Consumer Spending

Embedding Insurance At The Point Of Sale
Embedding Insurance At The Point Of Sale
January 13, 2020  |  eCommerce

Insurance is changing with the rise of eCommerce, as well as with the support of ever-expanding data sets and other parts of the digital infrastructure...

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Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: A Slow Start To A New Year
Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: A Slow Start To A New Year
January 03, 2020  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

Sometimes even the fastest runners need to take a break, and after the 16-week continuous retail sprint that is the annual holiday shopping rush, it...

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Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
Amazon Or Walmart? Who Won 2019’s Race For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck
December 31, 2019  |  Retail

A little more than a year ago, PYMNTS started tracking the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between the two retail behemoths that have been...

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JPMC Co-CEO Sees Big Tech As ‘Real Competitors’ In 2020
JPMC Co-CEO Sees Big Tech As ‘Real Competitors’ In 2020
December 27, 2019  |  Economy

Daniel Pinto, the co-president and chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase, told CNBC in an interview that 2020 will likely see sturdy economic growth of...

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Record Holiday Sales Send Amazon Stock Soaring
Record Holiday Sales Send Amazon Stock Soaring
December 26, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon led the highest ever S&P 500 Index thanks to robust holiday sales that made 2019 “record-breaking” for the eCommerce giant, Bloomberg reported on Thursday...

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Mastercard: Holiday eCommerce Nearly 15 Pct Of Retail Sales
Mastercard: Holiday eCommerce Nearly 15 Pct Of Retail Sales
December 26, 2019  |  Retail

Overall retail sales reflected record-high numbers this holiday season – at least in online shopping, Mastercard reported. Even with sluggish sales at physical stores, total...

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Payments Flash-Forward: Why December 2020 Will Be One To Remember
Payments Flash-Forward: Why December 2020 Will Be One To Remember
December 26, 2019  |  In Depth

PYMNTS asked 30 payment executives to make a prediction about payments and commerce that they’d put in a time capsule to be unearthed at the...

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Consumer Spending Drives US GDP Up 2 Pct
Consumer Spending Drives US GDP Up 2 Pct
December 22, 2019  |  Economy

With the current U.S. economy indicating brief warning signals of a slowdown in the last quarter to a .5 percent annual rate or lower, the...

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Giving Layaway A Digital Reboot
Giving Layaway A Digital Reboot
December 20, 2019  |  Retail

In the 1930s, in the era of the Great Depression, when consumers had little extra cash, retailers nationwide came up with an innovation to make...

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