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Amazon Expands Data-Driven Fashion Push

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While apparel sales have been uneven in 2020, as consumers have shown a greater preference for comfy loungewear to haute couture, Amazon’s battle to enter and drive the segment has continued apace. A fact buttressed by near control of the eCommerce segment of the category in a year when everything has been highly digital.

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A Corporate Finance Approach To High-Net-Worth Individuals

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Data from Wealth-X ‘s World Ultra Wealth Report 2018 found that the number of ultra high-net-worth individuals increased by nearly 13 percent in 2017, with combined wealth jumping more than 16 percent to a combined $31.5 “There is a specific need for these families,” she told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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LendingClub and Morgan Stanley, A Tale of Two Bank Deals

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The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. Yet, as reported by Forbes , folding in E-Trade means that Morgan Stanley will look to cross-sell its services and products, such as workplace planning accounts. Call it a tale of two bank deals. That would be Goldman Sachs , of course.

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Using IoT Tech To Drive Grocery Sales

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Nearly half of surveyed consumers told PYMNTS they had used a grocery store’s app regularly or occasionally last year, with most reporting they did so to get better deals, discounts and price comparisons. Zeroing In On Shopper Segments. That’s often easier said than done, however. Trading Privacy For Promotions. If it costs $0.04

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Fleetcor Beats The Street In Q3, Launches McDonald’s Contactless Payments Collab

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Commercial fleet payments solution provider Fleetcor once again beat Wall Street expectations when it reported its 2018 third quarter earnings data Tuesday (Oct. Its fuel segment saw a 5 percent year-over-year increase in revenues, with toll operations growing by 21 percent in the quarter and lodging rising by 17 percent for Q3.

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In B2B eCommerce, Lowest Price Isn’t Always The Right Price

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That’s despite third-party sellers making up just one-third of Amazon’s overall online sales, according to Motley Fool reports last month. A recent research report supports the claim that when it comes to B2B eCommerce, price isn’t everything. Pricing’s Effect On Buyer Experience.

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How Digital Tech Helps Travelers Crush Big Waves

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PYMNTS research has regularly documented all that, and one of the newest reports from that area of payments and commerce found that the rental scooter market is quickly expanding, but it’s experiencing growing pains, too. Today’s consumers are mobile-savvy, and they’re quick to drop services that saddle them with clunky experiences.