universal security standard for transactions across channels.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2016

The year may be coming to an end, but the payments industry showed that there was still plenty of time in December to forge new partnerships and pursue new endeavors before singing “Auld Lang Syne.”. This week’s Data Dive takes a look at some of the promising partnerships on the horizon for those big names in payments and commerce.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

First, if you’re interested in watches, it’s amazing to talk to guys who have known so much and are so plugged into what’s going on in the industry and really are right in the middle of what’s become a speculative boom in timepieces. This is 2012, 2013, was enormous in the industry. CLYMER: A blog. FOWLER: Yes.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

I can either just give it away for free, which, you know, I started the cash tag dollar sign… RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: It’s the nexus of so many industries… LINDZON: Correct. But Mark Maron, he was the first guy doing long form interviews with people in his industry. I, you know, some days I love the idea. I got lucky.

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