CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

While the anticipation for Amazon’s plunge into banking gets louder each year, it’s important to first understand Amazon’s existing strategy in financial services — what Amazon has launched and built, where the company is investing, and what recent products tell us about Amazon’s future ambitions. Closing thoughts.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Using CB Insights’ investment, acquisition, and partnership data, we identified 46 companies developing road-going self-driving vehicles. Top initiatives: Filed patent in 2016 for autonomous lane-switching technology. For Amazon, the partnership is years in the making. Get the free 67-page report PDF.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. 09:47 am Finovate Fall 2016 Day 1 Recap. End of Day 1, check back later today for our video recap of Finovate Fall 2016! Data can be used to advise clients on where their money is going and provide suggestions on saving money. William Mills and K.T.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Costco, one of the top wine sellers in the country, now sees 15% of its overall wine sales going to private-label products. Target’s Cat & Jack kids’ line has delivered double-digit results since its 2016 launch, even as traditional retailers struggle to stay afloat. Why now for private-label goods? Sales (TTM) ($B).

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Fast food and casual dining aren’t going away — but they are fundamentally changing. Last year, Friendly’s, Bennigan’s, Logan’s Roadhouse and Joe’s Crab Shack all filed for bankruptcy. This year, Subway plans to close more than 500 locations. the Future of food report. Photo credit: Health.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This generated a good $6 billion of revenue in 2016, though that number is likely further compressed given attempts at regulating this sector. Still, the spidey sense is off the charts. Because they don’t really believe it, and very likely, they want it to stop and go away. Yet here we still are. billion valuation.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. Some of these bets may be paying off. ” — Hubert Joly, CEO, Best Buy.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Ninety-two million millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” Daily bill payments from Check’s mobile app reached over $1M in daily volume in just one year. Mint still drives thousands of visits every month from people looking for budgeting templates and budgeting spreadsheets.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

” It would allow for online payments [to move] from one party to another without going through a financial institution.”. To understand better how this peer-to-peer electronic cash system allows for online payments to move from one party to another without going through a financial institution, let’s use a simple example.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

After reading the 242 goodbye letters and investigative takedowns below, click here for insights on the 20 most commonly cited reasons that startups go down swinging. 2017 Third Update (10/31/17). 2017 First Update (2/10/17). 2016 Third Update (11/8/16). 2016 Second Update (7/28/2016).

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. S&W has been making bikes for law enforcement since 1997, but the general public just didn’t go for this seemingly out-of-left-field brand extension. Gastrointestinal side effects of an unmentionable variety ensued, followed by lawsuits.

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CB Insights

APRIL 7, 2018

While this may sound futuristic, these types of factories have been a reality for more than 15 years. Manufacturers predict overall efficiency to grow annually over the next five years at 7x the rate of growth seen since 1990. General Motors alone spent upwards of $8B on new development last year. . I have not failed once.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Fast fashion brands may issue as many as 52 weekly “micro-seasons” per year. To keep up, traditional apparel brands are now debuting around 11 seasons a year. Even amid the retail slowdown , Zara’s parent company, Spanish retail giant Inditex, saw $21B in sales in the first 9 months of 2017 — a 10% YoY increase.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2016

I now spend 10 hours a week playing bridge online,” he said. But, as it turns out, 2016 has been a pretty good year for CEOs and other leaders bringing the color to the commentary. Both products, once people saw what they could do, quickly revolutionized their lives. And, as I write this letter, ‘search’ is invaluable to me.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

But every once in a great while, the subject emerges in an unexpected and thrilling way — and because we were especially good this year, it happened at the right time: for the celebration of President’s Day weekend. In 2016, February had its strongest performance since the great recession, with a $302 billion take.

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