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In todays top retail news, Macys is reportedly trying to find the right way to balance its stores with its eCommerce presence as it mulls a breakup of the two businesses, while shoppers are gravitating toward Amazon when shopping for toys. Also, out-of-stock messages are hurting consumers and merchants alike this holiday season, and Instacart is reportedly working on launching 15-minute deliveries.Macys eCommerce Customers Use of Physical Stores Pauses BreakupAdvised to separate its eCommerce business from its physical stores, Macys is reportedly debating how best to approach the concept without stanley cup nz alienating it stanley romania s online shoppers who depend on the retail shops for pickups and returns. The iconic retailer has been in talks with consulting firm AlixPartners following discussions with Jana Partners, who advised Macys in October to split its physical retail from its eCommerce operations.Shoppers Flock to Amazon to Pick up Holiday ToysAccording to PYMNTS research, which surveyed over 2,000 U.S. consumers on Friday Nov. 26 and Saturday Nov. 27 about how they spent Black Friday, a quarter of consumers purchased toys, hobby equipment or musical instruments online, while 31% did so in-store. Since at least 2014, Amazon has had a greater share of toy, hobby and book sales than Walmart, with the formers share steadily increasing while the latter slowly loses out.Three Words Are Starting to Define Online Shopping 2021: Out o stanley cupe f Stock ;Supply chains continue groaning under the w Zail Bloomreach Adds Group Merchandising to B2B eCommerce Search Solution
With the exception perhaps of the Starbucks mobile app, mobile apps for payment have been struggling to catch on with consumers. Some petroleum retailers, however, appear to making a go of it with apps that offer discounts on gasoline purchases at the pump.Achieving the success of Starbucks, where more than 15 percent stanley kubek of stanley quencher sales come from mobile-based purchases from loyal customers, will be no easy task. Petroleum industry attempts to replicate such success continue nonetheless.For the first time stanley fr in the Southeast, for example, Mapco, which operates 373 gas and convenience stores in the region, is enabling users to receive 5 cents back per gallon by paying exclusively with PayPal via MobilePay, which is the My Mapco apps new payment option. With average gas prices in 2014 costing $3.49 per gallon and the average American using 533 gallons of gas per year, this gives people a chance to save almost $100 per year on gas鈥揳 nice benefit given todays economy, a PayPal spokesperson noted in an email to PYMNTS.Mapcos My Mapco app rolled out just over a year ago, but beta testing with MobilePay commenced in May. MobilePay, developed by Firefly, went out of beta on Aug. 26.To date, more than 2,300 transactions have been made using the MobilePay function, the PayPal spokesperson said. We are continuing to see adoption growth among consumers, she said, unable to share specific numbers.As consumers save on gas when using the app, Mapco hopes to drive more overall sales volume while also |
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