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How (And Why) Major Retailers Are Embracing Print Catalogs Again

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The holiday season is the time for nostalgia and tradition, and that is the case here at PYMNTS, where even amid our coverage of the newest retail trends, we sometimes get the warm-and-fuzzies. It led us to wonder, going into the heart of the fourth quarter and then into 2020, about the status of that old standby, the retail catalog.

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What Innovators Can Learn From Netflix

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But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. Watching it at home in the comfort of the living or family room wouldn’t be an option until nearly two years later: August 22, 2006 , when the DVD was finally released.

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Petco Files For IPO As Demand For Pets Surges During Pandemic 

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The pet retail chain is also moving towards profitability after net losses the past two years. Founded in 1965, Petco was last publicly traded in 2006. The pet retail chain filed last month for an IPO pending an SEC review. The company filed an IPO last year. Petco's net sales went up 9 percent over 2019, hitting $3.58

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Walmart Marketplace, Goldman Sachs Partner To Offer Lines Of Credit

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It could also help fund innovation — as we’re all working to adapt to constantly changing customer behaviors and preferences,” said Clementz. In June, Walmart announced that it was collaborating with Shopify , the eCommerce platform, to expand its Marketplace and seek a bigger share of online shopping and selling.

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Green Dot CEO: 20 Years Of Innovating ‘Banking For The Masses’

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That brought about an idea to create a card that would give kids — who didn’t have a credit card, but did have access to high-speed internet at school — a way to buy things online. The iGen product was sold — and loaded with funds — at convenient retail locations around college campuses and upper middle-class neighborhoods.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below).

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Office Depot Makes Changes In Leadership Team

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This new role, which builds off his current position as senior VP, eCommerce, will focus on all of the company’s digital-related activities, with Moffitt responsible for transforming Office Depot’s digital platforms, driving digital strategy and innovation and accelerating its online and mobile growth.