PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Wool footwear brand Allbirds is wagering on physical retail stores despite the coronavirus. The firm recently closed a $100 million investment round that will partly back physical growth in international markets and bolster the size of its labor force, the Financial Times reported. billion, a bit higher than two years prior.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

With delayed and late B2B payment terms continuing to raise concerns throughout supply chains around the world, some of the biggest brands have taken measures to support the cash flow of their vendors. Not all companies are taking the same tactic, however.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.

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The Financial Brand

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As it promotes 'Eno' in a national TV ad campaign, the bank reveals key details about its AI-powered, but less-well-known, digital assistant. The post Capital One Doubles Down on Chatbot with New Features and Marketing appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

After almost six decades as chief executive, L Brands CEO Leslie Wexner is reportedly in talks to leave his position as head of his retail empire. As the longest-serving chief executive of an S&P 500 firm, Wexner molded Victoria’s Secret, The Limited and Abercrombie & Fitch into national chains, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With the pet market netting $62.2 This week, Ellen DeGeneres launched her very own pet brand line with PetSmart. Consumers can now have outfits branded with the talk-show host’s name, as well as buy home decor design options. In 2016, the national retailer opened 60 new locations, with plans to double that in 2017. “A

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

and Andrew Pforzheimer, former CEO of the Barcelona and Bartaco brands. His fund has invested in brands including Sweetgreen, Curry Up Now and The Hummus & Pita Co. percent compounded annual growth rate over the 60-year period between 1970 and 2030, according to the National Restaurant Association.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Credential and digital identity management solution company Dashlane announced Thursday (May 30) it raised $110 million in funding and appointed Joy Howard as chief marketing officer. Existing investors Rho Ventures, FirstMark Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated in the round.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

People are more interested in news about the spread of the virus than they are about the economic data,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at National Securities, said per a CNBC report. “We For retailers, there are no surprises from March. They’re focused on reopening. We got another massive increase in jobless claims.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Amazon has its eyes on expansion for its Whole Foods brand in closed Sears and Kmart stores, according to a report by Yahoo! In November, Amazon announced the expansion of grocery pickup from Whole Foods Markets through Prime Now in eight more cities. Grocery pickup from Whole Foods Market is now available in 22 cities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2020

Apparel brand Gap recently announced a reversal of its initial decision not to pay vendors for canceled orders. Reports in Sourcing Journal said the company, which owns Old Navy, Banana Republic and Athleta as well as its Gap brands, has now vowed to pay vendors in full for canceled orders. Australia and Malaysia.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

That will include launching a data platform, expanding to three new markets, launching new products and hiring “skilled talents,” according to CEO and founder Vaibhav Dabhade. We are a capital-efficient company. Singaporean Software-as-a-service company Anchanto took home S$16.6 million ($12.14

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. Corning didn’t invent heat-resistant glass when it rolled out its branded version of Pyrex. At the conclusion of the deal, both firms will be owned by Cornell Capital, which bought Corelle in 2017.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Alternative lender Prospa has raised new venture capital that comes with a prestigious label for the company. The Series B round is the largest-ever venture capital investment into an Australian FinTech startup, according to reports. Reports Wednesday (Feb. 22) said Prospa secured A$25 million (about $20 million) from AirTree Ventures.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Meat and seafood brand Licious , based in Bengaluru, India, has raised $30 million in a Series E funding round led by Singapore-based Vertex Growth Fund, TechCrunch reported on Monday (Dec. Anticipated growth in India’s cold-chain market is expected to be an estimated $37 billion by 2024, according to industry projections, the report said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

China is part of the company’s top five markets, offering revenue of Rmb15.5bn in 2018, a 6 percent increase from the year prior. The company is also creating a new, small-format store in the nation. However, that was lower than the 19 percent growth in 2016, per information the company reportedly offered local media.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

-centric events, that’s no longer the case because global sellers and fierce competition have blurred national boundaries. sellers to seek toeholds outside of America, taking advantage of an opportunity to boost business in markets with less competition. Small And Nimble > Big And Slow.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Paris-based Filorga is a brand for anti-aging skincare mostly focused on facial care. It is sold in over 60 nations with continental Europe its base, and was started in 1978 in France. The brand is said to join a bevy of company brands such as Speed Stick, Softsoap and Ajax cleaner in addition to oral care products.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

ParkWhiz announced it has received an additional $5 million in equity to its recently-announced Series D financing, bringing the total funding round led by NewSpring Capital to $25 million. The money will be used to expand the company’s parking network, Arrive, which provides friction-free access to parking lots in select markets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

have capitalized on a sea change in how we pay. based merchants sell across borders, but that percentage lags behind other nations such as Germany and the United Kingdom, where half of merchants that sell goods and services online do so across borders. Villegas noted that in markets beyond the U.S., Villegas said. Should U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

In the new Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how startups are competing with legacy brands, social media services and even eCommerce companies that want to add financial capabilities to their platforms. China isn’t the only nation where consumers have their pick of banking options, though. Around the Digital Banking World.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The TCS BaNCS deployment provides Zions a parameterized, US market compliant, real-time solution, sets up Zions to go Digital, be nimble & efficient and shift to a customer centric approach. Zions Bancorporation is one of the nation’s premier financial services companies with total assets exceeding $65 billion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

In the days following HelloFresh’s acquisition of the organic and vegan food delivery company Green Chef, other health-based meal kit delivery services are finding hope that there’s a strong market for their offerings — as well as plenty of room for them to find their niche. Standing out in a Crowded Market.

Branding 121

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

A young logistics startup that gives eCommerce brands same-day delivery capabilities just scored a major chunk of venture funding. million in a seed funding round led by VC firm PivotNorth Capital. Brands without local inventory can use Darkstore’s storage space to ship same-day. Just recently, the company scored $1.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Less than a month ago, the outbreak of a new virus in the city of Wuhan centered on a cluster of consumers who had been exposed to live animals at a local food market. As of the third week of this month, it has grown to 300 cases spread across five nations, including China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea and (as of this week) the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Platform companies are coming to market with increasing frequency. Airbnb is only the latest example.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 23, 2019

The next day they announced they were selling to Valley National Corp. ORIT has historically been a high performing financial institution in a highly concentrated deposit market. Cost savings opportunities, attractiveness of markets, niches or specialties, seller's capitalization, buyers' stock valuations, etc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The two firms today announced a new partnership as the private equity-owned food brand is looking to expand its customer base and upgrade its delivery services for customers. “As As a brand, we are relentlessly focused on reaching our guests on their terms,” says Darin Dugan, Chief Marketing Officer at Jimmy John’s. “In

Branding 157

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

His ringing endorsement of the luxury goods market, released yesterday as his annual letter to shareholders , was a clarion call to the frontlines of retailing during a decidedly difficult time. No one ever said RH Chairman and CEO Gary Friedman was shy. This is a time to be defined by our vision, not by a virus,” he wrote. “As

Retail 130

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. Brands see this digital shift in their numbers, even as stores have reopened and physical sales have started to increase.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The real reason that this conference makes our favorites list is that this is one of the few conferences where we can learn what the largest and most progressive banks are doing in the market. Whole Banking is a Function of Team Banking Selling, servicing, and marketing small business banking is expensive because of the complexity.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The $20 million funding round for Australian alternative lending platform Prospa has set a record, according to reports, as the largest FinTech venture capital funding in the country. challenger bank Monzo, one of the nation’s few digital-only banks, raised nearly $25.5 Soundtrack Your Brand. Alt-Lending. SME Banking.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

UberMedia , a company known for transforming “mobile behavioral data,” announced on Wednesday (July 13) that it was launching a new product, Optimal GeoSpace, which the brand says will erect a “virtual fence around individual retail shopping areas, enabling retail marketers to fully capitalize on the actual footprint of a customer.”.

Retail 100

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A recent round of bank merger announcements and the marquee Capital One/Discover deal illustrate this mantra’s popularity. Without this push, traditional banks may lose a terminal amount of future market share. It appears nothing else matters but the urgency to get big and get there fast.

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