June 27, 2024
Publix Debuts Virtual Care Services via WellSync
Grocery chain Publix is the latest company to bring healthcare to the retail space. The company’s customers can now access virtual care services through digital healthcare firm WellSync, according to...
June 27, 2024
Consumer Spending Revised Lower as Paycheck-to-Paycheck Households Struggle
The third estimate of how gross domestic product (GDP) fared in the first quarter showed — at least in the headline number — there was a slight boost from previous...
June 26, 2024
Consumers Are Tired of Merchant Surcharges and Tipflation
Merchant steering, which is a practice where retailers offer discounts to consumers if they use certain payment methods, could be getting eclipsed by surcharges and tipflation. The PYMNTS Intelligence report...
June 26, 2024
Flipkart Launches UPI Payment App Offering Cashback Rewards
Walmart-owned Indian eCommerce firm Flipkart has launched a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment app that offers up to 5% cashback on purchases. The new super.money app is available on the Google Play...
June 25, 2024
Walmart CFO: Current Quarter’s Comparable Sales Growth Will Be Weaker
Walmart’s sales in the current quarter won’t be as strong as they were in the previous quarter, Walmart Chief Financial Officer John Rainey reportedly said Tuesday (June 25). Speaking at...
June 25, 2024
Grocers’ Brick-and-Mortar Engagement Outpaces Retailers’ 2 to 1
When it comes to shopping, consumers are turning to physical stores more for groceries than any other kind of purchase. By the Numbers For the report “Consumer Interest in an...
June 25, 2024
More Retailers Imitate Prime Day as Consumers Demand Discounts
As retailers look to hold their own among bargain-seeking shoppers this summer in the face of competition Amazon’s ever-more-popular Prime Day, Target is the latest to join the deals days...
June 25, 2024
Target Gets a Marketplace and Shopify Merchants Get Distribution
For Target, the most immediate impact adding Shopify sellers to its third-party marketplace may be a lift in its online fortunes. To that end, and as reported this week, Target...
June 24, 2024
Walmart Doubles Down on Deal Days as Consumers Seek Sales...
Walmart is following up its just-finished summer savings event with another one weeks later, as the retailer looks to compete with Amazon’s Prime Day to capture consumers’ increased demand for...
