PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

Talking about retail and not mention Amazon these days is a difficult thing to do. The eCommerce company has grown significantly in the past few decades, and we’ve started to see the physical impacts of its innovative force on other retailers. And these are just the numbers Amazon itself chooses to put out into the retail sphere.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today. The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in apparel retail. Or, perhaps more accurately, through tactics that are so traditional they are surprising to see in a modern retail context.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. “One million active users is a huge operational achievement, and a testament to the value our users see in our product. Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

The retail giant bought Bonobos and ModCloth in 2017 and plus-size brand Eloquii in 2018 in a bid to compete with Amazon. Walmart also recently announced that it was going to completely overhaul Jet.com , the online marketplace startup it bought in 2016 at a cost of $3.3 In other Walmart news , the company plans to invest $1.2

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

That’s reportedly the case when it comes to luxury retail brand Gucci. According to a new report in the Financial Times , Gucci plans to open six call centers, including in such cities as Florence and Shanghai, as the retailer chases consumer demand for smartphone-enabled commerce, especially among millennials in the hunt for luxury goods.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2016

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

In what appears to be an unprecedented move, a major eCommerce retailer is connecting its suppliers directly to consumers. Newegg , which is arguably the largest computer component and consumer electronics retailer, has announced a new program to help vendor partners sell directly, albeit through its platform.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

According to a report in Reuters , citing Dada-JD Daohjia, the company is partly owned by JD.com and operates two businesses: Dada, the delivery service that has a network of 5 million delivery men, and JD Daojia, which partners with retails stores to provide delivery services.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

When you think of tech-savvy retailers, there are a few dozen names on the list before you arrive at Kohl’s. The no-frills retailer knows this as much as anyone, which is why it’s investing heavily into tech-centric store redesigns.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

This philosophy not only sidesteps the black hole of partisan grandstanding , but as far as retailers have been traditionally concerned, it also avoids stepping on the increasingly sensitive toes of their consumers’ bases, regardless of which side of the aisle they fall on. Edgy retailers can do this all day long.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

We can all agree Credit Karma, Chase Mobile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and PayPal aren’t leaving the Top Ten on App Annie anytime soon. But ratings and rankings aren’t everything — there’s also the cool factor. How easy is the app to use? Does it makes us feel good (even Read More.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist. Plus, Evine might be something of a difficult acquisition target.

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Los Angeles social media New York Video 139

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does. We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More.

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Branding Innovation Fintech social media 150

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Unattended retail technology, or order-at-the-table systems, has become an increasingly popular form of modern technology at restaurants. PYMNTS recently spoke with Dan McCann, the company’s president, about how unattended retail is affecting the restaurant industry and what’s on the road to come. A new kind of tableside service.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The way the eCommerce operator uses the data it collects from those merchants who list and sell their products via Amazon’s marketplace, putting them into competition with the marketplace host. Expansion into Turkey is just the latest in Amazon’s efforts to be operational across the globe. based tech firms operating there.

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Google social media Regulation Course 124

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

It costs merchants nothing to join or remain on Sky.Garden; all they provide is their shop name, MPesa phone number and a few personal and business details (such as operating hours). They spent several months traveling and researching before raising their first capital from friends and family in early 2016.

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Online social media Mobile Software 131

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

According to Zach Hensley, vice president of operations and guest experiences for the Seahawks and CenturyLink Field, these services are changing how fans experience live games and boosting their overall enjoyment. million people in 2016 to 17.2 we can also expect more voice-assistant retail as part of the games.

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Payments social media Mobile Seattle 161

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

Chatbots are everywhere these days and are hot topics of conversation among retailers. Having a chatbot is nothing new for the retail industry. In fact, retailers have had some form of chatbot installed on their websites for quite some time. ” Again adding value is key.

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Retail social media Technology Branding 115

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

are seen as increasingly bullish on the retail landscape in China, even amid trade wars and the worry of recession. Indeed, American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces, Tencent and JD.com. Luxury Moves.

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Branding Retail social media Video 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

The eCommerce operator plans to print a holiday catalog , reportedly for distribution at Whole Foods and via mail. Even some major retailers famous for their catalogs are shifting more to digital. Online retail accounted for 53.7 consumers in 2016, down from the peak 19.6 Let’s not overstate the case, though.

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Retail social media Conference Groups 102

CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report. Founded: 2015 .

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Innovation Retail Branding Technology 77

Bank Innovation

APRIL 28, 2016

Bank Innovation INV, this blog’s fintech accelerator, is pleased to today to announce the six extraordinary startups that have been admitted to its inaugural class.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

That’s not the only strategy the social media giant plans to deploy, though. The company recently learned Russian trolls used fake accounts to buy $100,000 worth of ads during the 2016 U.S. Facebook takes a 5 percent operational fee on donations for processing, fraud protection and payment support. Birthday Money.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2017

Ahold Delhaize (AD) — the food retail group that owns Food Lion, Hannaford and Stop & Shop, among others in the U.S. — Whole Foods recently announced its latest move to cut costs and streamline its business operations in the wake of comparable sales declines. By the afternoon, Costco was up 0.54 percent to $162.93.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. Social media is a special challenge since social media was not created with compliance in mind. I can see how some other social media channels may be more prevalent and important in the U.S. 09:49 am Finovate Fall 2016 Day 1 Recap.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

The company also previously raised $200,000 in a 2016 seed round, but information on investors for that round was not available on Crunchbase. The company, which has operations in Silicon Valley and India, currently has seven employees. It plans to hire 12 to 14 people across technical and marketing domains.

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Branding social media Samsung Software 121

PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

It was an odd week for retail bankruptcies, if only because news of the Brexit decision to pull out of the European Union seemed to give more cause for concern over retail’s future on both sides of the Atlantic. Ironically, though, the first retailers to feel the effect of a Britain-less EU might be American instead.

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Retail Branding social media Resources 101

Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2016

We see the types of content being shared through social media. For the most part, these channels are flooding executives with high-level “what” observations and doing nothing to help them make strategic “how” decisions or adopt new operating tactics. Check out our 2016 schedule below. 2016 GONZOBANKER ROUNDTABLES.

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San Diego Phoenix social media Strategy 60

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

William Mills Agency and Beyond the Arc will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. 01:20 pm William Mills, CEO of William Mills Agency, and Stephen Ramirez, CEO of Beyond the Arc, discuss highlights from FinovateSpring 2016 Day 1. This looks to be an offering targeting the retail investment segment. Maria Gurina (Bus.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

William Mills Agency and Beyond the Arc will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. Diana Chin (HR & Operations). Portfolio outlooks, recommendation.Provide retail and advisory users the insight they need with Polly Portfolio. Svyatoslav Ostrovsky (Head of Retail Digital Business). Retail for a piece.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

But leveraging search results, particularly for retailers, requires more than just access to the data — it also requires a reasonably good ability to parse what it means and draw actionable insights from it. 2016 was our proudest moment. billion users worth of search data in real time. Moving into the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

It has been a particularly grim retail season for the mall staples that defined landscape of the late ’90s and early 2000s. Karen Webster described this scenario in 2014 as The Coming Physical Retail Death Spiral. “So Same-store sales in retail locations were up on average 1 percent from the same time in 2015.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Rather than copying other financial institutions, mBank sought to deliver a best-in-class digital experience inspired from the world’s best retailers. Gamification and social media integration inspired by Foursquare, Like and Love. . Gamification and social media integration inspired by Foursquare, Like and Love.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Recent video footage also Read More.

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