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Ping Identity Plans To Raise $100M With Public Listing

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Founded in 2001, Ping is said to be looking at a valuation of $2-$3 billion. France and Germany and found 78 percent of respondents would stop engaging with a brand online — and more than one third, or 36 percent, would stop engaging altogether — if the brand had experienced a breach.

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Mall Vacancy Rate Reaches 20-Year High Of 9.7 Pct.

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percent with the 2001 recession and hit 9.4 As traditional mall merchants go under, however, some online brands are expanding into brick-and-mortar locations. Reis pegged the mall vacancy rate at an all-time high of 9.7 percent, the most since recordkeeping started in 2000 when just 5.3 percent of shops were empty. 24 were up 3.4

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PayPal’s Xoom Makes Remittance Deal With Euronet’s Ria

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Xoom launched in 2001 and was purchased by PayPal in 2015 for $890 million in an all-cash deal. With the completion of the deal, PayPal said it and Synchrony have extended their co-branded consumer credit card program agreement, making Synchrony the exclusive issuer of PayPal’s consumer financing program online in the U.S.

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Newegg Masters The Art Of The Pivot

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After coming out of the post-internet bubble economy of 2001 as a force in the consumer electronics category, it eventually supplemented that business with computer parts and accessories, catering to the DIY tech crowd. It’s hard to find a major eCommerce retailer that has evolved more than Newegg.

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More Than 50K Amazon SMB Sellers Tally $500K+ In 2018 Sales

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Amazon Stores, a program that lets Amazon sellers curate pages for their brands and products, has helped more than 50,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) do more than $500,000 in sales across the globe in 2018, the company announced on Friday (Jan.

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Billtrust Taps Green Dot For New CFO

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. “I am pleased to join Billtrust’s leadership team and look forward to guiding Billtrust’s financial operations as they continue to transform the accounts receivables landscape for the world’s leading brands,” said Shifke. Billtrust was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

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How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables

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Starbucks gave prototype gift cards to its employee partners when they attended a leadership conference in 2001. 2001 and July 2002, Starbucks’ customers activated a whopping 4 million of its gift cards, which came with an interesting bonus feature: If customers loaded $100 or more on the cards, they would receive a tin case for the card.

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