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Digital-First Economy Redefines Retail And Consumer Behavior

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PYMNTS research on consumer shopping habits showed that 24 percent of all consumers say they have taken at least one of their routine shopping activities online and do not plan to revert to shopping in stores for this activity, even after the pandemic is over. More consumers are going online to shop and pay as the pandemic progresses.

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Macy’s Goes On-Demand For Beauty Supplies

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Macy’s seems to be on something of a “say yes to everything” kick in 2016 as it tries to reset its business model after what has been a highly chaotic year for the struggling department store retailer. Its latest experiment with out-of-the-box thinking is in its beauty offerings.

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SAFE Credit Union Brings Targeted Marketing To An Increasingly On-Demand World

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All of our members are now super accustomed to an on-demand world, with … Uber and Lyft and Seamless and Grubhub and Amazon Prime,” Grace Roberto, SAFE’s senior digital product manager, recently told PYMNTS. SAFE has been delivering on-demand experiences since 2016, when it launched a targeted marketing function on its mobile app.

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Delicacies On-Demand

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Census, consumers in the U.S. spent nearly $100 million on eCommerce purchases in the second quarter of 2016 alone, an increase of 4.5 Bryson also discussed the particular challenges of providing an on-demand grocery system and what he sees in the industry’s future. According to the most recent report from the U.S.

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Payments 2016: The Year Of The Gazelle

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PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Payments 2016: The Year Of The Gazelle. Some observers might remember 2016 as the year that new, faster payment technologies truly began to take hold.

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India Closes 2016 On Top

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This week, TechWire reported on this trend, noting that the rise in on-demand services ushered in a new wave of investment for consumer-facing startups. But a funny thing happened along the way: Many on-demand companies realized that the big bucks lie not in serving consumers but in catering to businesses,” the publication wrote. “But

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Pivoting Out Of The On-Demand Dilemma

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Regular readers and retail enthusiasts don’t need much of a background explanation for the current troubles facing the emergent on-demand economy. The barriers for entry into on-demand delivery are relatively low, technologically and logistically speaking. Part of this is a natural winnowing of the field.