PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2018

First, a little bit about the landscape for live Christmas trees — in 2017, U.S. Social media promotes the experience of buying and decorating those trees, something that is considered, in certain quarters, as more “authentic” than going with an artificial option. Christmas Tree Landscape. consumers bought some 27.4

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate. The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., billion in 2013, representing a 2.10

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Research also uncovered gaps in how businesses interact with innovative tools depending on who’s using it — financial executive versus corporate traveler and even millennial business owner versus Baby Boomer. Overall, corporate travel spend is seeing slowed growth through 2017.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. The timing seemed perfect.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Notable players in the FinTech P2P space include Square Cash and PayPal-owned Venmo, which has gained popularity for incorporating social media elements to appeal to younger consumers while helping users overcome the “ awkwardness of money ,” as the company likes to say. billion during the first half of 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

But, fast forward to 2017, and the good old-fashioned movie date is now unequivocally anything but cheap, with couples easily spending more than $30 on tickets, butter held. First founded in 2011, MoviePass now operates under the leadership of Mitch Lowe, who co-founded Netflix and previously served as president of Redbox.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Dan Dickinson, chief digital officer at EQ Bank , stated that deposits grew by 52 percent year over year in 2017, and the digital bank stands poised to see another year of strong results in 2018. Such a meteoric pace indicates a key question for banks considering the digital route.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

Millennials. If you’re a millennial, the FinTech world is literally beating a path to your front door. PayPal and Visa’s partnership includes real-time access to funds that millennials “Venmo” to each other if there’s a Visa debit card involved. Millennials are clearly a sizzle. Context + commerce = sizzle. The next step?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

2017 was the most destructive hurricane season in 82 years, with Harvey, Irma and Maria pummeling parts of the U.S. 2017, more than 230 people lost their lives when Mexico City was struck by a 7.1 Those twins were born July 2017. percent of today’s millennials will never make more than their parents. To name but a few.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. Its troves of customer data could make it valuable to Walmart, which has been expanding its beauty efforts in 2017. Walmart’s $3.3B

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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.” An enormous part of By Chloe’s success is that its dishes and restaurants are optimized for social media.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

US consumers aged 18+ make an average of 70 payments per month, with debit cards accounting for 32% of those purchases, according to a 2017 study by the Boston Fed. PayPal subsidiary Venmo’s forthcoming Venmo Card operates in a similar fashion. Transactions made with the card will be funded solely by a Venmo account balance.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Daniel Loeb, manager of activist hedge fund Third Point LLC, led an investment of roughly $3B into Nestle in 2017 and launched an attack on the company’s leadership in mid-2018. Low-calorie ice cream startup Halo Top , founded in 2011, became the best-selling pint of ice cream in the US in 2017.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Despite the rising popularity of virtual workout options — most prominently embodied by Peloton — boutique brick-and-mortar fitness was in a period of rapid growth prior to the crisis, with memberships growing over 120% from 2013 to 2017, according to Bloomberg. Corporates have been finding ways to use the tech for several years.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Google has previously leveraged its search data for industry reports across the beauty space, including a 2014 report on the beauty revolution, a 2015 report on hair trends, and a 2017 report that used Google data to identify skincare trends across the US, France, and Japan. Sephora launched its app on Google Assistant in November 2017.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The wellness trends is affecting everything from the way gyms operate to how retailers design clothing to how smart cities are designed. Notably, millennials are more lifestyle-focused, placing a greater value on health and wellness over material goods than ever before. Meet Maya, our hypothetical wellness-focused millennial consumer.

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CB Insights

JUNE 4, 2019

gallons of water and 98M tons of oil per year, according to a 2017 report. Fueled by social media, consumers want to get a hold of the latest trends as quickly as possible, and retailers must rapidly increase production to meet demand. The textiles industry alone uses nearly 26.4T Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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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.” Bankrate found 83% of millennials don’t think they’ll ever retire: they simply “don’t think they’ll have the money” to do so.). In aggregate, they command $1.3 trillion in annual spending.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Also this week, Bank of America demo’d its smart chatbot, Erica , said to be coming in “late 2017.” The payments giant also announced partnerships with GM and IBM ( FD16 ) this week to launch Masterpass payment functionality on OnStar Go, a digital platform that will be embedded in 2 million GM vehicles by the end of 2017.

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