PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Getting the week off with a bit of a bang, it looks like some European payments power players are joining up to take on the market. Klarna is looking to strengthen its global brand in Europe — specifically in Germany —and BillPay gives them a better access point. Today it has 12 million customers in its four markets. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009. That experience made him appreciate even more just how difficult it can be to move customers from one payment method to another without real innovation. Step back a bit first.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Uber , Lyft , Fiverr , Airbnb , Postmates were the early names in the game, all founded between 2009 and 2011. The interesting question for the next decade is how, as the gig economy grows, it will continue to compete with and innovate against the world of wage work — and perhaps change it in the process. Some lasted; some did not.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Such is the double-edged sword of a retail industry swept up in innovation. For every new path cut through the market, the retailers standing in the way are cut down. From 2009 to 2013, same-store sales increased by marginal amounts in 2011 only and decreased by 6 percent in 2009, 10 percent in 2012 and 4 percent in 2013.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers. We are redefining how fashion is bought and sold through technology, data and innovation.”. Citing Bain again, a fair chunk at 9 percent of the market, to rise to 25 percent by 2025.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

The case against them, and the decision it rendered, deviated sharply from the traditional Sherman Act cases that accused companies of using their market power to raise prices to the detriment of the consumer. By 2009, A&P had shrunk in size and became a modestly sized regional chain. By 2015, it had closed its doors.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2017

And InContext has put together a fairly notable gallery of brands and retailers to which it seeks to bring its virtual insights: Nestle, Smucker’s, Kellogg’s, Anheuser-Busch and Walgreens have all experimented with InContext’s thus-far cloud-based VR solution for enterprise.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

And as Karen Webster noted in a 2016 commentary: “The generation that made sriracha a food group and yoga pants a go-to corporate wardrobe staple … the generation that every brand is desperately trying to woo is, by and large, broke.”

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Date: May 21, 2009. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

I know some marketers have had to peel away some dollars from media, [but] there’s still a big hole where sports used to be, and there are definitely some deals to be had.”. DTC brands grew up digital,” he noted. That lesson is particularly applicable to DTC brands. Fast-forward to COVID-19. million monthly unique visitors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

They flew off the shelves, and the market was born. But the gift cards would make a quantum leap in 2009. Ever so the early mobile adopter, Starbucks continues to roll out new mobile ordering functionalities on its branded app as well as on third-party applications. The cards were an instant hit. “We Between Nov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

It’s another important milestone in the “Look, Ma, no countertop terminals needed to check out” experience that we’ve been talking about for some time and that other retail innovator — Starbucks — showed us was possible when it unveiled mobile order-ahead a little more than a year ago. Kinda misses the whole point.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

PYMNTS: How does what you learn from people shape WePay’s innovation agenda? PYMNTS: Do you have any “formula” for innovation? They were much more interested in a mobile point of sale unit they could brand and we would white label. PYMNTS: What is the one thing that people underestimate about igniting payments innovations?

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Social Assurance

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The skills every true marketer needs to hone in order to excel. Marketing is one of the fastest developing fields in business. With every new innovation, technology or otherwise, it is marketing that feels the burn. The constant evolutions in marketing necessitate the highest organization skills possible.

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Social Assurance

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The skills every true marketer needs to hone in order to excel. Marketing is one of the fastest developing fields in business. With every new innovation, technology or otherwise, it is marketing that feels the burn. The constant evolutions in marketing necessitate the highest organization skills possible.

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social media Marketing Case Study Branding 12

CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. Coca-Cola — Development and Innovation Lab.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

where there are thousands of FIs and heavy competition between payments product innovators, it can be nearly impossible to achieve. In 2009, said Maoloni, the world started adopting mobile banking, and so did Interac. Now, it’s time to see if that larger scale bears out the lessons learned in the Canadian market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

From 2009 through 2018, tech-sector job growth in New York City has grown almost four times as quickly as the city’s overall private job growth, according to Parrott’s analysis. Alphabet also signed a lease earlier this year for 1.3 million square feet at a Hudson Square neighborhood and in two other buildings nearby.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

Branded Digital Credentials. Designed to enable its issuers to create a branded digital app for managing card credentials, it is also capable of enabling payments in-store (on Android phones where NFC is supported) and inside of Visa Checkout. combined with softening demand in developing markets, have cut into sales.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

We’re moving quickly to respond to the current opportunities as well as to innovate and transform the shopping experience for our customers in the future. The race with Venmo will be tough — and Venmo has a big head start, since it was first founded in 2009. That app will work with any debit card — regardless of what bank issued it.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 7, 2015

Yet while the demos and screen shots at events like Finovate have provided fascinating fodder regarding the future of digital banking, the FACTS show that these buzz-worthy players have had infinitesimal impact on market share. Both have used street fighting tactics and “good-enough” digital banking strategies to gain local market share.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Daimler sells both passenger cars and vans under the Mercedes brand and manufactures trucks and buses under a wide range of other marques. From new booking engines to events/activities to person-to-person platforms like Airbnb, there is innovation all over in travel. And no one is safe. See the startups disrupting the industry.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 26, 2016

MX appointed Don MacDonald to lead marketing and branding efforts and develop marketing strategies to help bank clients enhance the account holder experience. He has the skills, experience and proven track record to continue to evolve our marketing organization, build the MX brand and drive accelerated growth for the company.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

It’s not as if a person making the request for a tissue, pain reliever or bandage was specifically asking for a Kleenex, Bayer Aspirin or Band-Aid brand item. But, over many decades, these three brand names achieved such dominance in their categories that they became the most natural way for people to refer to all products in that category.

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NCR

MARCH 8, 2016

This is a company that’s become synonymous with innovation, commands unprecedented customer loyalty, generates massive coverage, enjoys huge brand recognition and continues to benefit from gigantic revenue, profits and market capitalization. Still, the lengths that Apple is being asked to go to now seem like a stretch.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

However, as smartphones ascended to ubiquity – and on-demand sharing services like Uber (launched in 2009) became the norm – new options began to emerge. Recent market research performed by the NPD Group revealed that delivery traffic outside of pizza has expanded by 33 percent since 2012. That’s a hearty slice of the delivery pie.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Bill Robbins, who took the helm as CEO at WealthForge last December , said the funding will help WealthForge build its core business, as well as make investments in “sales, marketing, and support.” Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, WealthForge demonstrated the WealthForge Network at FinovateSpring 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 15, 2015

In addition to helping the Fenergo enter new markets around the world, the investment will support development of a partner ecosystem including Fenergo University and Consulting Accreditation Program. The hope is that continued investment, innovation, and growth will help Fenergo’s technology become the industry standard in its field.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. First stop on Facebook’s capital raising tour: The big guns with successful payments rails, loads of money and a demonstrable appetite to invest in innovation. It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. This was a terrific combination of two education-focused cooperatives across both Southern and Northern California markets. It is an innovator with tech (e.g.,

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 16, 2020

Companies were abandoned and it led to a 5- to 6-year drought in fintech innovation. 2009 (a 17-month dive). Will there be a slew of new startups feeding the pent-up demand for innovation after the relatively slower 2020 to 2023 period, or will the winners of the first part of the decade just get stronger? .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Starbucks mobile rewards were still new to the market — and though a veritable flood of mobile-based programs spun up offering similar points-based offers, at that time the firm was considered boldly innovative when its mobile order ahead system (combined with its points-based loyalty program) rolled out. A is For AI .

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Around the middle of the twentieth century, there was what The Atlantic called a “Cambrian explosion” of brands. Tide, Crest, Band-Aid, Lipton, and other branded packaged goods — and the conglomerates that manufactured them — reigned. Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Table of Contents.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 24, 2016

Since the biggest obstacles for consumers exist in international transfers and foreign exchange, they decided to tackle this market first. Founded in November 2009. Harris: Valuto is an innovative solution that bypasses expensive intermediaries such as banks or FX brokers. Valuto believes financial services should be flawless.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Notably, Solyndra’s rise coincided with the passing of 2009’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, which contained various subsidies and promises of investment for sustainable US energy initiatives. In March 2009, the US government announced it planned to award Solyndra a guaranteed loan of $535M as part of that initiative.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7 Grocery delivery : It’s now live in 24 markets in the U.S. District 1: Amazon/Whole Foods. billion acquisition about a year ago. Weaknesses.

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