CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

Industry 101

Industry Technology Online Video 101

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2016

A new study by The NPD Group found that anything related to health and wellness ­­— like wearable technology , basketball gear, sweats and active bottoms (AKA exercise pants), running products, outdoor sports and toys, running gear, portable beverageware — were among the fastest-growing retail categories between Dec. 2014 and Dec.

Retail 100

Retail Study Millennials Exercises 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

For diamond mining companies and many traditional jewelry retailers, this technology comes as a major threat. More and more consumers, especially millennials, are opting for lab-grown diamonds over earth-mined. AP: We’re continually optimizing our brand, product, services and technology to better serve our customers needs.

Portland 101

Portland Community Branding Retail 101

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Millennials are taking a mobile-first approach to banking, driving that transformation. However, older populations — and even millennials — still need the services provided by bank branches. These contactless transactions decrease fraud, which is a critical service with ATM skimmer fraud up 500 percent since 2014.

ATM 126

ATM Strategy Mobile Millennials 126

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

Millennials Are In For Some Hard Times. The data is grim — 2017 and beyond don’t bode well for the financial future of the millennial generation. While they enjoy many FinTech innovations, most millennials don’t have a snowball’s chance of earning more than their parents — ever. Contextual Commerce 2.0

Millennials 119

Millennials Apple Retail Mobile 119

PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

It can be both a blessing and a burden being America’s oldest (active) automobile brand. So for Buick, a brand that has produced nameplates like Roadmaster, Skylark and LeSabre, the blessing of a long life – while contemporaries like Mercury and Pontiac have long since hit the highway to heaven – is also the burden of popular perception.

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Branding System Technology Millennials 100

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Mobile order-ahead technology has changed the game for restaurants, even for those that aren’t focused on speed. But as mobile technology becomes more popular in the dining industry, casual eat-in restaurants like TGI Fridays are also embracing mobile order-ahead services with an eye toward finding new customers via digital opportunities.

Mobile 101

Mobile Branding Technology Online 101

PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Predicting the future is hard work, and as we come to the close of the 21st century’s second decade, it is fair to say that the science-fiction writers of the 20th century did a so-so job of predicting the technological future. A quick glance at PYMNTS Bridge Millennials data bears out the same trend. By the year 2022, voicebot.ai

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Marketing Millennials Google Mobile 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

Amazon started with zero customers, zero brand awareness and a very ugly website with a clunky user experience, by today’s standards. Here’s what that sounds like , for those who’d like to take a walk down memory lane – or for the millennials reading this who have never known anything but 3G. I guess every sad story needs a bad guy.

Retail 198

Retail Online Mobile Data 198

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Search data helps brands understand shopper preferences. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Messenger taps brands for beauty bots. Instagram powers digital beauty brands. Google’s search data helps brands understand beauty shopper preferences. YouTube powers beauty influencers.

Google 72

Google Apple Industry Branding 72

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. That the middle class is bifurcating — to the have’s and mostly to the have not’s as a result of jobs that are disappearing because technology and software is eliminating them.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. And therein lies the rub. And the Pays still haven’t. 25-31, 2020.

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Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Power noted that for the first time ever the largest six banks had taken the lead in customer satisfaction, largely through better customer-facing technology. Jim Marous, co-publisher of The Financial Brand, said the J.D. The big banks’ advantage in technology is not new. Retail Banking Customer Satisfaction Study from J.D.

Regional 28

Regional Mobile Millennials Study 28

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.

Industry 67

Industry Branding Retail US 67

CB Insights

JULY 20, 2017

Despite deal growth, funding totals have been slipping since 2014; however, this is due to momentum among newer, smaller startups. Colorescience , a chemical-free skin care brand, ranked third with a $15M investment. Within branded cosmetics, startups focused on skincare have attracted the most deals. Series A in March.

Trends 28

Trends Branding social media San Francisco 28

NCR

JUNE 14, 2016

As expected the younger generation, millennials, are less concerned about move compared to those older. It would therefore seem to be “full steam ahead” with banks and the financial technology industry and media on the benefits of cashless, when reading many of these articles. Faster payments still only account for 2.7%

ATM 40

ATM North Carolina Survey Study 40

CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

We define startups disrupting banking broadly to include mobile-first fintech companies that primarily focus on leveraging technology and software to digitize and streamline retail and business credit, checking, and savings accounts. customers since 2014 ( which is detailed in a separate brief on challenger banks ). Millennials.

Retail 78

Retail Cards Millennials Mobile 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Fitness tech is on track to see record funding in 2017 , as a diverse range of companies in the space apply new technologies to serve the needs of fitness-focused consumers, boutique studios, and gym chains. Zenrez has indicated future interest in expanding its pricing technology to other fitness and wellness services beyond classes.

New York 48

New York Exercises Training Maryland 48

PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

We understand that sometimes brands do things in an effort to get a little boost so that people notice. Remember, Lending Club’s claim to fame, as all of the online lenders, was their technology prowess at building systems that could take data and mash it up and make better decisions, faster. Our heart bleeds for those sellers.

Retail 100

Retail FDIC Bitcoin Lending 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, financial upstarts have built technologies that could eventually cut into the relationship-driven work that investment banks are used to doing. But there’s no question that the way these institutions function has shifted, pushed along especially by the financial crisis and technology trends. Table of contents.

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Management Capital Company Marketing 78

CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

Amazon is focused on globilizing its branded Marketplace, and will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to bring its model of low prices, vast selection, and fast delivery to the world. Millennials account for one-third of India’s population. The app has between 1M and 5M downloads on the Google Play store.

Regional 68

Regional Retail Marketing Online 68

CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

And the next phase of technological evolution is already underway: advanced neural networks that learn, adapt, and respond to situations. Khosla Ventures also backed Cafe X Technologies in Q1’17, alongside The Thiel Foundation, Felicis Ventures, and Social Capital. 10 million US jobs at high risk of disruption. Retail salespersons.

Software 69

Software Industry Retail United States 69

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

in 3 Rounds from 4 Investors, Most Recent Funding, M Series C on December 8, 2014. Their technology is basically a card with a built in computer that lets the holder to change a credit card to a different type of credit card, or perhaps even a debit card. Perhaps there is a big bank in Canada that has embraced their technology.

Mobile 40

Mobile Cards Fraud Data 40

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

Apex Clearing will explain its cutting-edge financial services platform and how online brokerage firms and FinTech groups can grow their businesses by leveraging our technology. This patented solution also effectively reduces the deployment and maintenance overheads typically associated with 2FA technology solutions offered in the market.

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San Francisco Video Fintech Data 12