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Can Buy Now Pay Later Solutions Cut Through The Holiday Noise?
Buy Now Pay Later // December 09, 2019

U.S. consumers are expected to spend roughly $149 billion online this holiday season — but many are still paying off credit card bills from last year’s splurge. Getting consumers to spend, without making them feel overextended, may require new methods. In the inaugural Buy Now,...

Top News In Payments: Visa To Begin New Certification Program; Circle Co-Founder To Depart Firm
News // December 06, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Visa has announced it’s going to begin a new certification program in dispute resolution, as well as fund scholarships that can be used toward the training. Also, the co-founder of Boston-based payments firm Circle will step down from his...

Why Installment Payments Are Fashionable This Holiday Season
Buy Now Pay Later // December 06, 2019

Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. However, they are also hesitant to pay for those new experiences with credit cards or other traditional financing options. Debt from the previous holiday shopping season...

New York & Co. Rebrands To RTW Retailwinds
Retail // September 12, 2018

To highlight its ability to grow into new markets and categories, New York & Co. is changing its name to RTW Retailwinds. The move comes as the retailer seeks to top the $1 billion mark in sales, Chain Store Age reported. “We are at a...

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Digital Is The New Black: Rewriting Retail’s Rule Book For The Recovery And Beyond

May 28, 2020
Now that the era of full-stop lockdown is coming to an end and economic reopenings are under way to one extent or another in all 50 U.S. states, the $3.7 trillion question is: What happens next for retail? Is a recovery on the way, and if so, what will it look like? PYMNTS recently put […]

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New York & Co. Rebrands To RTW Retailwinds

September 12, 2018
To highlight its ability to grow into new markets and categories, New York & Co. is changing its name to RTW Retailwinds. The move comes as the retailer seeks to top the $1 billion mark in sales, Chain Store Age reported. “We are at a defining moment in our corporate reinvention, with a proven track […]