PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

These are some of the ways that innovators in the dining space are making it easier for consumers to order their favorite foods — and for restaurants to accept their orders: The projected value of online restaurant delivery sales by 2022, compared to $25 billion today, is $62 billion.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

After recently suspending its operations due to financial difficulties, meal kit company Chef’d has found a buyer. True Food Innovations has reportedly bought Chef’d’s assets after it closed suddenly on July 16, The Wall Street Journal reported. Consequently, please cease all work associated with Chef’d.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Payments 2016: The Year of Payment Innovation Via Predictive Analytics. This was the year for payment innovation through predictive analytics. Enova’s 2016 payment innovations were powered by our real-time predictive analytics and on-demand decision-making technology. Enova also avoids unnecessary ACH fees in this way.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. Although Apple will operate the playlist, a fairly young label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music. Others don’t. New Partnerships and Services.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Brands , moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in the quick service restaurant (QSR) space. Yum operates the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains, and the company’s fourth-quarter results, released Thursday (Feb. Kiosks, too, are another area of innovation targeted by Yum in 2019. The goal for Yum?

Branding 122

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William Mills

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Approximately 1,300 attendees (including bankers, credit union executives, industry analysts and media representatives American Banker , Banking Exchange and BIG Media ) joined 30 sponsor companies to immerse themselves in all things retail banking at BAI Beacon 2017, held at the Georgia World Congress Center October 4-5. October 10-11.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2017

The B2B payments industry is finally beginning to hustle when it comes to technological innovation. And as traditional financial institutions (FI) begin to recognize the value of collaborating with FinTechs, these banks can similarly shake their reputation for being innovation laggards and promote B2B payments progress while they’re at it. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With 92 percent of restaurant traffic now off-premise, this funding gives us the opportunity to provide more restaurants with innovative ways to reach more consumers. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund II and also featured participation from Act One Ventures.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

The goal: to start a conversation by taking a fresh look at how the ecosystem is changing, innovating and disrupting — all at the same time. Today, we thought we’d set the table for 2017 by reprising seven of the, ahem, more controversial topics of conversation. million employees — half of whom are in the U.S. Contextual Commerce 2.0

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. Coca-Cola — Development and Innovation Lab.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

As PYMNTS had previous covered, way back in 2017, cloud-based travel and expense report management solution Certify bought nuTravel in a deal designed to enable Certify to launch a new solution using nuTravel technology. That deal reflects larger and longstanding trends in travel in general, and T&E in particular. That’s not all.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

A number of customer experience submissions this year focus on building out separate digital subsidiary brands within traditional institutions. These brands are basically separate products that offer a digital-first experience to a certain demographic, but are closely tied to the main bank. Submissions were a mix of the two approaches.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The company was founded by Portuguese fashion entrepreneur José Neves in 2008 with the goal of creating an online marketplace for luxury boutiques and brands. “We The average age of Farfetch’s luxury shopper is 36 — somewhat younger than usual, which explains why brands like Harvey Nichols were enthusiastic to sign on. million in 2017.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Decomposer for innovator large or small, established or emerging. An Ecosystem By Any Other Name. Substitute producer for buyer or supplier. Consumer for the end user.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The upgrade and innovation centered around its flagship Tmall Genie smart speaker will use proprietary technologies that combine AI and the Internet of Things (IoT). The investment will also help further research into IoT operating systems, edge computing and natural language processing (NLP). . “By China’s Alibaba Group is putting $1.4

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Kentucky Study Conference Innovation 253

PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

At the same time, however, these platforms are facilitating a more traditional sales need: They have to engage buyers and sellers as they operate in the digital world of connectivity. million — Australians participated in the sharing economy between July and December 2017. Just under 11 million — or 10.8

Innovation 116

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

Innovation 78

Innovation blockchain Technology Groups 78

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

There is no word on how much the retailer — which connects nearly 900 boutiques and luxury brands to 2 million affluent and luxury-enthused consumers — plans to raise, but it placed a $100 million marker in the filing. Revenue for 2017 was $386 million, a 59.4 percent increase over 2016, and its operating profit was $136.9

Branding 100

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

CarGurus is a successful company that went public in 2017, and it’s going to keep Autolist as its own brand and website. PistonHeads also still operates under its own brand name. “We Like CarGurus, Autolist is a technology company with a pioneering mindset, which makes them a great fit with our innovative culture.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2017

The B2B payments industry is finally beginning to hustle when it comes to technological innovation. And as traditional financial institutions (FI) begin to view the value of collaborating with FinTechs, these banks can similarly shake their reputation for being innovation laggards and promote B2B payments progress while they’re at it. .

Innovation 100

Innovation Data Fintech Exercises 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

Williams-Sonoma announced its operating results for Q4 and fiscal year ended January 29, 2017 on Wednesday (March 15). In 2016, we delivered revenues of over $5 billion, which included another year of double-digit growth across West Elm, our newer businesses Rejuvenation and Mark and Graham, and our company-owned global operations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

The Vancouver, British Columbia–based company already operates a store in the Windy City, at Water Tower Place. At the end of its fiscal year 2017 (February 26, 2017), Aritzia operated 60 stores in Canada and 19 stores in the United States. Canada’s Aritzia Inc.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Lower ATM operating revenue in the U.K. ATM operating revenue, meanwhile, declined 15 percent year over year to $329.8 ATM operating revenue, meanwhile, declined 15 percent year over year to $329.8 North American ATM operating revenue increased 3 percent, but was offset by lower revenue in the U.K. Late Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

The retailer bebe has launched a new online store and an enhanced customer loyalty program, partnering with Branded Online on both projects. In 2017, bebe closed all of its brick-and-mortar stores to focus solely on offering its products online. ”

Online 113

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Bobsguide

APRIL 4, 2022

Most recently, she was Executive Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Visa, where she led the organization’s global brand and marketing strategy, including all consumer, B2B, and B2B2C marketing activities that advanced Visa’s brand and business goals. She is also an Independent Board Director at Voya.

Branding 60

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

We will continue to actively support and will increase our rate of innovation on each of our six core expense solutions which are uniquely tailored for specific industries, company sizes and geographies. No one else in the industry has the ability to innovate as fast with such a customer-centric approach.”.

Management 100

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Hip Money – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app. Nebraska-based software Read More.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: . Nuro Co-founder Dave Ferguson said in an announcement.

Retail 198

Retail San Francisco Houston Branding 198

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Those experts are Paul Diegelman, executive vice president at Fiserv , and Nabil Kabbani, CEO at CieloPay , a Texas-based firm serving as a SaaS mobile payment and loyalty platform used by brands to facilitate digital disbursement payments and influence customer behavior and retention. And for many, speed is an essential factor.

Payments 209

Payments Innovation Maine Compliance 209

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

To offer expanded services as it pursues a digital innovation strategy of harnessing partnerships to provide an enhanced customer experience, Fifth Third is teaming with Fundation for small business loans. Companies that lack access to capital are not able to grow their operations or have had to cut their headcounts.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Innovation Strategies Guidelines Meeting 130

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Zara’s owner, and the world’s largest clothing retailer, Inditex , has announced that it will sell products from all of its brands on the web. “We The full online catalog will be operational by 2020. Inditex also noted that it will be rolling out in-store pickup of online orders to all 96 countries where it operates a physical store.

Online 101

Online Branding Operations Retail 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The topic of conversation was the inevitable consolidation of the payments sector, as scale becomes critical to optimizing the payments experience and innovating new payments flows. Before the August 2017 Whole Foods acquisition , Amazon was making a dent in the grocery category, but a small one. Wait, was that four years ago already?

Payments 198

Payments Innovation Branding Operations 198

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateFall 2017. Cool name and branding. I checked out their web site and they are promoting their IOS/Google Play mobile apps (no surprise) and I found this: This website is operated and maintained by Collective Returns, Inc. I like their branding. MalauzaiMonkeys.

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Samsung Mobile User Experience Google 69

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Separately, in news germane to the OCC, it has opened up a 45-day public comment period on a proposed Innovation Pilot Program encouraging banks to participate in pilots spanning as long as 24 months. It would allow banks to offer regulatory impact on innovations that include some tech-driven initiatives. lakh (roughly $1.6 In the U.K.,

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National Fintech New York Exercises 165

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

By now, you’ve no doubt heard the story about how Isaac Newton turned quarantining during London’s outbreak of the Bubonic Plague between 1665 and 1667 into a time of great focus and innovation. It also ignored the reality that between 2017 and 2019, analysts reported that roughly 23,144 physical stores had closed.

Retail 291

Retail US Innovation Report 291

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. Since then, Peltz has continued to push P&G to re-evaluate its R&D strategy, bring in more external talent, and focus on innovation. Short-term challenges.

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Branding Industry Retail Strategy 73