Новости за 15.03.2021

As vaccines are being distributed worldwide, a return to something that looks a lot like pre-pandemic normal could be coming soon. And in some places, over the last week or so, that “soon” has been moved up to “right now.” As of Sunday (March 14), Israel had reopened most of its economy, rolling back the […]

China’s post-pandemic economy is showing signs of dramatic recovery for the first two months of this year, with key indicators up after a full year of coping with the devastating effects of COVID-19. In January and February, China's industrial output escalated 35.1 percent and retail sales grew 33.8 percent, according to a Monday (March 15) […]

Swedish fashion retailer H&M said Monday (March 15) that 80 percent of its 5,000 global stores had currently reopened from COVID-related closures, marking a continued rebound in sales and earnings that have been battered by the pandemic. According to the brief but unexpected announcement from the world’s second largest chain of apparel stores (behind Inditex’s […]

Ulta Beauty’s chief executive plans to conclude her tenure after leading the beauty and cosmetics retail chain through the growth of its store count and sales. In the markets, Coupang has been riding the sea change of the digital shift, and recently ended its first day of trading. And in payment methods, financial challenges are leading a number of younger […]

Just as Amazon finally caught up to Walmart in the battle for share of total U.S. retail sales, the dominant digital retailer looks to be aiming to close the last — and only — major category where it lags behind Walmart: food and beverage. At last count, PYMNTS data showed that the “food fight” between […]

Factory and retail industry activity jumped in China during January and February, coming out ahead of expectations, Reuters reported. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures indicated that industrial output surged by 35.1 percent in January and February from the prior year, which was above a 7.3 percent year-on-year rise seen in December, and ahead of […]

More U.K. consumers are turning to Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to do their shopping as a way to get around protracted pandemic-related retail store closures across Europe, new research shows. According to research from Mastercard, 43 percent of respondents said they are "social shopping" more now than a year ago. “As the majority of retailers […]

In today’s top news, India could ban all cryptocurrency, and Stripe is valued at $95 billion after a $600 million funding round. Plus, Flywire plans to go public. Cryptocurrency Could Be Totally Banned In India India is considering new regulations that would ban cryptocurrency in the country. The proposed regulations would be the toughest worldwide, […]

With film sets and other entertainment projects forced to yell “cut” amid pandemic lockdowns, many players across the industry were given a moment to pause and reconsider some of the more analog, inefficient ways of running the show. Among the most manual of processes today is payroll, a space in which paper checks and timecards […]

Criminals are creative, and when it comes to corporate payments, there are a plethora of ways scammers can infiltrate a transaction workflow to steal not only money, but also goods. This week's B2B Data Digest looks at some of the biggest stories in B2B payments fraud, including a post-payment supply chain theft and a dramatic […]

Maybe it’s a favorite band, plus a few random numbers. Or a first-grade teacher in front of a few symbols. Whatever the method, the average consumer has between 70 and 80 password combinations to remember. If a consumer had to remember all those passwords, it would add up to the same number of words as […]

Chief financial officers (CFOs) have been met with unfamiliar obstacles over the last year, testing their ability to remain reactive and agile amid the volatility. Despite the challenges, the market environment created the opportunity for CFOs to emerge as invaluable, strategic leaders within their enterprises — not only taking the lead on digital transformations, but […]