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pymnts | April 06, 2020

Nonessential retail is highly dependent – in some cases, completely dependent – on eCommerce during the COVID-19 crisis. And eCommerce success is dependent upon shipping. Therein lies a serious problem. Because as anyone who has ordered a nonessential item over the past few weeks can attest, eCommerce shipping has become a guessing game. To illustrate the point, PYMNTS compared shipping dates on three items, chosen for their nonessential status and the actual purchase patterns of sta...

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Infor | November 06, 2020

Infor today announced Infor OrderNow, a new contactless ordering solution to help the hospitality industry better navigate the operational challenges that the current pandemic presents, while supporting the dining revenue stream in the future. An extension of Infor POS, Infor's powerful cloud-based point-of-sale solution, Infor OrderNow is a new solution released as an adaptation to changes in customer purchase behavior that also provides organizations with a tool to address declining revenu...

theverge | March 20, 2020

AT&T sent a notice to its authorized retailer companies in California with instructions for how to handle potential questions, including from law enforcement, about why they were remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Describing it as “best practice only,” the guidance sent Thursday “is to be used in the event that any officials, individuals or groups inquire about why the AT&T store is open.” On Wednesday, AT&T said it was closing 40 percent of its reta...

pymnts | March 12, 2020

The battle royale for share of wallet between eCommerce trailblazer Amazon and ultra-merchant Walmart rages on, as the latest PYMNTS Whole Paycheck Tracker data shows, with Amazon enjoying an early 2020 lead on the strength of a stellar Q4 earnings report. Contrariwise, the Bentonville behemoth missed analysts’ expectations for Q4 2019, which Walmart CFO Brett Biggs explained thusly: “The holiday season … wasn’t as good as expected due to lower sales volume and some pres...