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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The two companies already have a payments partnership, one that involves Walmart MoneyCard program and which launched in 2006. For now, though, the focus is getting this accelerator effort off the ground — Walmart will hold the majority stake in that operation — and getting more consumers to sign up for Walmart MoneyCard accounts.
PYMNTS
MARCH 25, 2016
Guinnevere Shuster, social media coordinator at the Humane Society of Utah, points out to CNN that “shelters and rescues are filled with puppies. On the contrary, it can actually draw consumers closer, who might embrace the brand with a metaphorical warm hug, like the literal one they would give their puppies.
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CB Insights
MAY 3, 2018
After conducting research backed by DARPA — the same defense agency that helped spawn the internet — Dr. Robert Finkelstein proposed the creation of a brand new arm of the US military, a “Meme Control Center.” In internet-speak the word “meme” often refers to an amusing picture that goes viral on social media.
CB Insights
JANUARY 6, 2019
From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. The Home Depot also operates a secondary lab out of Austin called BlackLocus. Notable Projects: Lululemon Lab operates under the concept of “offline exclusivity.” CVS — Digital Innovation Lab.
CB Insights
JUNE 6, 2019
The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. This would be Munchery’s downfall.
CB Insights
OCTOBER 29, 2018
For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. Date: November 30, 2006. Date: February 6, 2006. By 2012, Microsoft would take a $6.2B Alcatel and Lucent.
PYMNTS
MARCH 19, 2018
That Apple uses its closed ecosystem and the power of its brand to disadvantage others by denying access or imposing frictions on competing services like Spotify. Before there was Google Pay , there were three earlier versions of Google payments, starting with Google Checkout in 2006. The Four” Don’t Have a Monopoly on Good Ideas.
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