PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. The chain, which operates both the Sears and Kmart brands, reported a loss of $580 million in the quarter ending Jan.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Online luxury marketplace 1stdibs stands as an example of that kind of content, along with providing — as do some other companies — a demonstration of the appeal of both digital and physical forms of content to tie consumers to a brand or ecosystem. But catalogs can work, as 1stdibs and other retailers have learned.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

To make one of the company’s sofas their own, for instance, shoppers can choose fabrics and the leg finish — and even use a slider to adjust the size of the article in 5-inch increments. While sofas may look the same from one online retailer to another, it’s what under the hood that matters, he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

To add value and give products a health halo, cereal brands incorporate ancient grains, superfoods, probiotics, or seeds and nuts.”. Nostalgia can play a key role in the marketing of cereals,” according to an article by Lauren Piek of the Kerry Group. The past few weeks have seen all of these trends – and more – manifest themselves.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Even people without a mind for business remember that motto as one of the guiding principles of retail and other forms of commerce — absorbed, perhaps, in a high school class or via any number of articles, TV shows, commercials or bits of pop culture that have riffed on that theme. Location , location, location. Instagram Role.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

When Amazon, the largest retailer by market cap, says that it had its best day ever , it’s hard not to call that a sizzle – and then some. We understand that sometimes brands do things in an effort to get a little boost so that people notice. The article also reported that Lending Club had verified income for only 26.8

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William Mills

AUGUST 11, 2016

They discuss key insights from their article in the 2016 Bankers as Buyers Report titled, “The Payoff of Bank-Branded Mobile Wallets With Tender Reciprocity.” Interview Topic: The Payoff of Bank-Branded Mobile Wallets with Tender Reciprocity. They authored an article for us for the 2016 Bankers as Buyers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

When it comes to the length of time for which users can rent an article of clothing, Prew said the company has rental periods from seven days up to a month in seven-day increments. For the target market, Prew is focusing on millennial females in central London between the ages of 25 and 35.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Additionally, the article pointed to an in-app feature that alerts Uber drivers about potential fares automatically while they’re en route with their current customers. Add the NYT article to that list. millennials have no plans to stop using it. Uber drivers are rewarded with in-app badges.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

So much so that P97 will go live this week with one of the largest fuel retailers in the United States, across 10,000 U.S. Simply put, said Frieden, the car now “becomes an extension of the consumer’s home” across retail, fuel and convenience stores. The benefits of connected commerce can accrue up and down the retail chain.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

If the company receives a parcel back minus a particular style the company delivered to the customer, it automatically charges her for that item at a discounted price that August says is up to 80 percent off of retail. For payments, the company integrates with Stripe as its processor.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

The app will also allow users to record a 15-second “digital lip-sync video” that can be shared on social media using the hashtag #ShareaCoke, the brand told Ad Age. Another Ad Age article outlines the perennial bridesmaid soda brand’s campaign as reaching 100 global markets this year, including the U.S,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Shortly after that meeting, the article says they were told by Facebook that talks would proceed no further. You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. But two short years ago, article after article was piling onto Whole Foods as basically the biggest loser in the grocery sector. 08 percent share.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. own voice-activated speakers, as do more than a third of the 30- to 40-year-old bridge millennials.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. In 2012, 20 of Salzberg’s friends beta-tested the product,” the article stated. At the same time, retailers and brands were experimenting with their own meal kit products.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. In 2012, 20 of Salzberg’s friends beta-tested the product,” the article stated. At the same time, retailers and brands were experimenting with their own meal kit products.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

The most eye-catching move of the week was also, as of the writing of this article, the curtain call on this week’s adventures. Particularly favored as a potential marriage that makes sense is a pairing of Acorns with Venmo, since they share a target audience of millennials with a mobile-friendly outlook. percent for anything larger.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

When I realized I needed to buy a pair of spinning shoes for a spin class three days later, I went to Google to find articles on the latest and greatest styles, and then to Amazon to read reviews and make my purchase. Stranger Things and Retail. The Real Retail Competition Threat. Of “All-Devouring Monsters” and “Slimy Octopi”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

“Throw out everything you’ve ever learned about what makes a consumer loyal to a brand.” – Loyalties New One Percenters. It’s not driven by the trend setting millennials and Generation Z shoppers or by the affluent — it seems to be age, generation and income-independent and geography-independent.

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Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Articles via American Banker, Payments Source, The Financial Brand, Bank Innovation. For financial institutions, it’s important to monitor what consumers are interested in and what they need before investing money in new retail POS solutions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

Yet, that’s the claim being made by Scott Galloway — serial entrepreneur and adjunct faculty member at the Stern School of Business who wrote a book , participated in numerous TV interviews and composed a 7,000-word article in Esquire saying just that. Today, despite the story the U.S. Is that Amazon’s fault?

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Around the middle of the twentieth century, there was what The Atlantic called a “Cambrian explosion” of brands. Tide, Crest, Band-Aid, Lipton, and other branded packaged goods — and the conglomerates that manufactured them — reigned. Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Why the shift?

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2016

Dahl’s guess was that with some clever branding, cute packaging and a clever enough pitch, the Pet Rock would soon be a national sensation. From almost out of nowhere, the Niantic’s AR adaptation of an early ’90s cartoon has become a favorite among now adult millennials. The App Store Record(s).

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

Today, many people, if they read the Grey Lady at all, open Apple News or Flipboard and get a selection of articles, including some free ones from the New York Times. Or they just check out articles at PYMNTS.com. Is the fit with my usual size in this brand of jeans the same in the same size with another brand?

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FICO

MAY 1, 2020

The Journal article also quotes a Square study that found, in January through March of 2019, consumers used cash in 37% of transactions under $20, compared with 46% in 2015. This spin on reward points is a brilliant move to build loyalty to the AmEx brand. of AmEx users — can always fall back to sending requests through PayPal.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 6, 2015

While bankers may be a bit fatigued this year by articles about payments, the more enlightened Gonzo bankers are paying close strategic attention to the single most impactful payments trend in our industry: the shift from a plastic card to a “card-not-present” world. Amazon is the most influential as it builds its digital “everything store.”

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So many miles to go, retail bankers! In a mature credit cycle with a tough yield cure, Chase is still growing retail revenue a 7+% and mobile banking users by 12+%. The workplace a millennial will most confuse with Silicon Valley – Live Oak Bank in North Carolina. The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One. Might be time to.

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NCR

JUNE 14, 2016

As expected the younger generation, millennials, are less concerned about move compared to those older. It would therefore seem to be “full steam ahead” with banks and the financial technology industry and media on the benefits of cashless, when reading many of these articles. Million (Retail Banking Research 2015).

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A loyalty program is made up of a diverse collection of consumers, from baby boomers to digitally native millennials, all with different expectations of loyalty programs and what the accompanying rewards and promotions should be. The value of choice. Every customer is different, and should be treated as such. Image: iStockphoto/BernardaSV.

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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. In May 2017, L’Occitane added its second portfolio company in LimeLight by Alcone , a makeup and chemical-free skincare brand. Series A in March.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

It’s not as if a person making the request for a tissue, pain reliever or bandage was specifically asking for a Kleenex, Bayer Aspirin or Band-Aid brand item. But, over many decades, these three brand names achieved such dominance in their categories that they became the most natural way for people to refer to all products in that category.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Handy Handout – Tinker Federal Credit Union branded jumper cables given to board members at its strategic planning retreat. The take-away?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

To PNC , who at BAI Retail Delivery pointed to hiring a behavioral psychologist to review its origination process. Department Whose Brand Isn’t Improving Award. Diebold seizes the merger moment with fledgling Wincor Nixdorf to change its already well-known brand. Financial Brand Forum. Millennials. Diebold Nixdorf.

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