Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) is reportedly exiting China amid weak consumer spending in that country. The Richemont-owned luxury eCommerce platform is moving to focus on its core and more profitable markets, Bloomberg reported Friday (June 14), citing an emailed statement from a Richemont spokesperson. The Net-A-Porter platform was launched in...
As more baby boomers and seniors go online to get their banking done — making payments, investing and paying bills or taxes — the fraudsters are finding elder abuse of a financial nature to be quite lucrative. Coming into 2024, the PYMNTS Intelligence report “How...
As Gen Z shows an inclination for shopping from retailers’ own brands, major players are tailoring their private-label offerings to these young consumers’ desires and preferences. Walmart, for instance, recently relaunched its $2 billion No Boundaries fashion brand with an eye toward attracting new Gen...
After 30 years of barring foreigners from its banking sector, Ethiopia is reportedly considering allowing overseas banks to buy stakes in domestic lenders. A bill moving through the country’s legislature would allow overseas firms to buy stakes in domestic banks, set up subsidiaries, open branches,...
Canary Technologies raised $50 million in a Series C funding round to support its deployment of artificial intelligence for the hospitality industry. The company offers a Guest Management Platform and is rolling out guest-facing AI, Canary said in a Wednesday (June 12) press release. With...
Target reportedly lost market share in several of its key product categories in the first quarter. The retailer’s share shrank in food and household goods, clothing, electronics, homewares and furniture — categories that collectively account for 60% of its revenue, Reuters reported Friday (June 14), citing data...
Layer3 raised $15 million in a Series A funding round to support its omnichain identity and distribution protocol that helps cryptocurrency consumers discover and earn rewards from projects. The company also reported that it raised a previously unannounced $3.7 million round in 2022 and a...
Luxury brands in China are reportedly resorting to “unprecedented” discounts to sell unsold inventory and entice cautious Chinese consumers. The price cuts reflect growing concerns over a slowdown in spending among local shoppers, Bloomberg reported Friday (June 14). Balenciaga, a part of French luxury conglomerate...
It might not get the amount of play that real-time payments, open banking and artificial intelligence get, but the global payments industry reached a milestone recently when the U.S. CHIPS network, one of the world’s largest dollar clearing systems, completed its migration to the ISO...
