PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

No, that doesn’t mean that PYMNTS takes sides in the struggle for retail supremacy, but only that we like to note when someone or some organization mounts a challenge to the eCommerce and logistical behemoth. High-End Retail. The battle for Amazon retail supremacy also involves pets. Retail Challenge.

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MARCH 8, 2019

The result showed “the Company’s best quarterly performance in several years,” the bookseller said in an announcement. Amid a strong holiday season, Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported an increase of 1.1 percent in comp sales. Barnes & Noble, Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Grace that had controlled bookselling for time immemorial found themselves increasingly outmaneuvered by Bezos. He did it again when VHS then DVD were the bleeding edge of home entertainment, and movie studio executives suddenly had to offer terms to Bezos typically reserved for their biggest retail whales.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

Book lovers might want to rejoice — or at least, there’s new data that shows book sales on the rise for the first time in years, which could harken a potential return for the struggling bookseller industry. According to information compiled by Statista , U.S. bookstores had their first positive sales year last year since 2009.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

Cutting out the middleman has helped many retailers provide a quicker experience for consumers. As one of the largest retailers in the industry, Amazon is pushing other retailers to innovate beyond the historical avenues as it moves to brick-and-mortar locations.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are flocking to digital channels to avoid going out of business. Retail apocalypse skeptics have been saying it for some time: Brick-and-mortar retail isn’t dying; it’s just changing. And the problem with traditional retail was never that it lived in physical stores instead of digital ones.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Brick-and-mortar booksellers are diminished by Amazon’s new distribution model. Where those strategies will lead is still unclear to many, but no one can afford to ignore the changes that eCommerce has brought to traditional brick-and-mortar retail. Mini computers and PCs forever loosened the chokehold of mainframe computing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

By now, it’s a well-accepted fact that brick-and-mortar retailers will do just about anything to turn uncommitted buyers both online and on the sidewalk into in-store conversions. As Rogers told Advertising Age , though, sometimes retailers don’t have a choice when it comes to driving in-store traffic at any cost.

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MAY 16, 2017

Though the opening bell this week saw gains dampened slightly, the online retail giant’s shares are still on a hot streak. Amazon is the online retail giant, after all, and hardly a stranger to reinvention—and disruption. Lest we forget, it started off as an online bookseller.) raked in just $16.5 behind groceries.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

For instance, news recently emerged that Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. The company is aiming to compete directly with Amazon , which launched its online Brazilian operations in 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

For instance, news recently emerged that Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. The company is aiming to compete directly with Amazon , which launched its online Brazilian operations in 2012.

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MARCH 17, 2016

The biggest question around Amazon’s Seattle brick-and-mortar bookstore — as well as the upcoming second location in San Diego — remains a philosophical one: Why would an online retailer that already sells books need to put up with the hassle of running a physical store?

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JULY 23, 2016

Given the numerous expansions Amazon has made since its humble beginnings as the internet’s favorite bookseller, the statement “Jeff Bezos can do anything” is maybe a touch hyperbolic, but not really inaccurate. Jeff Bezos Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

But like the shift from physical to online retail, online ordering is a space that’s growing rapidly, driven by the consumer’s desire for convenience — regardless of whether that online order is delivered or picked up and taken out of the restaurant to eat somewhere else. The Amazon of Restaurants.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

And according to the bookseller, things are not going to be getting a lot better anytime soon. B&N is predicting same-store sales will decline in the low single digits, “given the softer-than-expected sales results to date and the expected continuation of the challenging retail environment.” ” Fun.

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MAY 8, 2017

At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. Now, the idea of an Amazon Echo with a touchscreen is not exactly new — it was reported in November 2016 that mega e-retailer Amazon was working on such a device — whose code name is said to be the Amazon Knight. Many of whom are also named Karl.

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JULY 22, 2016

Just because the pundits say that certain forms of retail are on their way to the grave doesn’t mean that merchants in those markets are going to go quietly into that good night. This all seems a sign of the times that traditional booksellers, like Barnes & Noble , should ship up or shape out.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. I believe that this inflection point will accelerate the four big shifts that have been taking place right before our very eyes over the last decade — shifts that will now set the course for how every single player in payments and commerce and retail should be planning their 2017 and beyond.

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MAY 11, 2020

But although it went the way of most events in 2020, there’s a surprising number of positive developments for booksellers to celebrate. A similar eCommerce site has found new popularity, this one covering audiobooks for independent booksellers. April 25 was supposed to be Independent Bookstore Day.

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MAY 15, 2020

could be the first major delivery firm to restrict the number of items retailers can ship to keep its network safe from being overwhelmed during the pandemic. Nordstrom, Bed Bath & Beyond and DSW are among the two dozen retailers who have reportedly been told by the logistics company of the limits. FedEx Corp. Amazon Who?

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JULY 24, 2019

The concept is inspired by the print-on-demand model that has become popular in publishing over the last decade and a half, which has seen booksellers shift away from large mass printings in favor of custom printing in response to consumer orders.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I couldn’t think of a more relevant metaphor for the tectonic shifts that have influenced the direction of the payments, commerce and retail ecosystems over the last several years. There are eight such shifts now happening quietly and forcefully beneath the surface of what we define as payments, commerce and retail today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I couldn’t think of a more relevant metaphor for the tectonic shifts that have influenced the direction of the payments, commerce and retail ecosystems over the last several years. There are eight such shifts now happening quietly and forcefully beneath the surface of what we define as payments, commerce and retail today.

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