Yes, we know you’ve been watching the impeachment hearings but it’s time to get caught up on global payments news from around the globe. We start with PayPal’s acquisition of shopping and rewards technology company Honey and why it makes strategic sense. TransUnion takes a ...
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Retail
Retail
The numbers are in and it was another massive Singles Day sales success with more than $38.4 billion in sales in just 24 hours. That’s more than Amazon’s entire third-quarter sales – in one day. The best way to get a handle on it is ...
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The holidays are where 30% of sales are made for the year according to the US National Retail Federation. McKinsey & Company report that nearly one-third of consumers expect to spend more this year than last, and retailers are going to need to personalize in ...
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Hard on the heels of Best Buy’s free holiday delivery announcement last week, Amazon today released details of its expanded free delivery services for the upcoming holiday season. The new services will provide Amazon Prime members in the US with Free One-Day delivery for more ...
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Online consumer research company Jumpshot is out with a new research report that provides helpful insight into the top 25 US e-commerce sites and what direction these leaders are headed – both up and down. In its analysis of more than 1.5 billion US online ...
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Holiday season sales haven’t really started yet but the competition for online sales coupled with special free or discount delivery options just heated up. Best Buy announced it will offer free next-day delivery on online purchases over $35 through Christmas Day for the first time. ...
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The impact of digital on bricks and mortar retail is developing fast with some occasional surprising twists and turns. While e-commerce only makes up 11% of total US retail sales, that’s changing fast and retailers need to be nimble in finding new ways to convert ...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and online sales all throughout the Empire. The good news according to the latest findings from Coresight Research is that 2019 holiday sales are expected to be up 3.5% to 4% compared with last year. That puts ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts sales this holiday season should be up 3.8%-4.2% over last year. Despite concerns about a hangover from China-US tariff disputes, the NRF is hoping US holiday sales will reach between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion, excluding auto, gasoline and ...
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It’s definitely the busy season and we’ll help you save time with this week’s global payments industry news roundup. Narvar tells us what customers hate most about returning products and what to do about it. Macy’s same-day delivery program sets a new bar for US ...
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