PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

We know retail was among the categories that contributed heavily to last week’s historic unemployment numbers. What’s not so clear is when those jobs will return or what will happen to the employees who have lost those jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people who do work sitting at a computer can do that anywhere.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the legislation requiring all brick-and-mortar retailers to accept cash was unanimously approved by the N.J. The bill, which is set to go before the full state Senate, excludes retailers inside airports from the cash requirement, as well as sales made online and by telephone or mail.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

That’s one of the driving ideas behind a new service that Marriott International recently launched for Chinese travelers going overseas — a service that also helps to demonstrate how the country’s growing tourist class is changing payments and retail. Last year, the U.S.-based Fliggy Moves To Secure Loyalty. But mobile is only the beginning.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

And this week, it seems, the delays are continuing to compound — and retailers of all kinds are reporting bumps in their distribution processes. Those who signed up as distribution points, including CVS and Walgreens , have been stuck in the middle. We are escalating vaccinations at assisted living facilities in the state.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. The latest Automated Retail Tracker explores these trends and new developments in the unattended retail space.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Now, thanks to a court case brought against the chain by a blind consumer, we can probably expect more innovation in the coming years to make eCommerce more accessible to people with disabilities. Supreme Court decided it would not hear a case brought against Domino’s by Guillermo Robles, who filed the suit three years ago.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

In the digital age of hospitality technology, restaurants have a trove of tools to help serve customers in their stores. Nearly 60 percent of players in the industry say innovation is critical to their survival, according to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index. percent — innovated to remain competitive.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

The idea is to have them in train stations, offices, gyms and hospitals – places where consumers can grab and go. The company’s ideal consumer, Vichot said, is someone who is “on the go looking for a healthy option.” The Automated Retail Market . Vichot pointed out that the market is ready for quick, healthy food. is about 4.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2016

If you ask YOTEL, a hospitality concept that achieves a 220 percent occupancy rate in its properties and has investors lining up to bring them to major metropolitan cities, the answer is yes. YOTEL is also piloting an old-school unattended retail offering in a new way at its Paris airport hotel location. About the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

Unattended retail is on the move, with the American interactive kiosk market projected to grow by 7.2 Self-service kiosks generated annual revenues of $218 million in 2016, and vending machines bring in $7 billion in sales each year, according to the PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker. percent annually through 2021.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2019

And the number of fruitcake enthusiasts in the world roughly doubles the number of people who know any words to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” past the fifth verse. Before the hate mail rolls in — yes, we know there are people who love “The Twelve Days of Christmas” and we are aware that many people do actually know the words.

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xendoo

JULY 22, 2021

At Xendoo, we love small businesses. We believe in the power of small businesses to not only create a living for their owners and employees but also to make communities better. . Unfortunately, not all cities and counties are equally hospitable to small businesses. Rather settle into a small town to run your new venture?

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

The latest edition to the roster comes from Danny Meyer , founder and CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group. The restaurateur told Bloomberg that he doesn’t see operating a half-full dining room of guests who need to have their temperatures taken before they can be seated. 3 choice overall of those we surveyed.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And for one firm, cloud gateway and data security provider Merchant Link , the process proceeds apace for hospitality and dining firms looking for certification, according to CIO Scott Carcillo. EMV is nowhere near finished, a year and a half after the much-heralded liability shift in the U.S. Data Point Number Two: 98 Percent.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

The siren song of the vending machine can often call to employees who are stuck toiling away at their desks. A new wave of vending machines is promising to change that, offering everything from healthier snacks and hot, ready-to-eat pizzas to soft-serve frozen yogurt and ice cream. We don’t pick any of the food ourselves,” Mokri said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Coople connects people and companies by finding qualified and available employees in the hospitality, events and promotion, retail, logistics, business services and commercial sectors. JDLB: We allow businesses to shortcut the lengthy and often costly agency process to manage their workforce in the most efficient way possible.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

He will serve as the reseller and ISV business advisor and will focus on retail, hospitality and grocery markets. Roddy, who joined Vantiv in June to launch the new program, is well-known in the industry and is the former president of Jameson Publishing and Business Solutions magazine.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sure, consumers who can get to good grocery stores or farmers’ markets (not all shoppers can) or afford to subscribe to meal-kit delivery services, are assured of a steady supply of nutritious eats. And that holds for Chowbotics , a company that places fresh food robots into such places as hospitals and college campuses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Uber used the mobile phone, GPS and an app to match black car drivers who had idle capacity with riders who were sick of taking their chances with taxis. Career retail, restaurant and hospitality workers have also become patrons of the site, drawn in by its excellent employer network.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking’s Big Digital Shift? Companies that didn’t have online shopping channels couldn’t sell their products, while eateries that didn’t provide online ordering for delivery or pickup couldn’t serve their diners.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Across the pond, restaurant and hospitality businesses are undergoing a makeover. PYMNTS recently caught up with Lee Nazari, CEO and founder of SWOOPOS , a company that offers a variety of payment solutions — including a beacon that can send personalized offers to customers — aimed at helping the hospitality sector.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

Essentially, our business model is to fill the fridge and then go back and refill it, but we have to know what’s in there [in real time to do that].”. A typical restaurant chain knows that [it] sold a hundred pizzas … but they don’t necessarily know who they sold them to — and we do.”. he explained. “A

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We were both really struggling to bring good coffee with us,” Cohen told PYMNTS in an interview. “We We didn’t really have a way to fix that, so it seemed like there should be a better solution to making good coffee more portable.”. We didn’t want to exclude people who didn’t want to subscribe,” Cohen said. New Markets.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

In the field of predications about retail, commerce and labor, that one stands as a major dud. We all make personal and professional predictions, and not all of them turn out to be winners. Generally speaking, mobile commerce , according to space-age views, might come via what we would now call smart watches. Others will be new.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Uber said in the filing it was paying a one-time cash driver-appreciation reward to “acknowledge drivers who have participated in our success.”. The drivers who are eligible for the driver-appreciation award can take part in the IPO later this week. What did we learn this week? million drivers worldwide.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Next, you get the notice it’s arrived at a nearby self-serve smart locker that can quickly dispense the package. In today’s world of business automation, keeping machines running seamlessly is critical to keeping commerce flowing and customers served, Ratan says. You’ve got just enough time before work to swing by and pick it up.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The Equifax breach lingers like the remnants of a bad lunch, making us all feel queasy about which data has been compromised and who just might be developing new ways to trick us out of money or privacy — now and in the future. We currently verify credentials issued by over 200 countries, including the government IDs issued outside the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

TP: Back in 2007 and 2008, there was this show on CNBC called The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, where he had a lot of entrepreneurs who came up with ideas come on his show and explain their story to share with the viewers how they started. TP: When we got into it, it was a really sleepy category, but I think consumers are starting to wake up.

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Snyder

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Tasks we traditionally associate with the workflow of professionals in the fields of arts, technology, media, education, management, accounting, engineering or finance are already being carried out by automated algorithms and apps. Business process automation software can be used in almost any industry, from retail to finance and healthcare.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Hunter Hall , executive director of the Main Street Business Improvement Association (MSBIA), told Karen Webster recently that Main Street has to adapt if it hopes to continue as an active commercial base of restaurants and retailers. “Up I think that this will forever change the hospitality industry,” he said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

Retailers, he noted, will have to redesign their processes and procedures to re-open, school schedules may need to be restructured and events will likely have to remain smaller and more constrained than has been the norm. But “normal,” even Newsom conceded, will be a relative term for a while, and will likely feel quite a bit weird.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

We want to be able to identify uniquely eight billion people on the planet so that we can know exactly who they are when they need their identity to be verified — and that those identities can be verified at sub-second speeds,” Thimot said. There are a lot of players in the space who all want to win that race,” Thimot said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2018

We are trying to do something that will move the needle” on employee retention, Schmitz said. “We We want to let employees access their money anytime they want it.”. We spent a lot of money (on that program), but did not move the needle,” on retention, Schmitz said. Worker Retention. The Product. How does DailyPay work?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2016

Last week we saw Uber and Green Dot on a mission to pay drivers faster, Goldman Sachs loving the little guy, and hackers…well, hacking anything that’s not nailed down. The major question is: will Marcus serve the little guy as well as Goldman Sachs has served the big dogs? We’ll keep you updated. and Canada.

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