PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

a lifestyle brand that offers apparel, accessories and fragrances as well as spirits and hand-rolled cigars. Williform , founder and CEO of the three-year-old Atlanta-based company. . “I Registering And Extending Brand Appeal . This growth is creating opportunities for numerous retailers, including BlackCool & Co. ,

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

US-based digital asset exchange Kraken has launched a new umbrella brand for the company’s institutional client base.

Branding 36

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Amazon is now promoting its own products inside the listings of competitive brands. According to CNBC , some users searching for various products in beauty, health and household and baby items have reported seeing the link “Similar item from Our Brands” show up at the bottom of the listing.

Branding 148

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Facebook has connected with Sequoia Capital India’s Surge accelerator initiative to roll out the fourth version of the VC Brand Incubator program in India, Deal Street Asia reported. Before its Surge collaboration, the program worked with three VC firms through which it mentored over 70 brands through different growth stages and verticals.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million. Find the gap in one segment and build success from there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

But you might be forgiven for a big longing for the industry’s prodigal son: Toys R Us. Because Toys R Us is back. That unburdens Toys R Us from shipping, marketing and fulfillment costs. No one expects Toys R Us to steal its market share back from Walmart, Target and Amazon. CFO columnist Russ Banham has an idea.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands came in two flavors during 2020. The second flavor were the brands that had seen traction before the pandemic and flourished during it with innovative marketing, fresh business models and cool packaging. When those markets sparked a fan base and reorders, the company was born.

Branding 162

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

retail presence in recent decades, is reversing course and closing all its North American brick-and-mortar locations, according to numerous online news sources citing a company statement. In December, Yildiz placed Nurtac Ziyal Afridi at the helm of Godiva long-term after she spent two months running the company on an interim basis.

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Perficient

AUGUST 31, 2020

Leverage Graphics to Showcase Your Digital Brand. Using visual media, like graphics, gifs, and infographics help publicize your brand, grow your online following, and even influence whether or not you make the sale. Useful on so many platforms, pictures are an integral part of communicating your brand to the right audience.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Tesla, the maker of green automobiles, is trying to get its branded merchandise to more consumers, reportedly by launching a store on Amazon. While it does house a lot of Tesla -branded items, it’s not as robust as the store on its own website. When the store listed a Tesla-branded surfboard for $1,500, it sold in one day.

Branding 134

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

There is no shortage of direct-to-consumer mattress brands as mattress sales move from brick-and-mortar retail to eCommerce. One brand, though, saw a market opportunity as brands like Casper and Leesa took off. But the brands currently on the market were a useful learning experience for Nectar.

Branding 128

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

Bankruptcy may not spell the end for Toys R Us stores – at least outside of the U.S. Toys R Us agreed to sell its Canadian business, which consists of 82 stores, to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for around $234 million dollars in a bankruptcy court hearing on Tuesday (April 24). Those stores might retain the Toys R Us name.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

On Monday (April 9), American Express unveiled a new global brand platform and marketing campaign dubbed “Powerful Backing: Don’t Do Business / Don’t Live Life Without It.”. While we have always been known as a relationship company, many people have considered us as only a consumer brand. Chicago and San Francisco.

Branding 129

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

The parent of the Toys R Us brand, Tru Kids , plans to bring stores under the legendary name to the United States for the 2019 holiday season. The locations will also include interactive components with new activities and events with brand stations. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

Retail 150

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Beleaguered toy retailer Toys R Us is in the midst of prepping plans to liquidate its U.S. The plans come as the company has yet — and the emphasis may be on “yet” — to find a buyer for those operations or finalize its debt restructuring plans. Toys R Us managed to garner a $3.1 As has been widely reported, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Instagram is working on a shopping feature that would tell brands which products users are bookmarking, according to a report by CNBC. The Facebook-owned company has been giving users shopping-specific features for about a year now, including the ability to bookmark things in photos and videos they might want to purchase.

Branding 134

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

Among the fastest-growing hotel brands, Life House has over 800 beds and 25 hotels that are expected to be operational by early next year. . According to the company, its platform is producing revenue increases topping 40 percent while lowering expenses for operations 45 percent.

Branding 130

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). It is also reportedly the inaugural brand rolled out under a platform called Launched.LA.,

Branding 129

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

A cannabis consumer goods and marketing holding company led by PRØHBTD CEO and Founder Drake Sutton-Shearer has launched with $25 million in funding, according to a Sept. and music-driven flower brand Heavy Grass. and music-driven flower brand Heavy Grass. 20 press release.

Company 116

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Even with the liquidation of Toys R Us operations in the U.S., Now, the company is looking to restart the brand in places such as the U.S. consumers can engage with Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us again this holiday season.” consumers can engage with Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us again this holiday season.”

US 104

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

To offer customers stylish and modern bath and body products, West Elm unveiled a new brand dubbed Water Street. To mark the brand’s launch, the company plans to hold workshops in each of its locations in the U.S., The retailer said it planned to roll out the collection in more than 100 of its brick-and-mortar stores in the U.S.,

Puerto Rico 116

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

While eBay’s second quarter results were stellar, the event was more notable for the unveiling of new CEO Jamie Iannone ’s vision for the company. By the numbers, the pandemic-driven digital shift has been good for the company, as revenue for the quarter was $2.9 billion, up 18 percent over 2019.

Company 227

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 29, 2019

New York City commuters this week will have their first exposure to European banking brand N26 through ads posted on subway cars. The Berlin-based company launched its mobile banking product to U.S.

New York City 210

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When the brand is a well-known luxury provider like Dolce Gabbana, it can charge whatever it wants for a T-shirt, since the customer is arguably not purchasing the shirt so much as the cache of the logo on it. The hoodies feature the brand’s unique hand stitching — which according to Madhappy means that no two hoodies are ever exactly alike.

Branding 124

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The company said that those factors were offset, in part, by expenses to help with formidable demand and to grow services, pandemic-related costs and “variable compensation expense.”. The company also handily exceeded analyst estimates of $3.18 FedEx reported on Friday (Dec. For Q2 fiscal 2021, FedEx reported $4.83 in earnings on $18.88

US 262

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Perficient

OCTOBER 29, 2020

For any brand that promises to entertain, motivation should center on pleasure. That meant it needed viewers to not only discover its brand, download its app, register and begin watching but also to subscribe at either a $5 or $8 monthly payment level. In the FBM, motivation is defined as the reason for action.

US 294

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Not the humanoids that are the stuff of science fiction that ostensibly, one day, will do our bidding (and, depending on who you read, perhaps conspire against us). told Karen Webster that retailers and other firms are going to need to consider “cleanliness as a brand value.”. Brain Corp.

Retail 247

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

In a blog post , Dynamic Yield Chief Executive Liad Agmon said the company will play a critical role in transforming McDonald’s with digital technology so that it can improve customer service. Its technology helps companies build customer profiles, launch and optimize personalization campaigns and automate decision making for customers.

Company 152

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

One retailer’s loss could be another retailer’s gain: Even though Toys R Us is facing bankruptcy, other retailers may benefit from the embattled toy retailer’s demise. Amazon could take over some of Toys R Us’ stores, which may be soon vacant as the retailer winds down its operations. Pop-Ups R Us. Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc.

US 139

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

Branding 139

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

To test out renting attire as eco-conscious shoppers rein in their purchases, H&M said its COS brand has collaborated with the Chinese subscription rental platform YCloset to trial clothing rentals. H&M has rolled out many independent brands like Arket and COS in recent years.

Branding 101

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

The end, it seems, is near as far as Toys R Us is concerned, as reports are emerging that the liquidation of the retailer’s assets may be coming soon. Such a move would kick off the winding down of the retail brand, ending a half century in business. The company accounted for 15 to 20 percent of U.S. 2017 with $4.9

US 108

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Following the downfall of Toys R Us and Babies R Us, JCPenney is planning to carry additional baby products at its stores located near former Babies R Us locations. According to reports, JCPenney’s new strategy could boost brands such as Mattel’s Fisher-Price, which has seen its sales decline since Babies R Us’ downfall.

US 100

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

There might be hope for Toys R Us , with a Toronto-based company looking to save some locations in both Canada and the U.S. Last Tuesday (April 24), Toys R Us agreed to sell its Canadian business — which consists of 82 stores — to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for around $234 million in a bankruptcy court hearing.

US 104

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

To bring in shoppers with new experiences, Tru Kids, the new owner of the Toys R Us brand, is teaming up with Candytopia. The firms will create Toys R Us Adventure, which has been described as “an immersive wonderland that celebrates the whimsical, silly and fun of toys,” CNBC reported. And it had roughly 1,600 stores globally.

US 101

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

More and more, digital-first brands are becoming brick-and-mortar-second brands with an intentional presence in the physical retail world — even if that presence is much smaller than the footprint left by the retailers that fizzled before them. The brand says it intends to keep expanding in the fall, with L.A. next on the list.

Branding 100

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Take Perennial , which Co-founder and Co-CEO Sara Bonham described to PYMNTS as a progressive health company that is creating foods and beverages for consumers age 50 and older “by leveraging the endless kind of power of plant-based input.”. On Perennial’s website, the company seeks to make its brand purpose front and center.

Branding 156

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