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AUGUST 28, 2020

We have deep dives on retail’s digital D2C shift, blank-check companies, and DoorDash’s IPO plans. DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans. DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, after filing confidentially in February. with Salesforce.com.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Etsy has noted that these are early capabilities and that it has plans to make the targeting functions more wide ranging. To launch a Google Shopping campaign, users need log into the Etsy dashboard, set a daily ad budget and a target country.

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JUNE 14, 2019

A number of retailers have recently seen a surge in eCommerce sales. Lululemon , for example, offers buy online pick up in-store options at around 150 of its 440 stores, and plans to expand the service to all of its locations by the end of the third quarter. percent increase.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In an effort to boost revenue after disappointing Q4 earnings, Office Depot is turning its attention to business-to-business (B2B) and eCommerce, according to reports. Office Depot is changing tactics in 2020, leveraging its strength in catering to businesses, schools, healthcare organizations and government agencies.

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JULY 10, 2020

Scalefast’s sole reason to exist is based on its ability to make it easier for companies big and small to create DTC eCommerce sites. More about them after some scenario planning. This group also leverages low social media ad rates to keep their connection with customers and this momentum slides into the holiday season.

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APRIL 25, 2017

To move into a greater number of markets, international online home goods retailer vidaXL recently selected global marketplace solutions provider Mirakl to support its growth plans. and Australia, looks to grow its retail categories and the number of markets, as well as streamlining its eCommerce operations.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Alibaba Health Information Technology plans to pump the $1.3 billion it raised in a secondary offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange to expand its eCommerce pharmaceutical business as it rides a wave of growth amid the coronavirus.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Banks can offer APIs to power clients’ eCommerce launches, he said. Businesses today integrate APIs into their eCommerce websites and mobile apps to automate payments, collections and refunds, which allows their customers to experience instant services. Enabling Digital Payment Acceptance.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

There is plenty of opportunity as B2B eCommerce is expected to reach $1.1 This month’s Deep Dive examines the key fraud forms threatening B2B eCommerce as well as the strategies being implemented to overcome them. eCommerce forces vendors to trust strangers they may never meet. The Sizable Online Fraud Threat.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This growth has understandably made online shopping a high priority for retailers aiming to grab consumers’ attention, but it also means that eCommerce is becoming fiercely competitive. The following Deep Dive will explore why offering flexible payment methods such as installment payment plans can help smaller retailers stay in the game. .

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JANUARY 8, 2021

The year 2020 meant big changes for retailers that had primarily defined themselves by physical interaction as brick-and-mortar merchants were forced to adapt to an eCommerce-focused world as their best option for holding on to their now homebound customer base. The Classics Still Count .

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Japanese eCommerce and payments platform hey announced a Series E investment led by Bain Capital , a press release says. The company plans to use the money to accelerate its growth amid Japan’s thriving business environment, including numerous customers who want to use contactless, digital means of payment.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Payroll cards are gaining steam in Egypt, where the government announced plans to deliver prepaid cards to 28,000 public employees who will be able to use the tools to receive payroll sent via domestic banking rails. Around The World Of Smarter Payments. Find more about these and all the rest of the latest headlines in the Tracker ®.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

There's an opportunity for banks to think about innovation, to modernize current workflows and to leverage some of the innovation that is happening within the FinTech community," he said, noting that the cost of such collaborations should be only one of several factors when considering whether to collaborate, and with whom.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

It plans to use this new funding to expands its general team, as well as the management team. Founded in May of 2016, San Francisco-based Darkstore offers a platform that enables on-demand, same-day and 2-day delivery options for eCommerce sites. This latest round brings Darkstore’s total raise to more than $30 million.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The grocer plans to sell a selection of 35 products in almost 600 brick-and-mortar locations during the holiday season, Chain Store Age reported. Since its leveraged buyout, Toys R Us had been burdened with over $5 billion in debt. However, the funds didn’t provide a comment to the newspaper on the matter.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Finding that connection point is tough, so Credit Sesame’s plan of embedding its new Sesame Cash tool into a banking application makes sense. He believes that the ability to save by leveraging digital tools is improving, and that the pandemic is pushing people into a mindset where they feel compelled to save — which is unusual.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

About 30 percent of consumers said they planned to use their mobile device to sign up and receive in-store promotions and discounts. Additionally, 16 percent of consumers plan to use their phones to scan QR codes. plan to use flash sales and daily deals as a mobile marketing tactic this holiday season.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Alibaba’s eCommerce goods can be accessed via a virtual reality (VR) headset or through a $0.15 According to analysts, the goal for retailers is to leverage VR to made shopping online a less disconnected 2D experience, instead offering to wire consumers into a more natural shopping environment from the comfort of their own homes.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

The same can probably not be said for Kroger ’s plans to go live this fall with an eCommerce marketplace of third-party sellers through a partnership with Mirakl, which specializes in B2C and B2B eMarketplaces. The Instacart partnership will definitely get some attention in Seattle. Was Prime Day India Really a Test Case?

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JULY 27, 2020

consumers have experienced stress about purchasing expensive items, yet 85 percent are interested in interest-free BNPL plans at their preferred retailers. Payment plans are commonly used in the U.K. A recent report found that 73 percent of U.S.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) selling has taken wing with the ascendance of eCommerce to retail’s throne. The current shift’s durability will depend on brands’ abilities to deliver product availability, offer seamless eCommerce experiences and leverage digital tools to forge long-term personalized relationships with customers.”.

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MAY 31, 2018

After taking its eCommerce channel in-house, Dick’s Sporting Goods is stepping up its omnichannel efforts. To do so, it is focusing on its speed of checkout in its brick-and-mortar stores and through its eCommerce channel. In addition, the retailer has recently tested placing lockers near the entrances of its brick-and-mortar stores.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Just as the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of new eCommerce technologies, it might also hasten the demise of Black Friday as we’ve known it. When anything is “years ahead of plan,” it’s worth looking at more closely. In this case, the driving force is retailers’ prediction of surging eCommerce demand as 2020 closes out.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

All indications show that the eCommerce giant is very serious about keeping its delivery capacity up and roaring for the season. According to reports , Amazon plans to open 1,000 “mini” delivery hubs in suburbs and cities across the nation, and will move ahead with plans to launch an armada of delivery drones.

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JULY 6, 2018

based assets, the toy retailer planned to shutter its brick-and-mortar locations by June 29. Some locations were to close earlier, while the company’s eCommerce operations have been already closed for about three months, Fortune reported. Since a leveraged buyout, Toys R Us has been burdened with over $5 billion in debt.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

The above report that surveyed consumers from seven countries also noted that there was a 12 percent jump in promotion fraud within the eCommerce industry between March 11 and April 28. Offering discounts and personalized promotions can help them stand out from the crowd, especially as eCommerce spend in the U.S.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Traditional eCommerce and brick-and-mortar merchants aren’t the only organizations that market luxury goods like handbags. ShopGoodwill.com , an eCommerce auction platform that was created by Goodwill of Orange County and is still operated by the organization, offers the same kinds of items on its site.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

Acknowledging the Amazon effect and knowing it’s a factor that always must be planned for is not the same as sanguinely allowing that effect to overawe it.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

“We have seen a huge shift in the penetration of eCommerce. The consumer has learned how to really work with eCommerce.”. We plan to continue to expand our credit portfolio, not only in Brazil, but also in the other countries where we do have a presence — Mexico and Argentina, for example,” he said. Ten years in eight weeks.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This appears to be driving an uptake in subscription plans for daily goods. The September Subscription Commerce Tracker ®: eCommerce Goods And Direct-To-Consumer Edition examines the rise of D2C consumer goods subscriptions and the factors that keep subscribers loyal. Around The Consumer Goods And D2C Subscription Landscape.

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JULY 23, 2020

Flexible in-store payment plans that can help consumers handle both everyday and big-ticket purchases are gaining popularity in the United States, where the pandemic’s economic effects are causing consumers to temper their spending. Approximately 15,000 brands already offer or plan to offer BNPL provider Afterpay ’s solution, for example.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Wall Street appears to be loving Walmart’s new strategy to slow down its store openings and place an emphasis on its eCommerce business. While Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told analysts at the company’s annual investor meeting last week that Walmart was even more bullish on eCommerce and a digital transformation than most realized.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

In the age of eCommerce, chargebacks are on the rise. They’re more likely to get that consumer participation so they can begin charging their monthly fees … If gyms want to avoid any chargeback volumes that they might be experiencing, they really have to articulate the plan.”.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

With digital transactions and eCommerce soaring during the pandemic, the rate of increasingly sophisticated fraud has also risen. So it makes sense to leverage the systems, the processes and technology that have been built over a long time and successfully operate at scale” within legacy banks.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The season isn’t so much revving up as already in full swing — and now the pressure is really on for retailers to switch up their holiday game plans as the clock is ticking and the pie is shrinking. Product availability rounded out the top three holiday eCommerce drivers, with 47.6 A Very Digital Shopping Season . This compares to 45.1

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

But get into the strategies around eCommerce and things start to get very interesting between the two. Q3 increase in eCommerce sales: Walmart, 79 percent; Target, 154 percent. The company said that “evolving” its stores is part of its plan to gear up for the future. Stores: Walmart, 11,500; Target, 1,868. paycheck.

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