PYMNTS

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.

Pharmaceutical 57

Pharmaceutical eCommerce Healthcare Leverage 57

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 59

eCommerce Retail Sales Leverage 59

PYMNTS

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.

Planning 72

Planning eCommerce Retail Startups 72

PYMNTS

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.

Retail 83

Retail Planning Pharmaceutical eCommerce 83

PYMNTS

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. .

eCommerce 53

eCommerce Retail Economics Leverage 53

PYMNTS

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.

B2B 61

B2B eCommerce B2C Securities 61

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Walmart’s eCommerce growth also accelerated by 12 percent , ending a run of slowdown for nine straight quarters, reports Fortune. Doug McMillion, Wal-Mart Stores CEO was optimistic telling analysts that eCommerce growth could return to the level of 20 to 30 percent. This company over time will look like an eCommerce company.”.

Planning 72

Planning eCommerce Leverage Sales 72

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Indian eCommerce platform Tolexo wants more businesses to procure goods online and is now offering a financing solution to attract SMEs. Reports on Tuesday (Sept. 20) said Tolexo has partnered with Arthashastra FinTech to provide merchant cash advances to its SME shoppers.

B2B 72

B2B eCommerce Benchmarking Finance 72

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Transportation Leverage Startups 43

PYMNTS

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.

Leverage 74

Leverage Advertising Budgeting Investments 74

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 56

eCommerce Banking Valuation Sales 56

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail Leverage Sales 40

PYMNTS

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.

Planning 49

Planning Leverage Retail eCommerce 49

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 58

eCommerce Retail Economics Sales 58

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2016

Indian payments startup Paytm has hired Alibaba’s head of wholesale business to steer its growth and build a stronger collaboration with the Chinese eCommerce giant. Paytm is in a similar space to Alibaba, so I can leverage my China experience.”. “The fuel for growth is similar.”. “The fuel for growth is similar.”.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Communication Leverage Startups 40

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 77

eCommerce Leverage Investments Securities 77

PYMNTS

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.

Banking 99

Banking eCommerce Leverage Reconciliations 99

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 46

eCommerce Advertising Retail Leverage 46

PYMNTS

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.

Leverage 43

Leverage Retail Sales eCommerce 43

PYMNTS

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 ®.

Accounts Payable 88

Accounts Payable Leverage eCommerce Retail 88

PYMNTS

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 .

eCommerce 104

eCommerce Problem Solving Retail Leverage 104

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 76

eCommerce Retail Sales Leverage 76

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 66

eCommerce Nonprofit Retail Transportation 66

PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

Less positive — even from Walmart’s executive team’s point of views — was the growth over in eCommerce, which notched in at 7 percent. eCommerce Is “Too Slow” . “Globally, on a constant currency basis, eCommerce sales and GMV grew 7 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Retail Sales Construction 40

PYMNTS

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.

Leverage 72

Leverage Retail Economics Budgeting 72

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The goal, according to CommonSense Robotics, is to make it possible for small retailers to keep pace with eCommerce giant Amazon by offering their own speedy dispatch and delivery services.

Startups 40

Startups Planning Retail Leverage 40

PYMNTS

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.”.

eCommerce 84

eCommerce Retail Leverage Planning 84

PYMNTS

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?

eCommerce 85

eCommerce B2C Leverage Entertainment 85

PYMNTS

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.

eCommerce 84

eCommerce Retail Leverage Sales 84

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

It was a niche B2B eCommerce platform for the architecture and design arena, however, that landed the most funding. Nuvocargo plans to expand its capabilities to enable shipping throughout Latin America, and said it will deploy the funding to expand its teams in the U.S. PYMNTS breaks down all the latest deals below. and Mexico.

Banking 66

Banking B2B Accounts Payable eCommerce 66

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Consumers are relying more heavily on eCommerce during the pandemic, and they have high standards for what digital shopping should be like. eCommerce merchants seeking to win over new customers aim to offer online shopping experiences that are both convenient and secure, which can be a difficult balance to strike. About The Tracker.

Accounting 69

Accounting eCommerce Securities Leverage 69

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Platforms and eCommerce are central to the next normal, demonstrating unique new value early in the pandemic as a form of commercial “social distancing” long before that term surfaced. Much of the same can be said of B2B eCommerce in recent months. That’s all going to change now as B2B commerce adapts to the new realities.

B2B 56

B2B eCommerce Banking Communication 56

PYMNTS

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.”.

Communication 82

Communication eCommerce Education Forecasting 82

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This new collaboration is an excellent example of two customer-centric, purpose-driven companies leveraging each other’s strengths to make aspirational beauty far more accessible to millions of customers all across the country,” Michelle Gass, CEO of Kohl’s, said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec. Kohl's customers.

Leverage 52

Leverage Retail eCommerce Planning 52

PYMNTS

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.

Profit and Loss 88

Profit and Loss eCommerce Leverage Marketing 88

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

LVMH’s volume of cross border payments presented unique challenges for the company, and we are pleased to provide the tools needed to leverage these emerging opportunities.”. LVMH Group plans to expand its SWIFT gpi implementation across its full cross-border payment network, which processes more than 1.5 million payments annually.

Treasury 58

Treasury Reconciliations Leverage eCommerce 58

PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

SMB sellers on the eCommerce website. The Great Reopening: Shifting Preferences edition, surveys 2,064 consumers and finds four distinct digital shopper profiles that help to explain how digital features will play into consumers’ plans to work, shop, eat and play in the months to come. percent to 20.99. Market Cap.

Cash Management 52

Cash Management B2B eCommerce Leverage 52