New York City, the country’s largest, became the third US city to banish cashless-only transactions following similar bans in San Francisco and Philadelphia as well as the ban ...
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While overall retail sales grew during this year’s holiday season, it was mostly online sales that delivered results with in-store sales stagnant or down in most department stores ...
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The spirits and beverage industry is being disrupted just like the payments and financial world. Craft beers have displaced Bud and Miller. Craft distilleries are doing the same ...
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There’s a costly hitch to the happy e-commerce sales estimated at $138.5 billion for 2019. CBRE Group and Optoro estimate the cost of product returns from US online ...
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Online grocery shopping is a growing trend that major retailers have already zeroed in on, offering everything from dairy and produce to packaged foods and other goods. You ...
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The results are all in except for the exchanges and gift returns and Cyber Monday set record US online sales of more than $9.4 billion, up 19.7% over ...
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Black Friday broke record online sales in the US with $7.4 billion purchased by online shoppers according to Adobe Analytics which highlighted three trends: • Average order value ...
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Knowing that time is at a premium on this holiday weekend, we’ll just rattle off a few quick holiday sales headlines with links and you can pick what ...
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It’s already over, except for the actual holiday sales according to the pundits and analysts and there’s not a turkey among them. Here’s a quick snapshot of who’s ...
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Don’t be too fast to write off bricks and mortar retailers during this holiday shopping season. According to new research from Experian, 52% of consumers will shop in ...
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