PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

To tap growth in a place where coffee consumption per capita is said to be low compared to international standards, Nestle began to offer coffee that is Starbucks-branded in mainland China. The company started to sell products with the Starbucks label in February in Asia, Europe and Latin America, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. Its last announcement for fundraising was in 2018 from the venture capital arm of Line. The platform, as of now, teams with “super apps” such as Home Credit and Line. It now purports to bring together over 1.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Four years and $35 million in venture capital funding later, Taylor’s company is expanding and simplifying the ability for eCommerce companies to build sophisticated yet simple web stores. Taylor said he doesn’t want to read too much into the name, but if a comparison was forced, it would be along the lines of detail.

Retail 226

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The effects of good content marketing can be long-lasting, offering ongoing engagement while other tactics capitalize on shorter-term opportunities. Some measures you may want to consider are: Awareness and Consideration: Understand how content impacts brand awareness and perception. What They’re Saying. Desired Takeaway.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It also plans to earmark some of the funding to support new branded partnerships with banks, insurance companies and tech firms it is rolling out this year. The future of digital insurance distribution will continually shift to more non-traditional insurance brands.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

This is a company that doesn’t have a direct comparison in Europe — it’s unique, very large, and very resilient,” BNP Paribas Head of Equity Capital Markets Andreas Bernstorff said in the report. JDE Peet’s brands, for their part, include Peet’s Coffee , Douwe Egberts, and Kenco.

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BankBazaar

JULY 31, 2023

Leading the charge was none other than the tech giant Amazon, along with support from Fidelity Growth Partners, Sequoia Capital, Walden International, and Mousse Partners. New Launch Party with Co-Branded Credit Cards 2021 was a year of celebration as BankBazaar joined hands with YES BANK and RBL Bank to introduce co-branded Credit Cards.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 21, 2017

We especially like the interactive comparison to the competition. But the card giant makes it easy to compare against four other major brands ( US Bank , Wells , Capital One and Fifth Third ). Simply click on the + sign in the empty fifth column on the right and choose one of the brands from the popup (see below).

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. Mallzee created a digital mall where consumers can compare many different retail brands. Mallzee has just over a million downloads of its mobile app, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2016

An arguably more accurate comparison might be the one put forth by the Orlando Sentinel : SeaWorld without Shamu is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse. The orcas were [SeaWorld’s] most powerful engagement tool,” Allen Adamson, a marketing and branding expert based in New York, told the AP. “It

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

SMBs have both less capital and less room for error when it comes to a proposed upgrade not living up to its billing. In its early days, Bulletin was often called the WeWork of retail – and though that particular reference point carries some issues as of 2019 , the basic conceptual comparison still holds. Assortment as a Service.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

In comparison, small businesses selling similar products were forced to close. Government agencies would lend at 1 percent, branding the program “One for America.”. “In She believes lockdown orders created a loophole that allowed large chains that offer essential retail to continue selling non-essential goods like toys and electronics.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Consumers are doing research, getting ads and participating in comparison shopping across their hand-held devices. It’s also reminding customers that their brand is ‘there,’ and there is brand affinity. … Across demographics, she said, “gone are the days of looking for a very high-touch retail buying experience.” The Roadmap.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

Beyond helping workers and shoppers navigate the grocery aisles more efficiently, the EDGE shelf technology is said to pave the way for new revenue opportunities, as it will enable Kroger to sell digital ads to consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. billion private-brand products in 2016. At that rate, U.S. shoppers are putting 1.25

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The post described SEVEN FUN as a brand under JD’s 7FRESH , which has been described in the past by JD.com as its “premium offline stores focused on fresh food.”. “As 1 through Christmas Eve in comparison to the same time last year. Global sales increased roughly 1 percent to 3 percent from Nov. Central Retail had 106 billion baht ($3.46

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

At the same time, it was reported that Walmart plans to employ $11 billion in capital expenditures this year. billion for its stores in comparison to $1.63 On another note, Dunkin’ Brands reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ top-line and bottom-line earnings estimates. billion in the year prior.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 16, 2022

Daylight provides its LGBTQ+ members with Visa-branded cards in their preferred names, even if they don’t match their legal identification. Qwil , for example, provides working capital for freelancers who often have trouble getting paid on time. It’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. LGBTQ+ consumers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

Some retailers are promoting a point of differentiation between their events and Prime Day: Merchants such as eBay and Target are capitalizing on the fact that their sales don’t require a consumer to purchase an Amazon Prime membership in order to partake in the deals. (A A membership does cost about $119 a year.). New Digital Presence.

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NCR

APRIL 20, 2017

However, it seems that in some areas, the benefits of an established brand and a trusted name are still strong, especially when it comes to small business banking. By comparison, credit unions had a satisfaction score of 78 percent while large banks scored 61 percent.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

As part of that capital raise, there was also a commitment to buy an additional $30 million in tZERO tokens to be used inside the blockchain/crypto-enabled ecosystem that Overstock, with its tZERO subsidiary, is creating. Uber invested in Lime in July as part of a $335 million capital raise that valued the company at $1.1

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Zebra , an Austin-based home and auto insurance comparison site, announced its $38.6M Goodcover , a San Francisco-based insurtech, raised a $2M seed round led by Fuel Capital. Along with its raise, The Zebra, a home and auto insurance comparison site, announced it has 1.3M Deals & Exits. at an implied 12.4x P/E multiple.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. Meanwhile, the average deal size has decreased steadily in the past few years, and the firm is cutting checks to many first-time investments as it aims to diversify its portfolio and build out a wide-sweeping ecosystem of disruptive tech brands.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

They want to engender loyalty to the brand for aspirational customers to get their trial and, hopefully, drive adoption in the form of ownership,” Burkhart said. A positive experience can generate brand traction as customers share it with their social networks.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol. In the U.S.,

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It also helps that issuing governance tokens for a DAO creates market capitalizations and enterprise value for token holders. These are your industry comparisons. Attackers prefer to go after those who have the least defense, not those who are most capitalized. Time will tell whether relying on an SEC speech is valid defense.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

So, while seemingly paling in comparison, this week had its fair share of Sizzles — and some interesting Fizzles. Then, there was the announcement of Square Capital’s partnership with Upserve , a restaurant management system (the same one that also acquired Breadcrumb from Groupon in May) to extend working capital to restaurants.

Lending 100

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NCR

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

As one marketer recently wrote , “Every brand wants to expand into new and previously untapped markets. Brands can make inroads into new segments by taking a closer look at market sizing and how they compare to others in the industry. This way brands can spot gaps and anticipate customer needs before competitors.”.

Online 40

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To attract millennial clients, some old-school gyms are adapting their models to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the boutique studios. US health clubs have already rushed to capitalize on millennials’ devotion to self-improvement, with the volume of US health clubs increasing by 20% between 2011 and 2015.

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NCR

JUNE 17, 2016

As one marketer recently wrote , “Every brand wants to expand into new and previously untapped markets. Brands can make inroads into new segments by taking a closer look at market sizing and how they compare to others in the industry. This way brands can spot gaps and anticipate customer needs before competitors.”.

Marketing 40

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The venture capital games of embedded finance , open banking, PSD2 and API, all of these revolve around the premise that banks are behind on cloud technology and do not know how to package and deliver financial products to where they matter. As a comparison, we have always needed light, but the technology of light?—?from

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2016

The problem, which seems quite manageable by comparison, is the volume of transactions that are still manually reviewed and the number of false positives that still plague the good guy shoppers in the face of an ever-growing number of transactions happening online. Mobile was down, online was down and even cross-border fraud was down.

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NCR

APRIL 19, 2016

One of the least favorite tasks of any entrepreneur might be raising capital. Whether you’re a restaurateur or a retailer, having access to capital can help you take your business to the next level. Check out a comparison site like NerdWallet.com to find the best card for you.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

“From a tech standpoint, this is probably one of the single most important innovations that has happened first in China, and at the moment it’s only in China,” said Richard Lim, managing director of venture capital firm GSR Ventures. Literally every business and brand in China is plugged into this ecosystem.”. Remarkable Dedication.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

capital appreciation and dividends. For comparison purposes, here are last year''s top five , as measured as of December, 2013: #1. The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. This, naturally, eliminated many of the smaller, illiquid FIs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

Fizzle: Chinese cross-border deals: With new regulations in place limiting cross-border capital flow, the dry-up is already here for Chinese firms buying companies outside the mainland, especially in the United States. The dealmaking had been as much as $246 billion last year and could be a fraction of that this year, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. And so went the Ottoman Empire.

Online 128

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That further opened commercial access to other commerce centers, formed the Republic of Turkey with a new regime and moved the government’s capital from Istanbul to Ankara. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. And so went the Ottoman Empire.

Online 112

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