PYMNTS Daily Data Dive

PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Holiday Spend
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Holiday Spend
January 17, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

Retail spending in the months of November and December 2016 was the strongest in five years. Retail sales increased 4.8 percent during the holiday season when...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Wellington’s 20%
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Wellington’s 20%
January 16, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

Wellington, New Zealand, has become a hub for successful tech-based startups and social enterprises due to its 20 percent advantage. It is 20 percent easier to...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Apple $1T In Sight
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Apple $1T In Sight
January 13, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

Get ready for some rather large numbers. This could very well be the year Apple hits $1 trillion in revenue from iOS. At least 1.2...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: McDonald’s China Sale
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: McDonald’s China Sale
January 11, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

McDonald’s Corp. has reached a pact to sell most of its China- and Hong Kong–based operations to Citic, the Chinese state-backed entity, along with Carlyle...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: UK’s ATM Record
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: UK’s ATM Record
January 10, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

Cash withdrawals set a record on Dec. 23 in the U.K., with Brits withdrawing £730 million from LINK cash machines. Consumers took out the money...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: National Returns Day
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: National Returns Day
January 09, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

On this year’s National Returns Day (Jan. 5), more than 1.3 million packages were shipped back to retailers, with a total of 5.8 million slated to...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Macy’s Cuts
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Macy’s Cuts
January 06, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

Macy’s announced that it will close down another 68 stores and cut an additional 6,200 jobs following disappointing holiday sales. Some of those closings —...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Starbucks In 2017
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Starbucks In 2017
January 05, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

In 2017, Starbucks is planning to expand its store footprint 8 percent over the course of the next nine months and grow worldwide sales about...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: 2016’s Top Apps
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: 2016’s Top Apps
January 04, 2017  |  Daily Data Dive

According to Nielsen, last year was a big year for digital, including new devices, new apps and the market for virtual reality (VR) devices. Facebook topped the...

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