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OCTOBER 13, 2019

The World Bank has downgraded India’s GDP forecast due to a decrease in domestic demand. The report noted that initial policy changes should help “contain the downturn,” adding that “the main policy challenge is to address the sources of softening private consumption and the structural factors behind weak investment.”.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

As the busy year-end holiday season gets underway, PYMNTS looks at how eCommerce marketplaces around the world are preparing – and faring – in the new digital world order. It’s not possible to look at AsiaPac eCommerce trends without delving into the fast-growing metrics of its largest individual player: China. Asia and China.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

As the year winds down – and holiday shopping picks up – clarity is emerging about which retail investments might pay off in the new decade, and which merchants might be in trouble. The two retailers cut their annual forecasts for the second time this year. Take retail chain Target as one example. Delivery Growth.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Snapdeal, the Indian eCommerce company, is backing India’s new eCommerce rules that will hurt Amazon.com and Walmart, saying in a letter to the federal government that protests over the new legislation underscore just how necessary is is. Reuters , citing the letter Snapdeal penned on Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

Big news from German startup investment company Rocket Internet suggests it plans to come back strong in 2017. Rocket Internet just recently closed a new $1 billion venture fund it will use for investing in early-stage and growth internet startups.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

According to research firm IRI , sales are certainly set to fall in certain segments of the consumer packaged goods segment, with the biggest decreases on deck for things like canned soups and shelf-stable meats and vegetables, which IRI forecasts will fall by about 20 percent in the early months of 2021.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Rakuten , a Japanese tech company specializing in digital eCommerce solutions for retailers, is introducing a new subsidiary to bolster physical stores. investment firm KKR to acquire 85 percent of the $1.6 PYMNTS research showed that safety is among the key determinants in long-term eCommerce participation. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As was the case in the previous quarter, eCommerce sales and grocery were big winners for Walmart, and same-store sales logged their 16th consecutive quarter of growth. percent analysts were forecasting. Minus currency headwinds, revenue was $126.1 Same-store sales, the most-watched metric in retail, were up again by 3.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Census will release its Q2 eCommerce sales results today, but we’ve been using our own methodology to forecast eCommerce sales for some time, given the lag in Census reporting. PepsiCo said its Q2 eCommerce sales doubled quarter over quarter. percent and quarter-over-quarter growth of 1.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition, Pakistan’s Telenor Microfinance Bank unveiled a cross-border remittance service based on Alipay’s blockchain technology, Indonesia’s KinerjaPay notched an investment of $200 million from a construction firm in the region and mobile payments are on the rise in China. percent year on year in 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The company posted fiscal Q3 earnings results, missing earnings expectations as a result of weak international economic demand hurting sales , and ramped up courier investment challenges in handling the rise in eCommerce deliveries this holiday season. The eCommerce giant recently cut off FedEx Ground for Prime shipments this holiday.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Rainey said PayPal is also continuing efforts “around expanding the Pay with Venmo in an eCommerce setting.”. This has been our best quarter, and we plan to continue to invest in building out Venmo because it’s got a really bright future and is really a crown jewel of ours.”. Revenue increased year on year to $5.26

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

A new report by Moody’s Investors Service predicts that growth for retailers will slow due to the costs of integrating eCommerce with brick-and-mortar operations as well as increasing price wars between companies, according to a report by CNBC. The company slashed the operating profit forecast for 2019 to between 2 percent and 3 percent.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

There are digital-native companies, especially in areas like eCommerce, where their ability to continue to stay in business primarily because they were digital has enabled them to take faster leadership in that space,” Kanthadai said. Digital Natives Versus Brick-And-Mortar. What’s Next.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2017

Alibaba, China’s largest eCommerce company, and Ant Financial, its financial services arm, are gearing up to invest $1 billion or more in Ele.me, the Chinese food delivery service. Bloomberg noted sales of this type of services are forecasted to hit $1.1 According to a report, Bloomberg said with the funding, Ele.me

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Revenue missed forecasts, coming in at $274.6 This decision enabled us to be nimble with our investments and to react to school district back-to-school data announcements,” said Worden. . For the 13 weeks ending Oct. 31, the Evansville, Indiana-based company posted $14.7 million in profits. Comparatively, last year’s income was $13.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

Central Group, Thailand’s largest retailer, confirmed Thursday (January 31) that it is investing $200 million in a unit of Grab, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing startup. Central’s $200 million investment is a significant local joint venture,” Tan said, according to Reuters. billion in 2018.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

German shipping and logistics company Deutsche Post DHL has investment and expansion plans to capitalize on the growing eCommerce space worldwide, according to a report from Reuters. It aims to see better profits by restructuring and raising prices to raise its 2019 forecast, despite potential global trade difficulties ahead.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

ai; pet retailer Petco; video game maker Roblox; buy now, pay later platform Affirm; discount eCommerce platform Wish; GoodRx and others. . “We The previous record of $107 billion was set during the dotcom heyday in 1999, the WSJ said. Recent U.S. IPO filings have included software developer C3.ai;

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

Africa as next great eCommerce frontier? You can imagine how all of these factors will come together to drive eCommerce across the region.”. Consider the fact that eCommerce generated $16.5 The ingredients for a revolution in payments across the region, fueled by demographics and technology, seem to be there.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

eCommerce sales: Walmart’s latest quarter may have been a mixed bag, but one bright spot was eCommerce, where digital sales gained 35 percent for the quarter. Double-digit growth in eCommerce is expected to continue, as the retailer sees 30 percent gains in the current fiscal year.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The event was originally conceived as a way for Chinese single people to splurge on shopping and has now become an annual mass-spending event showing China's expanding finances and its burgeoning eCommerce market. Tourism, for instance, is much further away from a full recovery than eCommerce is, FT reported. billion in orders.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The eCommerce merchant is forecasted to test its on-demand food effort in Bengaluru, livemint reported. Amazon is forecasted to provide the offering as part of Amazon Fresh or Prime Now. Amazon India’s food delivery system is currently only available to workers. Zomato, which was founded in 2008, was valued at $3.55

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Just ahead of its annual investors meeting, Walmart lowered its fiscal 2019 forecast for adjusted earnings per share to a range of $4.65 Just ahead of its annual investors meeting, Walmart lowered its fiscal 2019 forecast for adjusted earnings per share to a range of $4.65 to $4.80, down from $4.90 to $4.80, down from $4.90

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

This week’s B2B Data Digest pulls some of the highlights from that eBook and serves up the numbers behind the forecasts. — $20 trillion: the expected valuation of the B2B payments market. trillion: the projected value of B2B eCommerce by next year.

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CFO News

MAY 1, 2024

Invest India forecasts India's e-commerce to soar to $325 billion by 2030, fueled by 500 million shoppers and robust internet penetration. The country's digital transformation is driven by affordable data, smartphone usage, and a focus on rural e-commerce growth.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Statista noted in forecasts adjusted to reflect the impact of the pandemic that overall revenues from eCommerce to be the equivalent of USD $87 billion, up 18 percent from the year before. That may be behind the relatively sedate pace of investment activity in FinTechs there, in terms of aggregated data.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

million) in a new funding round, according to a report from eCommerce News. The money will be used mostly to take over profitable Amazon companies, with growth forecasts having increased "significantly" with the new financing, according to Co-Founder Tushar Ahluwalia , per the report. million) in initial financing.

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MAY 20, 2016

billion, again well above the analyst forecasts for $112.67 “Investment in wages, training and store improvements are beginning to pay off,” said Walmart U.S. Less positive — even from Walmart’s executive team’s point of views — was the growth over in eCommerce, which notched in at 7 percent.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

per share that analysts were forecasting. billion, though it fell beneath analyst forecasts of $4.39 The home to most of Q1’s growth was eCommerce, with revenue of $35.81 Overall, eCommerce came out at $2.2 Amazon offered something of a mixed bag for investors when it announced its earnings on Thursday (April 25).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2017

Investment activity picked up in the week that ended March 24, roughly doubling the amount seen in the previous week, to the tune of $416 million. The activity was weighted to B2B transactions at 60 percent of the total, and B2B as an investment arena took the top three spots in the pantheon.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Here are the numbers: $17 billion | Value of the Mexican eCommerce market. for PYMNTS’ 2018 Forecast eBook. Players like Amazon and Walmart are working to cut themselves a larger chunk of that pie, and they are doing so by introducing “hybrid payment systems” that accommodate cash-based transactions for online purchases.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

However, it has lost a portion of its value as of that time due to heavy investments in one-day delivery and last mile, grocery delivery, and Amazon Prime Video streaming content. The average 12-month price target for the eCommerce firm is $2,188 per share, which marks a 16.5 percent upside to its share price as of now.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

With staff shortages caused by the pandemic, however, the eCommerce firm is pausing the offering. The first round of help was forecast to reach those who had provided the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with direct deposit information in the past. Banking APIs Give Businesses An eCommerce Push.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The company supported its past forecast for the year and enhanced its dividend by 10 percent, CNBC reported. However, the retailer has been facing pressure as it dedicates billions to integrating its eCommerce business and its physical stores. Home Depot reiterated its fiscal 2020 forecast on Tuesday (Feb. 25), targeting 3.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Before consumers started to trade brick-and-mortar shopping experiences for eCommerce websites, retailers could bring customers through their doors with window displays. H&M’s device was said to offer selfies and style recommendations as well as a route to eCommerce. Not all VR retail experiences, however, require a headset.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

Areas where the company showed strength and invested the most energy to change offer clue as to how U.S. percent forecast and the 1.9 Even eCommerce giant Amazon had to switch its priority to shipping essential household and medical items amid delivery delays. Net income totaled $3.99 billion, up 3.9 percent from $3.84

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