Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Well, what do we say about 2015? And, give or take a stumble or two, we snuck through it and did a reasonable job on 2015 objectives, in our humble opinion. So, it seems we’re good with only one outstanding item—digest the 2015 GonzoBanker Awards! 2015 Executive Call-out. Department Whose Brand Isn’t Improving Award.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. percent – is the total compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the mobile payment transaction market from 2015 to 2020. Just under 40 percent – or 39.1

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this analysis, we’ll explore the immediate and long-term challenges facing the CPG industry, as well as the business strategies that CPG brands are using to adapt. Barington Capital pressured Avon CEO to step down. Pinnacle Foods, which owns Vlasic pickles and other brands, has been targeted by activist investor Jana Partners.

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Banking 2020

JANUARY 28, 2016

This article by Stefanie O’Connell first appeared on stefanieoconnell.com in December 2015. This article is written by me with support from Capital One in conjunction with the release of the brand new Millennial Mindset on Money Survey. If you’re a millennial, your answer is probably pretty boring – smart, but boring.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2018

Though millennial parents were hit with nostalgia, when it comes to the world of toy sales going forward, market watchers of all kinds have been asking themselves the same question for weeks: Now what? Geoffrey the Giraffe is, sadly, no more. Even in its declining days, Toys R Us represented some 12 percent of the U.S. Pop-Up Toy Stores.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Is John Lennon a brand? And 2015 was a good year for the middle class, as median household income rose to $56,516, a 5.2 Millennials don’t seem to be feeling Banana Republic any longer, according to a study by RBC Capital Markets. I wanted the collection to be eclectic and vibrant with a modern feel.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

Walmart’s revenues of nearly half a trillion dollars ($485 billion in 2015) and 2.2 While Walmart may have four times the revenues of Amazon, the market seems to be betting that it’s the younger, more nimble challenger who’s best prepared to capitalize on the digital waves that are transforming retail and commerce more broadly.”. “

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. Not every brand that closes its doors did so last week in infamy, though. . Store Closures. ” Layoffs. And just in case merchants in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

And as men – particularly single millennial men with a fair amount of discretionary capital to put toward the project – are moving toward a more pro-grooming stance – the market is moving quickly to catch up. Once that customer is successfully targeted, Hales noted they are less likely than a female customer to socially push a brand.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

Cat & Jack is Target’s newest vision — a line of baby and kids clothes, approved by kids, featuring funky colors and cooler cuts — and it is a big move on the rapidly growing market for kids clothes among newly reproducing millennials. And of course, a big risk. Quite the opposite. percent a year.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2015

What happens when a millennial microlending app teams up with the white-label API of a digital payment network? demonstrating FiSync at FinovateSpring 2015. . demonstrating FiSync at FinovateSpring 2015. And in September, Dwolla teamed up with Comenity Capital Bank to add a new credit payment feature to its platform.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

Millennials across America singing “I’m a Toys R Us kid” in as solemn a fashion as possible this week are a testament to that. And fueling it all was the rise of television, where brands such as Mattel could market their toys directly to children — stoking the fires of demand. Toys R Us went public in 1978.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

To whet your appetite for two days of fintech innovation, we’re releasing the full and final lineup of presenting companies for FinovateFall 2015. Dealflow is building the largest channel for online capital formation. Hedgeable is the first private banking platform for millennials. Dynamics, Inc.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 31, 2017

In Brett King's 2012 book, Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow , he called for a 50% reduction in branches while asking what would banking look like in 2015. Between 2012 and 2015, there was a 4% branch reduction. The decline between 2015 and 2016 was 1.5%. The red: millennials. As Bob Uecker would say, " Just a bit outside. "

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. The media is now doing all kinds of piling onto Snap, claiming that they’re not worth the paper the IPO was printed on. What a difference two years makes. But Facebook was never “just” a social network.

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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.

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Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Jim Marous, co-publisher of The Financial Brand, said the J.D. Banks that do a good job with digital and personalization win with millennials, as Ally Financial is showing.

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CB Insights

JULY 20, 2017

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. Corporates acquired 50 companies in 2016, up from 32 in 2015 and just 13 in 2014. Series A in March.

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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. There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. They examined anonymized tax data starting in the 1940s until 2015. What they discovered was sobering: 56.5

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CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

The e-commerce giants are capitalizing on three important trends: Global financial systems are going digital and mobile. 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.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 6, 2015

RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney recently estimated that U.S. Research from mobile vendor Retale indicates that millennials have a high aversion to dealing with store associates and more preference for self-checkout via mobile phones. Get gritty and creative with the trusted brand experience around payments.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Of the companies on our list, 5 are Series A startups that have raised funds this year, 8 are seed or angel stage companies that have raised funds since 2015, and 2 are companies that have raised funds via crowdfunding platforms since 2016. Select Investors : StartLab Galway, Enterprise Ireland, Notion Capital. Disclosed Funding: $2M.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” This approach to marketing is enabling a new wave of specialized fast-casual brands to take root.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

Walmart’s revenues of nearly half a trillion dollars ($485 billion in 2015) and 2.2 This chart shows that while Walmart may have 4x the revenues of Amazon, the market seems to be betting that it’s the younger, more nimble challenger who’s best prepared to capitalize on the digital waves that are transforming retail and commerce more broadly.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Consider that: Half of Indonesia’s population is under the age of 30, with the number of millennials (aged 17-35) in Indonesia currently at 79.5M. Indonesia features the largest ($27B in 2018) and fastest-growing (49% CAGR 2015-2018) internet economy in Southeast Asia, according to a study by Google and Temasek.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

For example, Google open sourced its TensorFlow machine learning library in 2015, and hundreds of users have contributed back to it and sought to improve it. Khosla Ventures also backed Cafe X Technologies in Q1’17, alongside The Thiel Foundation, Felicis Ventures, and Social Capital. It has applied for 480 patents since 2009.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

An explosion of new consumer finance brands is transforming how people save, spend, and manage their money. Ninety-two million millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. In aggregate, they command $1.3 WHY ARE THEy SUCCESSFUL?

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Capital One was the first bank to go live with an Alexa integration. In a Fintech Trending post earlier this month, we highlighted Capital One’s live integration and Lloyd Bank’s proof of concept with Amazon’s Alexa. ExxonMobil, Glympse, iHeartRadio, MasterCard, and Parkopedia are the first brands to join the platform.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Tech giants aren’t the only companies that have spotted the opportunity in remote diagnostics — some biotech companies have moved quickly to demonstrate value and capitalize on the eased regulations as well. Meanwhile, brands that were already virtual-first have seen dramatic increases in adoption during the crisis.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

Why it’s a must-see: 56% of Millennials are interested in having a video chat with a bank representative by accessing a link on their bank’s website, mobile or tablet application, according to the Accenture 2014 Consumer Digital Banking Survey. Thinking Capital will ask the question, “ To Build or Not to Build?”

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