PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Some entertainment innovators are also rolling out new subscription services. Disney+ is planning to offer streaming content from brands like Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar. “Re-imagined” And retailers are offering innovative subscriptions for all sorts of products. 12 on most major streaming platforms, per news in August.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In short, customers want innovation, but restaurants, largely, aren’t giving it to them. The Index’s inaugural edition explores why companies in the $230 billion QSR space struggle to innovate, and how they can change that reputation. According to PYMNTS research, most brands in the QSR space are losing the innovation race.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Direct sales company Younique, which has been pivotal in its approach to social media marketing, has launched an augmented reality (AR) makeup trying-on tool, according to a release. . while showcasing Younique’s premium brand of cosmetic accessories. Its aim is to answer the timeless question of “will this look good on me?”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Founded in 2012, the ride-hailing unicorn – which is valued at over $1 billion – was the premier tech startup in the Middle East and North Africa. Although the startup will be a wholly-owned Uber subsidiary, Careem will continue to operate under its own brand, the news outlet reported. Uber paid $3.1 billion to take ownership.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. When most people asked “what’s next?” and run on the Discover rails.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. Coca-Cola — Development and Innovation Lab.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

The layout has been re-arranged to accommodate a self-serve cosmetic area and a fragrance room that gives shoppers the option to explore perfumes by scent type instead of brand. He’s the head of Neiman Marcus’ Innovation Lab. Across markets we are always thinking about delivering the best experience to our best customer always.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 Media companies, in the meantime, shoveled tens of millions into Snap in the hopes of selling to a generation whose brand loyalty is about as fleeting as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s affection for each of her nine husbands.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers? Profitability.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

It’s all the fashion these days to battle it out online for more market share when it comes to selling clothes to consumers. This isn’t Amazon’s first attempt at breaking into the luxury fashion market – the retail giant originally tried in 2012, but was not successful. Part of the problem is the eCommerce brand’s image.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In the face of an existential threat from e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Walmart ’s Jet.com , mall owners and real estate investment trusts with a core retail focus have explored private market investments in retail technology, e-commerce companies, and direct-to-consumer brands as a way of strengthening their core strategic business position.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

But Walmart had some tech upgrades of its own to announce, and the company was the source of some of the week’s more interesting speculation as market watchers began to openly wonder if it could be the buyer that GrubHub may (or may not) be looking for. In the home alone, Amazon reported 100,000 smart home products from over 9,500 brands. “It

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

Yes, Levi Strauss was a star earlier in the month, with a debut on the public markets that sent the 160+-year-old firm’s shares up more than 30 percent on the first day of trading. consumer market over the past five years, with Lyft establishing itself as a clear No. Old economy, new economy – everyone gets a bid in the stock market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

For that matter, who would have guessed that Dollar Shave Club, the viral sensation famous as much for its commercials as for its inexpensive men’s grooming products, would have made the headway in the market that it did? Or, at least, that’s how the story used to go.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Voice assistants, on the other hand, have taken four years — starting in 2012, the year Siri was first rolled out to the public. In that market today, Amazon is the ranking champion, accounting for 62 percent of the market. Google is far behind, with 27 percent of the share. Alexa users are fairly entrenched and loyal.

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MAY 6, 2019

It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch. First stop on Facebook’s capital raising tour: The big guns with successful payments rails, loads of money and a demonstrable appetite to invest in innovation. Fifteen months after its official launch, in September of 2012, Facebook Credits was shuttered. Social gaming.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The products are, of course, but the industry itself – particularly the segment of the market dedicated to the delivery of fresh-cut flowers – does not have a particularly inspiring environmental record. Since its founding in 2012, Bouqs has been a wholly digital enterprise.

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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. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

The specific issue that I’m referring to is merchant surcharging – a fancy term to describe the fee charged by merchants when consumers use network-branded card products to pay for their purchases. Innovation by Any Other Name. A 2012 survey presented by the U.K. And it will be a lot more than just 10 cents. The Ban on the Ban.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

billion market to a $5 billion market by the end of 2017, as independent startups entered the business only to find supermarket chains and big box stores entering the mix. The meal kit business has evolved a bit since Blue Apron and some of its initial rivals got started during the 2011-2012 period. Market Casualties.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Amazon is on track to become “America’s largest clothing retailer,” surpassing both Macy’s and Nordstrom in total sales, by 2017, according to a new report entitled “Amazon: Fashion Media & Deals” from L2, a firm that specializes in digital brand performance. s largest clothing retailer, too. It will come naturally that way.”.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For those unfamiliar, mBank is a Polish direct bank brand established by BRE Bank in 2000 as one of the first of its kind in the country. Thanks to the mBank’s business achievements and potential of the brand as first and the biggest internet bank in Poland, BRE Bank Group decided in 2013 to change company name to mBank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Some things haven’t changed much since the firm’s early days in 2012, when shipping labels were manually printed and hand-affixed to packages before being transported to their fulfillment center via the “trash bag” method. You have to find the guy with the key. He’s always doing something else that he doesn’t want to be helpful.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

But he didn’t know what exactly he wanted to go into business doing, until a bit of chance snacking put him on the path to his innovation “ah-ha moment.”. He realized he just might be on to a product ready to expand into a new market. “I The brand stayed on campus for two years building its market and establishing its name.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

When Panera Bread first rolled out its mobile order-ahead service in 2012, the idea was to attract consumers wary of waiting in lines for service. Understanding customers and their needs has been crucial to devising mobile order-ahead efforts since 2012. “We Earlier this month, the St.

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BankBazaar

JULY 16, 2019

Founded in 2012, this company is one of the leading digital marketing agencies in India. In her previous roles, Swati has been an active part of the core group at Future Group’s business intelligence team and has headed India Retail operations for the global shoe brand Clarks. We had started Team Pumpkin in 2012.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Thriving or just surviving in the omnichannel age means offering comprehensive in-store and online features that both engage customers and connect them with brands. That’s how we built a lot of our services, and really our brand, online.”. We want to drive customers to come back to us and interact with our brand,” Song said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Early meal kit innovator Blue Apron noted that its Q1 2020 revenues were up 8 percent on Q4 2019, while its customer base increased 7 percent during the same time period. Those additions have been made on top of what the brand called “enhanced daily cleaning and disinfection policies.”.

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CB Insights

JUNE 7, 2018

Is it the “dark arts” of marketing — as some, including former presidential candidate Hilary Clinton and Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff, have claimed? Psychographics has the potential to transform the way marketers understand and influence decision-making. For example, imagine trying to market a vegan protein bar.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Such is the double-edged sword of a retail industry swept up in innovation. For every new path cut through the market, the retailers standing in the way are cut down. From 2009 to 2013, same-store sales increased by marginal amounts in 2011 only and decreased by 6 percent in 2009, 10 percent in 2012 and 4 percent in 2013.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

In an interview with Black Enterprise , Dickson explained that, just because her business model called for vending machine-based sales located in places where a pair of flats might be needed as an emergency during a night on the town, that didn’t mean her product needed to be cheap.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The credit bureaus were included in the CFPB’s scope of oversight in 2012, and she’s asked the agency to let her know what additional power it might need to better regulate the credit reporting agencies going forward. There aren’t many markets where consumers actually have little to no other choice, but this is one of them.

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