While Macy’s is making its plans public to enhance its private business, Amazon is reducing its focus on private-label operations. This summer, Macy’s announced its plans to launch four private brands by the end of 2025. The first brand, called “On 34th,” is scheduled to...
Food meets apparel. It’s an interesting twist that many restaurants, specifically quick-service-restaurants (QSRs), have pursued in a bid to diversify their offerings, tapping into a wider audience and expanding their reach. QSRs are looking to engage customers beyond their dining tables or screens, and fashion...
Retailers and trade associations across the country are pushing for state and federal laws to impose harsher penalties for those engaging in organized retail crime. Since 2022, at least nine states have passed laws to do just that, six of which have occurred this year,...
Personalization has become the norm, and retailers without this feature are considered obsolete and disconnected. Yet when exploring personalization, many strategies come into play. One approach, embraced by numerous retailers, is localization. Brands localize to extend their influence from eCommerce into brick-and-mortar retail, or dial...
Online grocery marketplace Instacart now accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) payments throughout the entire United States. With the recent addition of Alaska, the company now accepts SNAP online in all 50 states and Washington D.C., with more than 120 retail banners...
TikTok has reportedly added retail executives who were previously with Amazon and Meta to help build its eCommerce businesses in the United States. They will replace the social media platform’s U.S. general manager of eCommerce, Sandie Hawkins, who will leave the company, TheMessenger reported Wednesday...
British department store company John Lewis Partnership is the latest retailer investing in artificial intelligence (AI). The company has undertaken a 100 million pound (about $127 million) partnership with Google Cloud as it moves to push its brands John Lewis and Waitrose further into the digital space, according to a Wednesday (Aug. 9) press release....
If you’ve stepped inside a store recently, maybe a Target or Kroger, you might have noticed digital in-store advertising — an upgraded rendition of the traditional grocery flyer or hanging banners. These advertisements are about to become more commonplace as brands and retailers seek additional...
The embrace of omnichannel commerce as the pandemic recedes has brought a “new normal” for merchants, Adam Gunther, senior vice president and chief product officer at Kount, an Equifax Company, told PYMNTS in a recent interview. “There are new fraud and theft vectors,” he said,...
