PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“ Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year ad campaign launched by American Express in 1987 to persuade consumers that it was worth it to pay an annual fee for one of its charge card products. As the slogan implied, being an American Express card member was the only way to unlock those benefits.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Justin Lavelle, communications director of BeenVerified.com and a frequent writer on how to avoid scams, noted that even back in 2005 (practically the dark ages when it comes to the internet), while the U.S. Think before you click,” says Steve Durbin, managing director of the London-based Information Security Forum. Just don’t.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

In 2003, the majority of the online shopping was done at the desktop at the office when the boss wasn’t looking, and that experience included laboriously typing in card credentials at every site. In 2005, Cyber Monday was more or less one of the official nods to the growing influence of the web as an important commerce channel.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

“Ease and convenience play an instrumental role in the Sephora client experience, and as a digital leader we have always adapted to the evolving needs of our beauty community and their shopping journey,” said Kim Stromberg, Sephora’s eCommerce general manager, in a statement. Founded in 2005, Klarna offers an alternative to credit cards.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

In 2012, eBay CEO John Donahoe , who had taken over from Meg Whitman in 2008 , more or less told retailers that “Amazon is your enemy, eBay is your friend” to persuade them to upload their product catalogues to branded eBay storefronts. The company has crushed it as an advertising platform and managed the shift to mobile extremely well.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

PYMNTS recently spoke with Kristen Gall, general manager of cash back and shopping rewards company Rakuten Rewards , and Craig Cassata, president of online rebate site Mr. Rebates , about checks’ role in online rebates, and why they are unlikely to disappear — regardless of their obvious payment detriments. “The

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. Key People: Anthony Gregorio, Innovation Lab Senior Manager; Prat Vemana, VP Online; Albert Vita, Director of Strategy Insights. Founded: 2005. The Home Depot — The Home Depot Innovation Center. Founded: 2015.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Payment cards offered consumers a more efficient and desirable way to pay, and merchants wanted to enable that better experience in their stores so as not to lose sales. The payments ecosystem grew up around that model, enabling acceptance of network-branded credit cards and debit cards across all physical merchants at scale.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. it is the brand behind Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Giant, Martin’s, bfresh and the grocery delivery service Peapod. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

It’s one thing for the millennial offspring of the billionaire hedge-fund scions to fall short of making a billion because they only manage to pull down $760 million a year. Stop and think about that for a minute. No one’s worried whether those 30-somethings will be able to put food on their table or make the mortgage payment.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Founded: 2005. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Second, the thesis that one or two brands would quickly go on to own on-demand food turned out to be either wrong or too early. Dart Music. Earth Class Mail. Declared Bankruptcy: 2011.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

WrkRiot’s short-lived house of cards falls down. The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. Select Investors: MasterCard, Wellington Management. Bouxtie’s broken promises. Asenqua Ventures, the shell game disguised as a VC firm.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JULY 13, 2016

Inaugurated in 2005, Kingfisher Airlines… never made money, not in one year. I’m sure that future loan guarantors will have to present their Aadhar card and be biometrically-identified as part of the loan process. Aadhar (the brand name for UID) can serve as the know your customer guidelines that banks have.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

Virgin Islands cards and its cards offered in the 50 U.S. The CFPB further noted that in 2013, American Express self-reported to the bureau differences between its Puerto Rico and U.S. states, as well as differences with respect to certain consumers with a Spanish language preference. Hackers Crack Consumer Phone Numbers.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

Key people: Chris Curtin, Chief Brand & Innovation Marketing Officer; Shiv Singh, Senior Vice President of Innovation & Strategic Partnerships. Key people: Annie Ye, Head of DAX, Senior Vice President, DBS Innovation Group; Neal Cross, Managing Director & Chief Innovation Officer. Founded: 1999 and 2005.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, yes, this likely sounds blasphemous from someone who’s been beating the mobile payments drum since 2005, well before the iPhone and the App Store changed how consumers, retailers and payments players all use mobile devices. Leave Mobile Payments, Embrace Ambient Commerce. I’m glad I got your attention. Consider this.

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Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In the process, these brands, spanning everything from detergent to sneakers, are radically changing consumer preferences and expectations. These well-positioned startups are not just competing with some of the biggest retail brands in mattresses, razors, shoes, and more, by launching their own brands.

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