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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Gap Brand announced that its CEO Jeff Kirwan was leaving the company, just as the retailer gets ready to reveal its fourth-quarter results. While I am pleased with our progress in brand health and product quality, we have not achieved the operational excellence and accelerated profit growth that we know is possible at Gap brand,” Gap Inc.’s

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JUNE 26, 2019

To bring the number of global brands to 40,000 over the three years to come, Alibaba rolled out a merchant-focused English-language website for its Tmall Global marketplace. At first, brands were able to connect with Alibaba primarily via its website in the Chinese language, personal introductions or trade shows.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

The concept comes with interactive walls and follows similar moves by sporting or other fashion brands. Lancome, as it stands, is one of the largest brands of L’Oreal, the French cosmetics group. Beauty companies are also acquiring other brands. Have & Be also owns Do The Right Thing, a men’s grooming brand.

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JULY 25, 2018

Ivanka Trump is shutting down her namesake fashion brand to focus on her role in her father’s administration. According to The Wall Street Journal , sales at the brand, which Trump launched in its current form in 2014, got a big boost during the 2016 presidential election. Trump addressed the staff later that day.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

To test out renting attire as eco-conscious shoppers rein in their purchases, H&M said its COS brand has collaborated with the Chinese subscription rental platform YCloset to trial clothing rentals. H&M has rolled out many independent brands like Arket and COS in recent years.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

This is likely good news for the ever-expanding number of hacked firms in the U.S — as of the latest stats, from a quarter to a third of all American consumers have had their data compromised since 2014. Why do customers stay or go?

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JULY 6, 2016

From an economic standpoint , James’ departure, which he announced in a highly controversial one-hour primetime special broadcast on ESPN entitled “The Decision,” was immediately felt in Cleveland and to the value of James’ own brand. That said, minimal backlash to the KD brand. It will only help his brand.”.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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JULY 26, 2016

If you’re a retailer or a brand, it seems as though eCommerce and the rise of smartphones and mobile shopping have made your customers more cost-savvy and price-aware than ever before. Well, the rise of eCommerce and mobile shopping doesn’t have to mean doom and gloom for luxury brands or retailers. luxury consumer.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Does this online brand have a chance at overtaking Victoria’s Secret? million, and, in 2014, it more than doubled those numbers again, raking in $16.2 s Top 5,000 list in 2015 overall and took the number two ranking for top retail brands. Experts are starting to say yes. price point. million in annual sales.

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JULY 22, 2016

No, the only way you can get your hands on these “exclusive” bad boys is if you follow Warby Parker on Snapchat , where the brand shared a Snapchat story with its followers containing a URL taking users to a page where they could purchase the super-limited edition frames, according to TechCrunch.

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JULY 18, 2016

This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Perficient has aggressively grown our global delivery capabilities, increasing headcount by more than 30% annually since 2014. The consultants in our global delivery centers are professionally certified to align with our overall strategic partnerships, company-wide practices, and industry specializations.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

The brand will only sell its “Glossier You” fragrance, which has become one of the top-rated products on Glossier.com since rolling out in October 2017, CNBC reported. Nordstrom has had an industry reputation for being a much-desired partner for up-and-coming online brands that are seeking to grow. fragrance sales.”.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This idea underscores the natural forces at work as brands battle to keep pace with customer expectations and stay relevant. And that was back in 2014. Next, you need to size up your offerings against rivals and reference brands. As born information foragers , we humans continually seek out and evaluate a wide range of signals.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Nike and Apple have historically had a close relationship with retail partnerships and co-branded products like the Apple Watch Nike+ edition. The 3 percent incentive was expanded to other brands when the card rolled out to U.S. Nike+ app membership benefits include complimentary months of Apple Music and other incentives.

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JANUARY 12, 2020

mattress-in-a-box company Casper has underscored the increasing power of social media influencers to propel or hinder brands. Launched in 2014, the company shot to immediate online fame when celebrity Kylie Jenner — with more than 150 million followers on her Instagram account — featured Casper photos, and positively reviewed the company.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

New eco-friendly shopping platform Hive Brands aims to be a Whole Foods of sustainable products. 2014 : The year that healthy pet food company Freshpet went public. And in banking, more than a year has passed since the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) has rolled out the Cobro Digital (CoDi) digital payments platform.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. Year to date through September 30th, Open Bank had $4.5 million gain on sale of loans, representing 24% of its total revenue for that period. BofI Holding, Inc. Nasdaq: BOFI) BofI Holdings Inc.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Florida’s ShipMonk, started in 2014, offers eCommerce fulfillment services and technology solutions. Small and medium-sized brands are working at an incredible pace to keep up with both increased demand and consumers’ service-level expectations,” said Jan Bednar , ShipMonk's founder and CEO.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 11, 2016

When Apple launched Apple Pay in 2014, it obtained advantageous terms for transactions, and banks seemed eager to be aligned with Apple’s brand. A bit of the shine is off Apple Pay today due to low usage numbers, and some banks are playing hardball– at least in Australia. The banks involved are Commonwealth Read More.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

2019: The year Instagram rolled out in-app checkout for brands. 2014: The year Domino’s launched its AI-enabled chatbot as a voice-activated app. And in restaurant innovation, Domino ’s has become a leader in mobile and digital technology as it blazes its own path in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) world. All this, Today in Data.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 3, 2023

Traditionally, bank and credit union card issuers have benefitted financially from the fierce competition between the Visa and Mastercard brands. Yet is now really the time to contemplate an unnecessary brand flip to chase an incentive dollar that may not even exist in 24 months? A brand change can have a huge impact on a bank.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In 2014, it was hard to pick up any article about retail and not end up reading an obituary for the mall. It’s a retail center “designed around solving to provide everything that brands said they wanted and needed out of a physical store.” But the location at which the customer buys is not as important to the brand.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This is a winning solution that will help merchants reduce shopping cart abandonment while providing a single integration for participating card brands – meaning a simpler and smoother overall digital checkout experience.”. Visa is moving Visa Checkout merchants in Canada to Click to Pay after a successful launch in the United States.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Tom McGill of First Financial Bank led a session with our own Jim Burson where McGill pointed to the risks of single-service customers, the importance of customers advocating for your brand, and getting bank reporting accountability simplified across channels. GonzoBanker Vernon Williams from Bethpage FCU talking benchmarks with Sam Kilmer.

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MARCH 3, 2020

It’s a good opportunity to consider new ways to do shows or showrooms digitally … so that [brands] can reach more audiences from all over the world,” wrote Maiko Shibata, creative director and buyer of Tokyo-based multi-brand boutique Restir, in an email. This season, Shibata will place orders from Japanese brands online.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Constellation Brands , a beer distributor that owns Corona, announced that it has signed an agreement to buy an almost 10 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corporation , the world’s largest publicly traded cannabis company. The deal is expected to approximate C$245 million, representing an ownership interest of 9.9

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The banking group has started reaching out to possible bidders, but still hasn’t made a definitive decision as to whether it will actually sell the unit, which specializes in store-branded credit cards, according to a Bloomberg report. Selling the private-label credit card unit would be a business reversal for the financial services group.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Nike and Apple have historically had a close relationship with retail partnerships and co-branded products like the Apple Watch Nike+ edition. The 3 percent incentive was expanded to other brands when the card rolled out to U.S. Nike+ app membership benefits include complimentary months of Apple Music and other incentives.

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Matt Wilcox Pro

MAY 7, 2020

I am fortunate to have been published a few times in The Financial Brand. I think this one, originally published in June, 2014, bears reposting. It’s called “Avoiding Digital Parity,” a danger the financial services industry has faced and still faces.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Along with Boulder-based company Nite Ize , a maker of specialty lights and phone mounts under the STEELIE brand, the eCommerce giant filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (June 26) in a Seattle federal court, accusing a group of counterfeiters of selling fraudulent Nite Ize products. Amazon is continuing its fight against counterfeiters.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Launched in 2012 by Payal Kadakia under the name Classtivity, ClassPass closed $2 million in seed funding in March 2014 after rebranding. The new funding will be used to scale its branded model worldwide. Six months later, the startup raised $12 million in a Series A round by entrepreneur Fritz Lanman, who now serves as CEO.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Wendy’s designed an interactive ad campaign for gamers on Twitch, a leading video streaming platform (acquired by Amazon in 2014). There could be a lot of opportunity in the esports industry for brands. The post Food Brands Reach Toward Esports Players appeared first on CB Insights Research.

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APRIL 21, 2016

The Harris Poll announced the results of its 28th annual EquiTrend Study, cataloging the brand equity or strength of consumer response to companies in multiple segments, and despite a rough winter, Macy’s captured the top spot in the department store category. Though it posted more modest gains, Best Buy won for electronics retailers.

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MAY 8, 2020

For example, when Apple Pay launched in 2014, it was accepted by just 3 percent of merchants. Today, there are numerous contactless pay options — including retailers like Target and Kohl’s, which both offer their own mobile pay platforms that link barcode- or QR code-based payments to the companies’ branded cards. smartphone users. .

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APRIL 26, 2019

Tmall has to incubate 100 additional brands with an annual business of one billion yuan each in order for the company to attain its aims. The tie-up was said to provide more than half a billion consumers in China with Boots beauty brands. The executive added that Tmall responsibility comes after he ran Taobao for over a year.

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