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OCTOBER 8, 2020

To that end, in Europe, Czech firm Nulisec has debuted an online B2B marketplace focused on European retailers — geared toward improving sales and procurement processes. In an interview with PYMNTS, CEO Lukas Pham said online marketplaces address several pain points. “At The digital shift may transform retail storefronts in Europe.

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JUNE 22, 2020

How Customer Reviews Provide Lifeblood To Restaurant Operations. Details gleaned online — including menus and reviews — carry a lot of weight when consumers are deciding where to dine. That focus has only grown amid the takeout- and delivery-only operational shifts due to COVID-19-related social-distancing efforts.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Designer Brands Inc. The company operates almost 1,000 retail stores under names like DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and The Shoe Company. ” Designer Brands said it has successfully opened roughly 90 percent of its overall store base, and it foresees having almost all of its North American locations open by the conclusion of June.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. DraftKings signed a multiyear deal in 2019 to be an authorized NBA betting operator. How much potential does online gambling have?

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JULY 20, 2018

The situation seemed to recently come to a head, as the company told employees that it was shuttering its operations. And, while the struggles of Chef’d shine a light onto the difficulty of operating in the meal kit industry, some observers think there is a successful recipe for the meal kit business.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Auto1 said it would put about three-quarters of that back into its business, which includes its Autohero website brand. It also touted the “accelerating shift” toward online shopping as another reason for its ongoing success. The company said in a press release that it plans to raise about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion euros in 2019.

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MARCH 20, 2017

On Friday (March 17), Google announced plans to increase the amount of control companies have over their online ads, specifically though that appear on YouTube. clients will no longer be advertising with Google, which includes major brands such as Domino’s Pizza Inc. and British mobile operator O2. This means all of its U.K.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Walmart is selling two of its online brands in a continuing goal to concentrate on its website. 27) that the Arkansas-based retail giant is scrapping Shoes.com and Bare Necessities, the intimate apparel brand. Also last year, Walmart shuttered its Jet.com eCommerce website and phased out the brand.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Bebe, eCommerce, online store, loyalty program, clubbebe, website, online shopping, women’s fashion, women’s clothing, retail, news. The retailer bebe has launched a new online store and an enhanced customer loyalty program, partnering with Branded Online on both projects.

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APRIL 25, 2019

PayPal ’s venture capital arm has invested $11 million in online returns service Happy Returns. “Happy Returns is building a network of physical return locations called Return Bars to enable in-person returns from online shoppers.” Some of the brands working with the company include Rothy’s, Untuckit, Everlane and Eloquii.

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MAY 18, 2018

Overstock has unveiled 17 exclusive private label furniture brands, featuring more than 16,000 furniture and home décor products. Brands, introduced through the new selection, include The Gray Barn, Carson Carrington Home, and Laurel Creek. According to Retail Dive , the announcement comes as Overstock is looking for a buyer.

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APRIL 13, 2022

BankBazaar Turns Profitable With New Co-Brand Strategy; Exits FY22 With Rs.156 National, April 07, 2022: BankBazaar.com , India’s largest fintech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score, reported that it is profitable in March 2022. Success of Co-brand Model. in FY21 to -25% in FY22.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Amazon wants to get more exclusive — and it wants other companies to help with that effort by developing product lines meant to be sold only via the eCommerce operator. That move comes as Amazon has had trouble wooing some direct-to-consumer brands. Brand Resistance.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

24) that it enjoyed a 61 percent jump in online sales during its fiscal third quarter ended Oct. But all in, Gap Global’s net sales dropped 14 percent year over year, with comparable sales for the brand falling 5 percent from Q3 2019. said Tuesday (Nov. 31 — offsetting a 20 percent fall in in-store sales due to the ongoing pandemic.

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MAY 28, 2019

To reportedly build a licensing empire with the Sports Illustrated name, Authentic Brands Group LLC has agreed to buy the storied magazine from Meredith Corp. Authentic Brands Founder and Chief Executive Jamie Salter said, according to the newspaper, “Sports Illustrated has authority and the respect of athletes all over the world.”

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Brands reported that worldwide system sales excluding foreign currency translation increased 10 percent, with Taco Bell at 13 percent, KFC at 11 percent and Pizza Hut at 7 percent. Brands Chief Executive Officer David Gibbs reported that KFC U.S. Pizza Hut U.S., Pizza Hut U.S.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

banks accounted for 81 of the 500 most valuable and strongest bank brands around the world on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2019 list, released this week. Led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s most valuable banking brand (at $79.8

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. Orders will be fulfilled from Zara’s Spanish online platform and orders will be in euros. The full online catalog will be operational by 2020. The new markets include many areas of Africa, such as Cameroon, Tanzania and Senegal.

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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. The seven-year-old D2C hybrid brand has received $4.7 That group is more exciting.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. In a brand new PYMNTS interview , Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo , makes the case that his search engine can win over a decent number of consumers. New laws favoring consumers have come into effect.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Pointing to increased demand for premium products and continued lifestyle changes from the coronavirus, Procter & Gamble reported an 8 percent increase in total revenues Wednesday, led by a 50 percent increase in its online sales. Constructive Disruption.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. It is expected that the business will keep operating as a stand-alone brand. Authentic Brands Could Buy Arcadia Group And Debenhams.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Vilash Poovala , founder and CEO of FinTech Oyster , said online financial platforms, powered by open banking, can serve as alternatives for business banking in a country where business banking seems an afterthought. The world needs a FinTech operating system.”. Widening Debit’s Acceptance.

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MARCH 9, 2018

operations, currently in bankruptcy, according to recent Bloomberg reports. 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. Overseas operations are also hampered, reports have noted, with the company’s U.K.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

IAC , the New York-based global media and internet giant, is betting that an investment of $1 billion in MGM Resorts International will pay off in online gambling, according to a press release. Diller and Levin said research revealed MGM’s revenue in online gambling revenue is essentially zero.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Gap Brand announced that its CEO Jeff Kirwan was leaving the company, just as the retailer gets ready to reveal its fourth-quarter results. While I am pleased with our progress in brand health and product quality, we have not achieved the operational excellence and accelerated profit growth that we know is possible at Gap brand,” Gap Inc.’s

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But that national network of body-sculpting palaces is in disarray today, with major chains including Gold’s Gym and 24-Hour Fitness filing for Chapter 11 relief due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with a slew of other operators from privately owned yoga studios to fitness centers. Peloton’s stock price doubled on that news.

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MAY 14, 2020

Every online wine company that reports sales has noted big spikes during the pandemic. The latest to report, Wine.com – which bills itself as the nation’s leading online wine retailer – earned $165 million in revenue and saw 25 percent growth for fiscal 2020, ending March 31.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

New York-based online ordering startup Lunchbox has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Coatue and a mix of new and previous investors, according to a press release. Coatue has collaborated with brands like DoorDash and Instacart. The company is also planning strategic new hires and is looking to grab top-tier talent.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Amazon’s relationships with big brands on their platform is looking quite a bit less healthy than it once was, while Walmart has seen grocery services lose some ground in terms of consumer appreciation, according to a recently released ranking. Big News of the Week: Another Big Brand Break-Up. online spend.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. More Consolidation Coming.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Nymbus, a startup taking on what is arguably banking’s biggest problem — aging, outdated cores — announced a new product today called SmartLaunch, which “enables financial institutions to stand up a turnkey digital brand under their existing charter in as few as 90 days.” ” This is an interesting move from Nymbus.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Online consignment hub thredUP has a special name for this time period — the Purge Surge, when all the gifts that didn’t quite live up to expectations flood onto its marketplace for attempted resale. Last year, in January 2018, 250,000 brand new items appeared on ThredUP, a 60 percent increase over the rest of the year.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But since it’s the data point that most use to define the online/physical retail sales split, let’s use it to project, based on historical trends what the world looks line in twenty years. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Fast-casual restaurant groups are teaming with online food delivery firms to offer on-demand ordering to consumers through digital platforms. He also noted that the company was “thrilled to provide customers access to these restaurants in the 3,500+ cities we operate in.”. restaurants. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Barneys became the latest brand to rise from the dead recently when the retailer reopened as “ Barneys at Saks ,” a store within a store at the flagship Manhattan site of its former rival, Saks Fifth Avenue. The launch of Barneys at Saks is a seminal moment to reignite the brand for the future.”.

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