CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. a leading producer of hydraulic coal-mine roof supports in China. Google and Motorola.

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Money and Payments

AUGUST 14, 2023

The direct consequence is that providers individually and as a sector will be faced with high operational costs, disproportionate burdens and the risk of fines for transgressing fundamental rights of their customers. The story for financial institutions after 9/11/2001 was simple.

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Money and Payments

AUGUST 8, 2023

The direct consequence is that providers individually and as a sector will be faced with high operational costs, disproportionate burdens and the risk of fines for transgressing fundamental rights of their customers. The story for financial institutions after 9/11/2001 was simple.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

In August of 2001, The Industry Standard published a piece describing the firm as “ unstoppable ,” given its power as a platform that simply facilitated the sale of goods between buyers and sellers without taking possession of any inventory. That piece chronicled eBay’s growth from its humble beginnings of $5.7 million in revenues to $3.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

The big daddy of the video rental industry at the time was Blockbuster , and it operated more than 4,500 such outlets. Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 with a market cap of $12 million, down from $4 billion just a decade before in 2002 — the year that Netflix IPO’d. But we all know how that movie ended, don’t we?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

The iTunes storefront for purchasing music, movies and TV may remain up and running within the major apps, but it will be less of a central focus as Apple redirects its attention to the booming subscription eCommerce market. It also came to the market at just the right time – about 10 months before the iPod hit the market in October 2001.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The “premium” pet food market as of 2001 accounted for about $5.7 That was about 44 percent of the revenue in the market. Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. billion in annual revenue out of $12.9 billion of the $23.7

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

It also owns 50 subsidiary companies that have 200 more subsidiaries themselves, including Geico (acquired in 1996), Dairy Queen (1997), and Fruit of the Loom (2001). You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” ( 2001 ). Market volatility. In spring 2001, Cisco’s shareholders had lost a total of 28.6%

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a consequence, we have three credit reporting agencies operating today, who are largely free to do whatever they want with the data they have — consumer complaint database be damned. There aren’t many markets where consumers actually have little to no other choice, but this is one of them. Listening with Only Half an Ear.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

There is a possibly apocryphal story of Amazon’s early days (around 2001) where Founder Jeff Bezos was invited to Bentonville, Arkansas to discuss the possibility of Walmart purchasing his still young – and, at this point, struggling – online bookstore. Walmart’s share has remained relatively flat over the last four years. percent today.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The online bookseller didn’t turn a profit for six years — today, it’s the second publicly traded company ever to hit a $1T market cap. 2001: Measure your company by your free cash flow. In fact, in 2017, all of Amazon’s operating income came from AWS, a once-risky bet on a “dreamy” business idea.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

Digital music has been unbundled since the iPod and iTunes got a head of steam in 2001. Store-based installment plans have existed for decades, but now point-of-sale credit innovators offer consumers the chance to finance the purchase of individual products in-store and online, via white label or branded solutions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 7, 2016

With Brexit and other turmoil driving recent market uncertainty alternative investments are getting an even closer look. ” Onuosa went on to detail how franchise-related equities have outperformed the US stock market by 33%. Offers franchise deals for 3,800 brands in 170 industry sectors. Headquartered in Birmingham, MI.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. Mozido had ambitious plans to revolutionize mobile payments in key markets including India, Africa, and southeast Asia. Hampton Creek busted buying its own merchandise. Total Funding: $240M.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi (1992). Bikes, Smith and Wesson (2002).

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