PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2018

Now let’s do a match cut to outer space — like that famous early shot of the bone being tossed in “ 2001: A Space Odyssey ” — where, during the Gemini 12 mission in 1966, U.S. Brands are turning narcissism into cold hard cash. astronaut and still-living tough guy Buzz Aldrin took his own self-portrait.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2019

In 2001, at the COMDEX Fall computer show, Microsoft ’s then-CEO Bill Gates introduced to the world to the Microsoft Tablet PC. It was bulky, the screen interactivity was buggy and – most critics noted – the Windows XP operating system worked wonderfully for desktop computers, but was a bad fit on a tablet, and mostly served to make it slow.

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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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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. When you’re a powerhouse brand, it can be hard to see that the times are changing. Date: September 3, 2001.

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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 year, it was reported by Reuters that 50,000-plus stores in the U.S. That was down from 23.8

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001 after accounting improprieties surfaced; much of the company’s business activities — logged as revenues and profits — had been done though special purpose entities (where it had ownership interests). ” Then the swift downturn — and insolvency. Most recently, Wirecard has said that roughly $2.1

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The “premium” pet food market as of 2001 accounted for about $5.7 Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. A large dog will cost about $1,843 in its first year with an owner. billion in annual revenue out of $12.9

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

iTunes dominated after its 2001 release by putting two things in one place that had never existed before: a digital MP3 player that actually worked, properly paired with a store that made accessing music for a small fee much easier than trying to pirate it. Finn accounts will now be changed over to Chase accounts.

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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. DVD player sales doubled from 2000 to 2001 as manufacturers flooded the market with new devices. So, too, are the cable operators. But we all know how that movie ended, don’t we? had a DVD player in their homes.

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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 ). 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. FICO scores are based on a credit scoring model using data from one of The Big Three agencies — Equifax , TransUnion and Experian.

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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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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. US Xpress Inc. and Schneider National Inc., respectively. On Thursday (Feb.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

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. Amazon maintains a cash generative operating cycle and can keep its investments in fixed assets low, at only 4% of all sales in 2004. With almost $17.5

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 7, 2016

Offers franchise deals for 3,800 brands in 170 industry sectors. Traditional bank underwriting for portfolio holders of operating franchise units is broken (i.e., if you’re a non-operator investor how do you passively participate in profits much like the stock market). ” Company facts: Founded in 2015.

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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. Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. In 2001, MIT alumnus Albert Hu founded a venture fund called Asenqua Ventures.

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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. eVilla, Sony (2001). Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi (1992).

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