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BJ’s adds PayPal online payment

Wholesale club chain expands BJs.com services, features

Russell Redman

July 9, 2018

2 Min Read
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BJ’s Wholesale Club has introduced PayPal payment in its latest enhancement for online customers.

The warehouse club chain said Monday that it has integrated the PayPal and PayPal Credit services, which enable BJ's members shopping on BJs.com to pay for their entire virtual cart seamlessly and securely, without having to enter card credentials.

Another new checkout option is PayPal One Touch. Providing an automatic login, PayPal One Touch allows BJs.com customers using the same device and browser to pay for their items without having to enter an email address or password.

In addition, BJ’s members can use PayPal Credit for online purchases of $99 or more and not get charged interest if their balance is paid in full in six months.

"We're committed to making shopping easier and more convenient for our members, which is why we're excited to partner with PayPal," said Rafeh Masood, senior vice president and chief digital officer at BJ's. "With PayPal, members now have even more payment options when shopping on BJs.com, saving time and money." 

BJ’s has been busy stepping up its online services in recent months.

In May, the Westborough, Mass.-based retailer expanded mobile deli ordering to 21 clubs in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The pilot program enables members to select deli meats and cheeses — as well as the desired thickness — and place an order with their designated club. All orders are ready within 20 minutes.

Also that month, BJ’s launched a click-and-collect service called “Shop BJs.com – Pick Up in Club,” which allows customers to make purchases from a selection of thousands of items on BJs.com and choose to pick up their orders in as soon as two hours from any of BJ’s 215 warehouse clubs in 16 states.

BJ’s, too, expanded its Add-to-Card Coupons functionality to orders placed via BJs.com and the Shop BJs.com – Pick Up in Club service, and a makeover of its website was designed to give customers a more user-friendly, personalized shopping experience. Those enhancements came a week after BJ’s added a new “swipe right” shopping tool to its mobile app. The discover function enables shoppers to explore new products and swipe right on their mobile device screen to add to a wish list.

And in March, BJ’s extended same-day delivery of groceries and other products through Instacart to all of its warehouse clubs.

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About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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