PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Consumers seem to have gotten their shopping groove back, and brands that had doubtful looking futures as recently as six months ago are showing strength – and not just in fit-and-start surges, but more consistently. percent in Q1, in line with averages since 2009. Economists are predicting that Q2 will show 4 percent growth in U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Amazon said it is taking the space in the property, which is being redeveloped, without any of the special tax credits it had been offered previously. From 2009 through 2018, tech-sector job growth in New York City has grown almost four times as quickly as the city’s overall private job growth, according to Parrott’s analysis.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Around the middle of the twentieth century, there was what The Atlantic called a “Cambrian explosion” of brands. Tide, Crest, Band-Aid, Lipton, and other branded packaged goods — and the conglomerates that manufactured them — reigned. Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Table of Contents.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

It’s not as if a person making the request for a tissue, pain reliever or bandage was specifically asking for a Kleenex, Bayer Aspirin or Band-Aid brand item. But, over many decades, these three brand names achieved such dominance in their categories that they became the most natural way for people to refer to all products in that category.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Dockless systems, which allow users to park their bike or scooter anywhere along the sidewalk rather than in a fixed docking station, are more convenient and less costly to scale given lower capital costs, as operators don’t have to build out fixed stations. A vandalized Bird scooter. Mid-length transport.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Twitter Peek, Peek (2009). While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Nook, Barnes and Noble (2009).

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

It had a great brand. Companies have both tangible assets (factories, capital, inventory) and intangible assets, which include things like reputation and brand. In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.)

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. Hampton Creek busted buying its own merchandise. Total Funding: $240M.

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